…Finding any examples of personal statements, addenda or scholarship applications were like gold to me during this process so I’ll try and pay it forward. Anyone who knows me will be able to fully tell so…uh, hi. Personal Statement: Two examples, the standard one and Berkeley’s four page one.- Résumé:…
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Admitted to University of California—Berkeley…optional essays for SLS, GULC, NYU (Furman public policy scholarship app), and BU (PI scholarship app). Extremely minor C+F (speeding ticket) disclosed on applications that required disclosure of civil violations. Had an alumni interview for GULC. I have a master’s degree in a related field and a peer-reviewed…
…applied to more places, and ESPECIALLY t14s that are more scholarship generous than my schools (duke, uva, michigan, penn, etc) Spent more time on PS (especially for hls i basically submitted first drafts bc i was lazy) What I’m glad I did: really researched schools and tailored my statements to each school…
making my profile public to help anyone who has the same stats at me! i stopped recording scholarship amounts after i got my award to the school i will be committing to. i didn’t remain on any waitlists. best advice is to NOT apply to as many safety schools as me; it was a waste of time and money and provided no…
…let me reschedule and I ended up getting in with a strong scholarship. That’s definitely where I would’ve ended up (happily) if the Michigan waitlist didn’t come through. So just a reminder that these admissions offices can be forgiving! Don’t panic over any one mistake! I really did a decent job of staying off…
Apply early and broadly and never be afraid to send a scholarship reconsideration email. After strongly considering Berk and Mich, personal life circumstances intervened that made it difficult for me to leave SoCal. Still have no regrets about applying to 20 schools because it gave me a better idea of my worth and a…
Apply to schools you don’t intend to go to to leverage scholarship $$$!
LSAT 159 GPA 3.89 2024–25 cycle
Attending University of California—Los Angeles
…i applied to, and I ended up receiving 2 T-14 full-tuition scholarships this past cycle let the admissions process be a personal process for you and try not to get caught up in stats/opinions tell your story and give yourself the chance to see what happens! write every optional essay you can don’t give up on…
…save you tens of thousands of dollars in the form of a scholarship. Give the LSAT your all! No matter what your stats are, take your essays very seriously. I wrote every single optional essay and tailored my personal statement to every school. I also worked with an admissions consultant (1 Source Prep) who helped me…
Honestly, I have to say one thing if there wasn’t a max at $400,000 on the scholarships amount that I am able to input, they would be higher.
…PI and general outcomes and offerings. Once I received a scholarship offer from Berkeley, I didn’t apply for financial aid from anywhere I got into beyond those top 7 schools on my list since I knew I wouldn’t be going. In the end, though I’m taking out more than an additional 100k in loans from Harvard, I knew I’d…
…Podcast PowerScore (they did incredible one-offs on scholarship reconsideration and some other important topics) Apply broadly, I mean broadly. Reaches, targets, and safeties. And on the reaches/targets side, apply to schools you’re not even interested in because if they offer you aid, you’ll be able to **leverage…
…more successful this cycle than last, with over 8x more in scholarship money and 8 straight acceptances (compared to 0). I think this came down to two factors: **My LSAT performance: **I spent about three months actively studying for the LSAT for the fifth and final time. I took the LSAT in September and due to some…
…F, F, F)Columbia: around 12:45-ISH or around 8:45 am II: F Scholarship Offers: Michigan: around 2 pm or 4 pm F Status dates Fordham- Applied: 09/27 11/9- Current Status: Your Application is Complete. Nothing under decision status or date As of 11/7, no blue box UMich Applied: 09/27 10/13- Status: complete USC…
…important. Get it where you can. The schools with named scholarships (that I know of) are Duke, Columbia, NYU, Penn, UChicago, UVA, Mich. HYS do NOT give merit aid.
…and I want to be in CA long term, and that NYU denied my scholarship reconsideration, so Berkeley was a lot better for me financially. Go bears! (◕‿◕)
…but there’s some wisdom to applying to T20s here too for scholarship negotiation purposes. I took a big risk and wrote about a very controversial topic in my PS, which I think led to a lot of the waitlists and the SLS admit. All in all, I wouldn’t change things, but in the middle of February I was definitely…
…ED was an easy choice, particularly with the guaranteed scholarship. When my August LSAT score came back, I wrestled with whether to re-take, knowing I was capable of a higher score. However, my gains would be only marginal since I needed to apply by November for early decision, and studying to re-take would eat…
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