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nectarinejuice

LSAT 175 · GPA 3.90 · 2023–24 cycle

Admitted to University of Pennsylvania

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…

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mehlaw25

LSAT 178 · GPA 3.83 · 2025–26 cycle

Attending University of California—Los Angeles

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…

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Pharaoh

LSAT 175 · GPA 3.75 · 2025–26 cycle

Attending University of Michigan

…order to apply for Lawyer’s Club housing. I submitted my scholarship reconsideration email on April 18th, and on April 28th recieved an email increasing my award to 40k/year ($120,000 total, ~49.5% tuition). The only competing offer I submitted was $135,000 from USC.

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FixedDecisiveGarfield

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…

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TakeEmToSchool

LSAT 170 · GPA 3.83 · 2023–24 cycle

Attending University of California—Berkeley

…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…

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GoldenSeoul

LSAT 171 · GPA 3.81 · 2023–24 cycle

Attending University of California—Berkeley

…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…

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ZenGiraffe

LSAT 176 · GPA 3.91 · 2023–24 cycle

Attending Harvard University

…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…

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SloppyAmbiguousMongrel

LSAT 173 · GPA 4.00 · 2023–24 cycle

Attending Columbia University

…aid at Stanford. I chose NYU for the half-tuition scholarship, because I was interested in public interest (the PI community at Stanford is smaller than NYU), NYU’s LRAP is marginally better, my support network is in NYC, and I ultimately want to practice in NYC. I think I made the right choice, but trust that I did…

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MusselMadness

LSAT 172 · GPA 3.81 · 2023–24 cycle

Attending University of Michigan

…environmental programs. Virginia came in with the lowest scholarship offer of any of my acceptances, and UCLA was just a little too far away from home, so it became a battle between Duke and Michigan. My parents earned graduate degrees at Duke, so I was certainly leaning in that direction, but Michigan just felt…

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AquaticXSMouse

LSAT 180 · GPA 3.95 · 2023–24 cycle

Attending University of California—Berkeley

…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…

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ImaginaryAnxiousGremlin

LSAT 177 · GPA 3.98 · 2023–24 cycle

Attending University of California—Berkeley

…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! (◕‿◕)

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CinnabonGene

LSAT 172 · GPA 3.83 · 2023–24 cycle

Attending University of Virginia

…Harvard, and UChicago. I didn’t apply for a merit scholarship at Duke after it became clear to me that it wasn’t as good a fit as some of the other schools I applied to.

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lawboy

LSAT 170 · GPA 3.72 · 2022–23 cycle

Attending University of California—Los Angeles

…safeties. I had one year of GI Bill benefits on top of scholarship awards from schools, so my CoA was lower than the awards themselves might imply, in case that helps make sense of my decision making here.

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BigSoupyNightmare

LSAT 172 · GPA 4.03 · 2022–23 cycle

Attending University of Pennsylvania

…those extra applications got me tens of thousands more in scholarships at schools I was stoked about just by asking nicely and pointing to better offers at other schools. here’s a bit of how I did that: 150k at Cornell increased to 174k on 3/22 using offers from Mich (150k) and UVA (150k)- 150k at GULC increased to…

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AspiringBirdLawyer

LSAT 166 · GPA 4.00 · 2022–23 cycle

Attending New York University

…but a higher score could have landed me some better scholarships. Reddit advice is generally advisable, but not the end all be all. I never gave myself a chance at a T6 based on what people on reddit were saying - but I applied anyway and here we are. APPLY EVERYWHERE YOU CAN. My one big regret is not applying HYS…

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ParsimoniousRacialEagle

LSAT 173 · GPA 3.56 · 2022–23 cycle

Attending University of Pennsylvania

…your materials. Don’t be afraid to ask for more $ during scholarship reconsideration, even if you don’t have a competing offer! Saying ‘I will commit on the spot if you offer X’ can be very powerful. Find some friends who are also going through this process. It makes the journey so much easier.

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legallydillydallying

LSAT 173 · GPA 3.80 · 2023–24 cycle

Attending University of California—Los Angeles

…ALWAYS! You literally never know. Apply for those crazy scholarships that seem like only Nobel winners get selected for. Don’t take yourself out of the running before it’s time, let them be the ones to say yes or no! **START EARLY, START EARLY, START EARLY!**If I had one major regret for this cycle, it was waiting…

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SwampyShrekStan

LSAT 170 · GPA 3.62 · 2022–23 cycle

Attending University of Minnesota

…and fordham), and accepted at lewis & clark with a small scholarship. after talking with current students in public interest they convinced me not to attend. i applied w same gpa but a 164 lsat. retook in the october 2022 test and increased by 6 points. qualified for lsac fee waiver so most of my school application…