…into the future with me guaranteed to go here with X scholarship, would I do it?” If you’re happy imagining this outcome, then absolutely do it. It’s an excellent way to hedge your bets and increase your overall probability of getting an outcome you’re happy with, but only if the finances make sense. Spend a lot of…
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Admitted to University of Texas at Austin…were 169 > 172 > 179. It was expensive but hopefully the scholarships will pay me back. Feel free to DM me with questions. I’ll probably be active on LSD until the end of 2025. Good luck!
…pretty pleased w/ my results (cracked the t14 + very solid scholarship money just outside of it) esp given how tough this cycle was!! my advice FWIW: take at least 1 gap year BUT absolutely make sure you are getting some kind of full-time WE. i have no idea whether my lack of it was an active ding on my application…
…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…
…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…
…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.
…12 weeks regardless of holiday breaks. Negotiate as many scholarships as you can. Thank your recommenders!
My cycle took 158 days. Go Blue Devils! Here’s some unsolicited advice: shoot your shot. I was pretty convinced that T-14 admissions or scholarships would be largely unattainable for me because of my below-median LSAT - but remember, numbers are only part of your application. More unsolicited advice: STUDY STUDY…
…: Florida Georgia Indiana Arizona State Minnesota Iowa (scholarship pending)
Always do the optional essays!! Especially the “Why X” for the schools that really like to see them (UMich, UVA, Duke, Berkeley (mandatory if applying for PI scholarship), UCLA (programmatic contribution), Georgetown, any school that has a dedicated spot in the application to demonstrate interest). I didn’t write a…
…dame made the most sense for me for a lot of reasons – the scholarship + low COL made it my cheapest option, my family is from northern indiana, and the career opportunities were pretty much exactly what i wanted. i wouldn’t change a thing about my application cycle and am so grateful for all of the amazing offers i…
…and my goals, and I am so excited to attend in the fall! Scholarship negotiation was a total bust. I didn’t have much leverage with such gaps in either cost or ranking. Still, if you told me at the beginning of the cycle that I would pay less than half tuition at UVA, I would have been over the moon. It’s easy to…
…1st 4/15 ($500), 2nd 5/15($500) Georgetown: Accept scholarship by 4/3, 1st 5/1 ($1000), 2nd 6/1 ($1500) Notes: UVA: sent LOCI email on 02/08/23 Michigan: sent LOCI email 2/27/23, accepted 3/8 Cornell: Interview invite 12/05/22, completed 12/13/22. CEHS finalist (3/3); received CEHS (3/27) Northwestern: completed…
Wrote Why X for Michigan, optional essay for Stanford, Why X for Berkeley, Why X for Cornell, scholarship essays for NYU, optional essay for Penn (not Why X), optional essay for Georgetown (not Why X), Why X for Duke
Apply early, apply widely, craft a coherent narrative, and negotiate your scholarships aggressively. Numbers get your foot in the door, the rest of your application gets you the acceptance. I think that is really shown in my results – my numbers were not competive at the very top, but I did well at schools where I…
…I’ve received a research award and competitive academic scholarship and am LGBTQ+, but I had initially put myself as T4 because I didn’t feel the need to write a diversity statement (still mostly in the closet) and most of my softs are just general “you’re a person in college who has their life together” things. ⛧ I…
T2 soft: Fulbright ETA Wrote why X at all schools. Applied to PI scholarships at UCLA, UT, BU…denied from all.
…1st; received text from Dean Rosenbury awarding the scholarship on Tuesday, March 22nd. **ASU - **No app fee, waived CAS fee. My safety school. Wrote Why ASU only after being placed on hold for lacking connection to Arizona. u/Nsqui on Reddit, if anyone has questions in the years and cycles to come!
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