…better score but ending up at my top choice with a great scholarship. v happy!
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…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…
LSAT 165 GPA 3.80 2021–22 cycle
…work on campus and in the community finalist in full scholarship award, with high praise from interviewers Graduated in 3 years Tutor for High School English in underprivileged area Personal and family struggles through college (Father has cancer, I took a year off between High School and college to help and support…
LSAT 162 GPA 3.00 2021–22 cycle
Applying broadly. Unsure of what my time away from a crap GPA will do. Have some reaches but mostly chasing scholarship. That said im not desperate… at least of this writing
…but this is all anecdotal. However, it seemed to help with scholarship offers at UMN. Don’t feel the need to apply before october. Take a lot of time to think about the schools you’re applying to (my biggest error). Get a million eyes on your essays. Retake the lsat again if needed. My biggest takeaway- DONT SELL…
…to Michigan before they were willing to make an offer. Scholarship ($45k total merit) offer arrived by email at the end of January in the following cycle
…and an MA in political science at 20 ++ renegotiated my scholarship amount at Duke from $111,000 to $141,000 using an offer of a full-ride at NYU’s pre-PhD MA program as leverage
Apply to Iowa early because they have this fun thing called a scholarship waitlist, barely anyone who applied past December got money this cycle.
…down to Iowa, UConn, and PSU - Dickinson depending on scholarship offers. Committed and deposited at Dickinson on 3/24 Some general notes: Received an unsolicited CAS fee waiver from ASU so I decided to shoot my shot (at least there wasn’t a long wait for the R)- Applied to WUSTL via their website instead of LSAC…
I graduated with an MPA from a top university with a 3.86 in August 2020 where I also received a full-ride scholarship. This experience and my active volunteering and being an activist in the community have increased my chances of getting accepted into law school with a low LSAT Score.
…the optional essays but only up to a point. Wrote every scholarship essay Vandy threw at me. Also, truly terrible interviewer with GULC that hadn’t read my resume and didn’t even know if I had applied yet.
LSAT 153 GPA 3.77 2020–21 cycle
Apply early and well before any application deadlines. Accepted to ABA accredited law school not listed on LSData w/ scholarship $$$ on April 7th.
…in the end, the moment that Penn offered me even a bit of scholarship, my mind was instantly made up. Aside from the higher ranking, truth be told, Penn was one of the schools that I had my eye on from the beginning, especially because of their commitment to cross-disciplinary teaching (and having a…
…-Very scared =-=-=-=-=-=-= 4/9/22–Proud GMU 2L on scholarship! So happy to be where I am, and I have no regrets! You will make friends and find your place wherever you go! I know the application process is daunting and feels isolating, but in a year, it will feel so far away. No matter the outcome, you will be…
…Didn’t do anything extra for this app. I got an initial scholarship of $0. It was upped a decent amount after the deposit deadline. -GMU; Wrote ’Why GMU” since it was required, focused on how my math background tied into their economic emphasis. -American; sent in the app with no tailoring. Was WL and withdrew…
Took LSAT 3 times: 169 -> 170 -> 180 Undergraduate and Masters degree in economics KJD Attended T50 undergrad on full-tuition scholarship
GRE 320 GPA 3.69 2020–21 cycle
softs - Ivy league undergrad, prestigious academic scholarship winner, D1 varsity athlete, bilingual, double major applied GRE only because i decided to apply too late to take the LSAT, still wanted to throw my hat in the ring. Plan to reapply with LSAT next cycle if nothing bites
…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…
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