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…
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Admitted to Cornell University…the school. I was very humbled to receive the full tuition scholarship from Northwestern, and I was very appreciative of the initiative they took in reaching out to me personally to attract me to the school. Tbh, I thought I did HORRIBLY on the interview, so I didn’t even think I was getting in, let alone getting a…
…Law Journal Invited to apply for the USC Rothman Scholarship in late January, was notified in mid-March that I didn’t get it
…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
…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…
Took LSAT 3 times: 169 -> 170 -> 180 Undergraduate and Masters degree in economics KJD Attended T50 undergrad on full-tuition scholarship
…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…
…with thesis on legal issues + fairly competitive research scholarship supporting it, various leadership positions/volunteer projects, former varsity athlete. My softs don’t really have a coherent narrative, because I contain multitudes, but my PS tied as much together as it could. LBGTQ+, but no diversity statement.…
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
…one in January, one in February. First LOCI early March. Scholarship stuff Sent GW UVA ($45k), WashU ($150k) and BU ($120k) on 03.04 via form on admitted students website. Received update on 03.31.- Sent NDLS Penn ($105k) and WashU ($150k) on 03.18 via form on admitted students website. Received update on 03.30.…
Please see the table below for scholarship negotiations that took place.
…DC or NYC. I applied to so many schools hoping to leverage scholarships from wherever possible. Ultimately, I chose Columbia over slightly more money at NYU based on my preference for a quieter neighborhood (Morningside Heights vs. Greenwich Village) and honestly the lay-prestige. My goal is elite biglaw. I think I…
…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!
…UCLA: Programmatic Contribution, Challenges Addendum, Scholarship Essay. USC: Diversity of Background and Experience. UT Austin: Optional Statements 1 & 2. WashU St. Louis: Standard Diversity Statement. Notre Dame: Why NDLS & DKL Statement. UCI: Inclusive Excellence Essay. LMU: Why LMU and Standard Diversity…
…ask! Consider overall COA and location when rankings and scholarships are similar, plus visit to assess personal fit and available programs.
…reliably and afford you the option of squeezing a decent scholarship out of Cornell & Georgetown. There isn’t much love for internationals outside of those four schools (and maybe NYU) in the T-14. I say this recognizing that I certainly outperformed my stats in a ridiculous cycle. For reference, I had a 3.97 US…
…BU: applied for ASPIRE, but was rejected NYU: applied for scholarships UT Austin: did kira NU: opted into kira then never did it Columbia: tailored my PS and did fun facts UPenn: wrote team members essay Cornell: wrote a why Cornell, did Kira UMich: wrote the diversity prompt and the failure prompt Georgetown: wrote…
You deserve all that you have worked for and more. Don’t be afraid to ask for scholarship reconsideration!!!!
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