…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.
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Admitted to Emory UniversityDidn’t write any optional essays. President/member of multiple orgs Founder of campus org Lots of community service Sorority 4-year merit scholarship recipient 2 years WE (legal assistant at Big Law firm)
WF has a “non-binding” early decision program, and that’s what I was accepted to with a 45k scholarship. deferred myself to regular decision and was waitlisted
T2 soft: Fulbright ETA Wrote why X at all schools. Applied to PI scholarships at UCLA, UT, BU…denied from all.
Renegotiated with Texas Law using all of my other scholarship offers, except NYU (hadn’t received my scholly info yet) – offer went from 54k total to 60k total (off of in-state tuition). Headed to Texas Law to stay close to my fam and significant other! :)
Veteran Application Resource - Service 2 School Veteran Scholarship Opportunity - Pat Tillman Foundation Apply early and broadly. Tell your story and shoot your shot! Good luck.
…other applications.- Received around an 70% tuition scholarship despite seemingly giving up most of my leverage. I’ll be attending UNC for Fall ’22, and found this site to provide great information during a very stressful process. For those interested in my LOCI process or have questions about UNC Law, shoot me a…
Apply early and write the supplemental essays; even though they’re tedious, they’ll help you have a better chance of acceptance and scholarships.
…Additionally, the higher your score is, the better scholarship you’ll receive.
…either gone to Tulane, Emory, or Georgetown (lol @ that scholarship)- Hold @ Georgia 2/11 followed by the WL got an II from GMU 2/14 but forgot to respond to it in a week and the option disappeared, which is what I think contributed to the waitlist decision lol. didn’t really wanna attend anyways!
…vary by month submitted. With that being said, merit scholarship availability seems to be much more limited across all schools the later you apply. On LSAT prep: something that helped me improve when approaching questions was shifting my mindset when reviewing answer choices from “what are reasons why this AC could…
…that undergrad simply is not. Finally - location, average scholarship offers, and career outcomes should be the primary determinant in how you decide where to apply. Rankings simply do not matter most of the time; your actual law school grades will have far more impact on what you do after school. So, pick the…
…Your writings and letters of rec matter tremendously for scholarship offers. Don’t slack.
…yet) that since I hadn’t paid it, they were reducing my scholarship in half. Wasn’t planning on going there but I’d be beyond pissed if I was.
…so after their first deadline) which made me miss the big scholarships. if anyone else is hoping to go there i strongly suggest to apply before the early app deadline. excited for wake forest !
…with them. Spread your app pool out – once you get in, scholarships can always be negotiated! Remember, you are already on the path that you’re meant to be on. If I had skipped those years of LSAT anxiety and gone straight to law school, I wouldn’t have met my spouse.
…it was a better fit for me, I enjoyed their ASW and the scholarship made it enough for me to attend 😇
…broadly, you’re almost sure to save yourself money with scholarships. I have requested and received CAS fee waivers from Texas A&M, Arizona State, SMU, and Baylor. I reached out and individually asked every other school on my list. A few schools (Penn State, Indiana) reached out and offered free CAS waivers…
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