…wrote Why Cornell, Berkeley, and a little bit why NYU in a scholarship essay). Know what’s best for you, do all the essays you can, and don’t rush your first take- . Attend ASDs if possible. Explore the immediate- area around the school where you’ll spend most of your time 1L. Talk to current and admitted students -…
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Admitted to University of California—Berkeley…so make sure to plan ahead)! Despite applying late, the scholarship opportunities at my top schools were beyond anything I could’ve dreamed. The effort really does payoff.
…also be brainstorming topics for your PS, optionals, and scholarship essays over the summer – that way your ideas get to paper early and you don’t have to worry about writing as much as you finalize your apps. Learn from my mistakes! Also, ask your professors for LORs in May at the latest, and follow up with them…
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 be sure to apply to similarly ranked schools for scholarship leverage. I went from $0.00 to $120,000.00 at Berkeley, my dream school from the beginning, because I went through reconsideration with a substantial Michigan offer. Don’t take schools where you are above medians and 75ths for granted. I got WL’d at NU…
Took LSAT 3 times: 169 -> 170 -> 180 Undergraduate and Masters degree in economics KJD Attended T50 undergrad on full-tuition scholarship
…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…
…N/A UChicago: N/A NYU: Applied to RTK, wrote optional scholarship essay. Rejected from RTK. UCBerkeley: Wrote why X. UPenn: N/A Northwestern: Did Kira. UMichigan: Wrote why X. Duke: Wrote why X. Georgetown: Wrote optional essay. Invited to apply for Blume, interviewed for Blume. Rejected from Blume. WashU: N/A.
…my PS * Wrote Why Berk, Moon/Class Stanford Essays + named scholarship NYU essay * Wrote re-applicant addendum Wrote LOCI for all WL
…Yale I withdrew from everywhere else and didn’t wait for scholarship offers.
LSAT 171 GPA 3.80 2020–21 cycle
Attending University of California—Berkeley
…for years. also wasn’t sure if i’d get a good enough scholarship offer applying to berkeley rd. ended up applying ed and was accepted! super excited and no regrets - good luck to everyone going through this process!
KJD but graduated from undergrad with BA & MA in 4 years. Withdrew from Stanford, Columbia, Penn, and Duke before receiving official scholarship offers. Did not negotiate for more aid from schools.
Submit your apps early. Make sure to start scholarship negotiations as soon as you can as well!
Negotiate your scholarships!!!! The worst they can say is no. With the exception of Northwestern (because they said they weren’t going to negotiate with anyone this year), I got more money everywhere I asked.
…they won’t, but they totally did. Also apply to outside scholarships! Another benefit to applying to early is I was just twiddling my thumbs from Nov-April, nothing to do but wait. Some hobbies I suggest: pick a random NFL team to follow, kiss some strangers, learn Spanish, make ravioli, write shitty poetry, etc.…
Northwestern 210 vs Berk 150? Northwestern 210 vs Berk 135? SCHOLARSHIP RECONSIDERATION -WashU initial 234k 1/30 -Gtown initial 150k 3/11 -Submitted recon 3/13 with WashU full+ -Gtown recon DENIED???? 3/25 I see now that they had already deduced that I likely had WashU. You need to use an offer that they are not…
…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…
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