Deferred from WashU to get some additional work experience and hopefully raise my scholarship through an LSAT retake.
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Admitted to University of Texas at AustinRenegotiated 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! :)
Submit your apps early. Make sure to start scholarship negotiations as soon as you can as well!
…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!
…ask! Consider overall COA and location when rankings and scholarships are similar, plus visit to assess personal fit and available programs.
…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…
…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…
…did not do Kira video interview Duke: signed up for scholarship interview as soon I got my admissions offer Don’t lose yourself in the admissions process – once you’ve sent the applications, don’t dwell on status checkers and Reddit updates. I lost so many hours lurking on the subreddit that could’ve been spent…
…me first. I didn’t bother appealing since I had received a scholarship from Michigan and a Columbia A by then. TL;DR didn’t complete the Cornell interview due to sickness and got rejected.
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