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
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Admitted to Georgetown University…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.…
…Yale I withdrew from everywhere else and didn’t wait for scholarship offers.
Apply early, apply widely, craft a coherent narrative, and negotiate your scholarships aggressively. Numbers get your foot in the door, the rest of your application gets you the acceptance. I think that is really shown in my results – my numbers were not competive at the very top, but I did well at schools where I…
…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.
…table. It can amount to tens of thousands of dollars in scholarship money or admission to a dream school. Use the free advice from professionals in the admissions game. Military people should use Service To School, however, be mindful of who is helping you and the limits of their knowledge. Use websites like Law…
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.
…are drawbacks to waiting. There are obvious things like scholarship deadlines to consider, but there are other factors that you likely aren’t yet considering like housing applications that you will want to submit early to ensure you have the best possible living situation for your 1L year. In my case, I wanted to…
Brutal cycle. Did not perform even close to how I expected based off of previous years’ data (admissions & scholarship offers). LSAT medians are certainly rising. Oh, well; hopefully you all have better luck.
…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!
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…
…ask! Consider overall COA and location when rankings and scholarships are similar, plus visit to assess personal fit and available programs.
…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…
…and get decisions earlier to have more time to negotiate scholarships/aid, but I think it’s more important to send in the best application possible. Even as a first gen college grad with a good LSAT and an interesting story/career path, it still took a lot of fine tuning to create an application that had a…
…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…
…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…
…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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