…apps to be perfect, and I am grateful I waited in the end. Negotiatie, negotiate, negotiate! I used different offers/asks and negotiated with Georgetown 4 times over 2 months before getting to a final offer. June 2020 LSAT Flex 179 (was PT’ing in the 170-175 range primarily) 2 years full-time work experience in…
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Admitted to University of Pennsylvania…weeks later. My one complaint is that Duke’s scholarship negotiation committee was not very open to negotiations, and my financial aid award did not change after requesting reconsideration. **Yale: **March 07, REJECTED - Well, we all saw this coming. I never expected to get into Yale, being below both medians, but…
If I could do it over I would apply to more T14s, even those I have no interest in, just to have more leverage in scholarship negotiations.
A cohesive narrative and clear idea of what you want to do as a lawyer goes a long way! Also apply as early as possible so you have max time for scholarship negotiations (and peace of mind).
…best/most scholarships and which schools appear to be more negotiable with scholarships than others. Look at the chart of applicants and see if people with your stats are more likely to receive money than not. It is worth the (admittedly, expensive) application fee if you can use it to get a few thousand more…
…for all application fees and all but 10 CAS fees. Did not negotiate with any school since most got back to me after I was happy with other offers.
…blanket them all to give yourself the maximum possible negotiating power.
Get your best possible GPA and LSAT. Write about what makes you who you are, discuss your identity. Apply early. Apply to lots of T14s. Negotiate your aid, communicate your needs.
…narrative apply to a range of schools so you can negotiate shot your shoot!
Attending school using VA benefits so scholarship negotiation was just insurance if something went sideways with the VA. As a GRE applicant it does not seem like not using the LSAT held me back. I am very happy with my results and gladly going to Penn Carey. Once I identified Penn as my go-to school, I was able to…
…earlier meant As earlier –> earlier finaid –> more time to negotiate! It feels like crunch time right now (late March) and I can only imagine how stressed later applicants feel. Things I would have improved: Could have written/finalized personal statement, diversity statement, supps over the summer. Not sure why I…
…Yale which opened later)- Didn’t do a whole lot of scholly negotiation because by March I was between UCLA & Penn (barring Stanny) Sent several LOCIs to Stanny, which was my top pick, but a WL is simply not worth turning down that Penn bag Also sent LOCIs to Chicago and Michigan
…Waiver. Was hoping for a scholarship that I could use to negotiate at other schools. They put me on hold and asked me to do a supplemental application form which I completed. Notified by email. Got this A with a scholarship below what I was looking for. Withdrew on 12/12. UMD**:** Did not do any supplemental essays.…
…w/r/t a particular school’s interview and/or scholarship negotiation process. Once you apply, try to put everything out of sight and out of mind for a while. Using Reddit and checking status checkers are unproductive and bad for your mental health. Be kind, give to charity, check in on your loved ones, lie down in…
…than I needed even if you account for wanting to negotiate. Most importantly, because you won’t listen, do not check your status checkers neurotically. Seriously be good to yourself.
…Duke before receiving official scholarship offers. Did not negotiate for more aid from schools.
…ffs. They really mean it when they say you have no room to negotiate. Don’t be surprised Pikachu by $0. 7Sage’s regression modeling “chance me” thing-a-doo is shit for outliers such as URMs and splitters, let alone URM splitters. Be careful on the internet. It isn’t just adcomms that are watching, but also your…
…chances 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…
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