Waiting on waitlists
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Admitted to Pennsylvania State - Penn State Law…but nothing is guaranteed. Every year people get accepted, waitlisted, and rejected by schools that “should have” acted differently according to the numbers. Softs are important, and you never know what the admissions team is specifically drawn to in a certain app. Just try and maximize your reach and don’t get hung…
…LSAT score met or exceeded the median, and was rejected or waitlisted at those where I fell short. I truly believe the scores get your foot in the door and your essays are what separate you from other applicants. Ultimately, my decision came down to UCLA, Michigan, Duke, and Virginia. I loved all four of their…
…employment can’t be made up with likely scholarship $. **Waitlists: ** **Northwestern **I withdrew. The cost would be too much and having to turn down an offer would hurt my soul. Pretty sure the WL was only because I applied ED with borderline R stats. **USC **Withdrew mid-may. They sent an email saying it was…
Apply to Iowa early because they have this fun thing called a scholarship waitlist, barely anyone who applied past December got money this cycle.
…of them to tell me that the timeline to get off the waitlists is anywhere from April to August. Sending out a LOCI to UC Hastings. I currently have a sick ass gradient. Negotiated with PSU and UNLV. PSU raised scholarship to $30k per year. Thought it was a done deal, that is until UNLV swooped in with a truly…
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
I’ll try to update my thoughts on all school decisions as they come… NYLS: Originally waitlisted but the school emailed back the next day saying it was a mistake. Felt like a lowball scholarship considering my other offers. UMiami: Had to wait until February for scholarship. Heard they don’t negotiate but try to…
…decent scholarship, so thank god the 2 ED’s ended up being waitlists) it essentially came down to what city I could see myself living in. Fordham would have been fine with the scholarship I got, and would have had an ok chance at BigLaw, but I simply don’t like NYC enough to take a chance on ending up with a…
…any scholarships or write any LOCIs for the schools I was waitlisted at. Withdrew from WashU in late March - I interviewed in late Oct and was essentially ghosted. I had chosen a school already and elected to withdraw before receiving a decision.
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