Apply early! Do not do what I did! I believe I would have had more acceptances and better success in scholarship negotiations if I had taken my own adivce.
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Admitted to Rutgers UniversityIf 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.
…grew. Unfortunately, Northeastern does not do scholarship negotiations. They awarded me an extremely generous scholarship, but it felt weird to consider their schollie over the numerous full tuition offers I had received. I ended up choosing Northeastern in the end though. In the end, I decided I cared a lot more…
Ask for a fee waiver at every school you apply for, I received one at all 11 schools. Also NEGOTIATE YOUR SCHOLARSHIPS, it doesn’t hurt to ask and the worst they can do is say no!
…out to any of the schools I was offered admission at to negotiate scholarships. Cardozo is the only school which altered my scholarship amount. Aside from Brooklyn & Cardozo, all other acceptances were the equivalent of a full ride for all 3 years for each school. Both Penn State and New York Law School offered…
Unsolicited increase from Baylor. Solicited increased from Pittsburgh. Negotiations rejected on all other attempts (Richmond, PSU Dickinson, Temple).
…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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