Applied w/ a 3.76. Went up to a 3.84 mid cycle. Cardozo twice (completely unprompted) increased scholarship 2X. Was initially offered 35,000 a year in my acceptance. In mid March, I was informed it had been increased to 40,000 a year, and then finally 2 weeks later I recieved another email telling me I was being…
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Admitted to Rutgers University…the appeal 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…
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.
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.
…like on reddit is just a week difference) northeastern scholarship package to come mid-late march 3/13 update nusl gave enough to max out gov’t loans to pay 8/19 update; Temple, UMD, UCSF, and St. Johns sent waitlist release emails after their orientation I did not fill out feeler form for Loyola (sent out 6/9) I…
…10/07 Decision: 11/07 **Result: ACCEPTED!!! **Seriously…NO SCHOLARSHIP OFFER?!?! WHAT THE FRENCH, TOAST?!?! Withdrawn 04/15 Nebraska: Applied: 01/16 Decision: 02/11 Result: ACCEPTED!!! (FULL RIDE) Came literally 2 minutes after my Cornell Rejection Emory: Applied: 12/04 Decision: 02/11 Result: ACCEPTED!!! ($53k/yr…
While it is possible to get into schools with scholarships applying late in the cycle, it will limit your options and provide a lot of waitlists at schools you’d likely be admitted to when applying in the fall. The LSAT is a huge factor and can drag a low GPA up.
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!
…and mental health. I am going for PI so I am looking for scholarships and PI job placement
…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…
Scholarships »> Prestige for me (but write a why x letter don’t be like me)
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