LSAT 176 GPA 4.00 2025–26 cycle

…Apply broadly. You will never know what acceptances and scholarships you will receive unless you throw a wide-net. I spent $2000 in applications. It was well worth it. – Interview advice: a lot of interviews are temperature checks (are you a normal person). Come prepared with specifics about each law school…

TheCheddarBoy

LSAT 179 GPA 3.50 2021–22 cycle

Attending Georgetown University

…Nothing extra for application. Applied for Hormel Scholarship and was denied. NYU - Applied to RTK, but used my personal statement as my RTK essay. UPenn - Wrote Core Values Essay. Applied for Toll PI Scholarship and was denied. UVA - Nothing extra. Really considered writing a Why Virginia, but ultimately didn’t.…

HarmoniousPrudentSalamander491

LSAT 174 GPA 3.92 2025–26 cycle

Attending Yale University

…ways to guarantee this, to include: Get a merit-based scholarship based on your grades & your awesome LSAT score that you relentlessly studied for Or Join the military and use your post-9/11 GI Bill I know number 2 seems drastic (especially given the current political & military situation), but don’t overlook the…

Joekohler

LSAT 180 GPA 4.00 2021–22 cycle

Admitted to Stanford University

Honestly, I have to say one thing if there wasn’t a max at $400,000 on the scholarships amount that I am able to input, they would be higher.

SloppyAmbiguousMongrel

LSAT 173 GPA 4.00 2023–24 cycle

Attending Columbia University

…aid at Stanford. I chose NYU for the half-tuition scholarship, because I was interested in public interest (the PI community at Stanford is smaller than NYU), NYU’s LRAP is marginally better, my support network is in NYC, and I ultimately want to practice in NYC. I think I made the right choice, but trust that I did…

GuardedMeekGriffin

LSAT 180 GPA 4.10 2023–24 cycle

Admitted to Stanford University

…important. Get it where you can. The schools with named scholarships (that I know of) are Duke, Columbia, NYU, Penn, UChicago, UVA, Mich. HYS do NOT give merit aid.

brooktroutmountains

LSAT 173 GPA 3.98 2023–24 cycle

Attending Stanford University

…but there’s some wisdom to applying to T20s here too for scholarship negotiation purposes. I took a big risk and wrote about a very controversial topic in my PS, which I think led to a lot of the waitlists and the SLS admit. All in all, I wouldn’t change things, but in the middle of February I was definitely…

ThinkableDevilishCoyote

LSAT 174 GPA 3.80 2021–22 cycle

Attending Columbia University

…Nothing extra. NYU - Applied to Furman Public Policy Scholars (was rejected for Furman and RTK, despite not applying for RTK…oof). UPenn - Wrote Core Values. Phoned this one in, honestly. UVA - Very detailed WhyUVA about a friend at UVA. Berkeley - Extended my PS as they requested and wrote what I thought was a…

OhLawdALawya

LSAT 170 GPA 3.98 2020–21 cycle

Attending New York University

KJD but graduated from undergrad with BA & MA in 4 years. Withdrew from Stanford, Columbia, Penn, and Duke before receiving official scholarship offers. Did not negotiate for more aid from schools.

WaitlistMeHarderDaddy

LSAT 178 GPA 3.00 2021–22 cycle

Admitted to Stanford University

…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.…

kingvon

LSAT 172 GPA 4.06 2024–25 cycle

Admitted to Stanford University

…stronger– and I probably could’ve gotten some better scholarships. Okay, to be honest, I actually had no idea that most people take a gap year or go into the workforce before applying to law school, so I basically just powered ahead on the KJD route, which I now realize was a huge risk. While I did good on my LSAT,…

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