…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…
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Admitted to Suffolk University…taken more time to study to get into better schools/scholarships but I really just wanted to get it out of the way more or less. -Applied to 4 reach, 4 targets, and 6 safety schools because of fear around the hyper-competitive cycle of 2020-2021 -Applied to schools near or around cities/markets that I would want to…
…reached out to them in June asking if there was any more scholarship $$ available, because of HCOL. They doubled my scholarship! I figured I’d ask since worst case they would just say no. Again, totally worth it!
…to ask if I was still interested and if I’d gotten a scholarship anywhere else, and then extended the offer (with $) verbally on that call!
…University in my state (90+% acceptance rate) on a full scholarship cause I am poor. No work experience at all my Freshman year, one unpaid legal internship during my second year and full time blue-collar job over the summer. I definitely expect the lack of WE to be a major issue with my application. I also…
…before withdrawing from schools that offered no scholarships, but there was good reason as I could go at no cost without one. Keep your options open as you feel out which admission is best for you and take the time to think without making a gut decision. Acceptances and rejections don’t reflect you or your…
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.
…Law - Accepted via status checker at (4:40 PM). Email and scholarship email (they’re two separate emails) two hours later (in spam).
I graduated with an MPA from a top university with a 3.86 in August 2020 where I also received a full-ride scholarship. This experience and my active volunteering and being an activist in the community have increased my chances of getting accepted into law school with a low LSAT Score.
…and engaging personal statement got me acceptances and scholarships of various amounts. Top choice was Northeastern, but New England law gave me a full ride and I’d rather attend a low ranked school with no debt, especially if I find law school isn’t for me
Make sure you have safety schools!!! Scholarships > Rankings
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