…free. I wasn’t gonna go if I got in anyways Temple- got scholarship with acceptance. got what I expected when I applied 1/30 no response from any school in January so far (not including asu). This cycle is so slow I just want decisions Pitt- got an email congratulating me on acceptance and asking to apply to their…
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Admitted to Temple University…schools except NYU and Maryland. NYU: Applied to a named scholarship; wrote a specific essay for it, but one of my existing LORs fulfilled the scholarship application requirement. Rejected from scholarship early March. Michigan: Wrote two optional essays (diversity and learning environments) Penn: Wrote Core Values…
…enough time or have enough people review my supplemental scholarship/ programmatic essays and even though I got a ton of As, no one bit for the generic public service essays I dropped which I guess only really restated my resume. However, for the two higher ranked schools I got into, I wrote really good…
…higher the score the more doors that are open and the more scholarship money you can receive. Admissions Consultants/Putting Together Your Application Materials On reddit, I’ve seen a ton of people ask about admissions consultants. As someone that used a consultant for all the reasons people tell you to get one…
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…
…Drexel A and CONDITIONAL $$+ 01/09 W&L unprompted scholarship increase from 112,500 -> 115,000 2/6 Boston College R 2/6 Fordham EA Hold -> R 2/10 Villanova A 2/10 and $$+ 2/19 Sent aid reconsideration email 3/7, followed up via phone 3/21, heard back 3/22. Villanova bound! Final thoughts: W&L seems to really care…
…stressful but I had so many more opportunities to apply to scholarships, to think through where I was applying, to visit places and do research, etc. There are places where you only have a chance for certain scholarships if you apply before a certain date, but that info isn’t easily visible! I am so glad I didn’t go…
…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…
…That’s just my opinion. I am going on a full tuition scholarship. When it came down to Temple or about 40% off at BU, I was faced with a really tough decision. Ultimately, I chose Temple due to the scholarship, due to liking the people in the Groupme of classmates more, and because I think I’ll have better chances…
Do note that I have estimated certain scholarship figures when not awarded as a numerical sum. In cases of a “full tuition” or proportional scholarship, I assumed a 5% increase in all costs per year. You may have noticed that I received a particularly high number of CAS report fee waivers. This was in part due to my…
Study with LSAT Demon, apply to a lot of schools, consider the total cost you’re paying not just the scholarship amount.
…I saved ~$400 just by sending a few emails. Also ask for scholarship reconsideration. I saved another $3,000 with one form. Only apply to schools that you can use for reconsideration or will attend. In hindsight, I shouldn’t have applied to half of the schools that I did. And don’t commit anywhere without visiting -…
…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…
Have safeties Apply to reaches Keep an open mind DO NOT go to a school that offers conditional scholarships and that has very bad retention rates Stay on op of schools and write your butt off if you need to
Finishing in the top of your class is more important than the school’s ranking. By knowing this, I prioritized scholarships and geographic location to make what I believe is the best decision.
…school you can. You might be surprised. Try to negotiate scholarship amount even if you read online about a policy of non-negotiation. I was success in negotiating at least one additional amount. A small one, but every penny counts. Choosing Schools Don’t let U.S. News rule your decisions- Be sure to check on law…
…and fordham), and accepted at lewis & clark with a small scholarship. after talking with current students in public interest they convinced me not to attend. i applied w same gpa but a 164 lsat. retook in the october 2022 test and increased by 6 points. qualified for lsac fee waiver so most of my school application…
…explicitly. I’m not sure if this would have helped with my scholarships or if my GPA just really needed to be better but it wouldn’t have hurt.
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