…money. I applied in the last few days as I was working to negotiate my other scholarships up before submitting and received nothing. Multiple other Berk admits had the same experience. My LSAT score carried me for sure, but with stronger softs and essays I think I would have had very different outcomes (proof: stats…
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Admitted to University of Maryland…are historically generous with aid. Did not have much luck negotiating but I only tried for the University of Maryland.
…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…
Apply early and broadly Ask for fee waivers (many schools will gladly help offset costs if you ask for it, especially if it’s a financial hardship) Negotiate (don’t give up after the first try) - one of my offers went from 70% initial » asked for more and was told there wasn’t money »> then showed 2 other full…
my words of wisdom are to know what your goals are as best as you can. it will save you a lot of money and grief. negotiate and know your worth.
…congressional internship. that’s about it. did not end up negotiating any scholly because i knew i was gonna end up at dickinson lol
…my interest in my being a public interest attorney. ALWAYS NEGOTIATE!!!! The worst they can say is no.
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