…great offers from several great schools that I was able to negotiate up from a half scholarship to a full ride at my top school (seriously, look at my GMU notes. I asked them four times for an increase). Which brings me to my next point on this topic: so long as you have competitive offers, never stop asking all…
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Admitted to University of Richmond…probation) addendum to every school **Scholarship Negotiations: **UF called 3/4 offering me an additional 6k/year (“sunshine stipend”) if I would commit by the following Tuesday. This would have bumped me up to full tuition + a 4.1k stipend. Mentioned this offer to W&M and UGA 3/5. Both got back to me 3/7. W&M…
…kinda weird to not get the full-tuition here. Plan to negotiate. 1/29-2/2 - UNC hold, which feels like a soft WL based on last year’s data. – TAMU WL… – BC WL… – IU negotiation did not work :/ 2/5-2/9 - no decisions, applied for UCI PSS. 2/19-2/23 - OSU A, scholly coming later. 2/26-3/1 - Emory A w/ $$$. 3/4-3/8 -…
…after WLed at W&M and admitted within 24 hours. Negotiated with W&M and got an extra 1k per year, which still didn’t match Wake. Go Deacs! I took the LSAT once. I had interesting, unique work experience and worked full-time during undergrad, which AOs commented on at multiple schools. I am not gunning BigLaw and am…
…They increased my award in January. I didn’t reach out to negotiate or anything so it was a nice surprise! Moral of the story is don’t sell yourself short! I went into this process not expecting to see any scholarship money and now I have a full ride to one of my top schools! Put your best foot forward, connect with…
…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…
Negotiate for higher scholarships with EVERY. SINGLE. SCHOOL.
…a cut-throat high turn-over environment. Lots of work with negotiations, contracts, and consulting clients. Had a major life event going into my senior year of college that made me realize I wanted to go to law school. Unfortunately I had not prioritized grades and was focusing on athletics the past 3 years. Grinded…
Unsolicited increase from Baylor. Solicited increased from Pittsburgh. Negotiations rejected on all other attempts (Richmond, PSU Dickinson, Temple).
…to apply to some more schools in late Jan for leverage to negotiate. Accepted to Emory 2/5 with 168 LSAT with ~70% tuition covered scholarship Accepted to Richmond 2/6 with 168 LSAT with 100% tuition + 4k summer PI stipend Waitlisted at Tulane 2/27 WTF??? withdrew Waitlisted at ASU 3/5, withdrew
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