…Said the admission packet would arrive in the mail with scholarship offer. 12/8 OU acceptance call. No mention of scholarship/mailer 12/8 Hastings rejection email. 12/8 Richmond acceptance packet came with a Deans Scholarship awarding full tuition coverage for 6 consecutive full time semesters with satisfactory…
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Admitted to University of Richmond…waitlisted at 13/26 schools, and only had conditional scholarships. When your GPA is low the two best things you can do are put time into getting above your goal schools scores on the LSAT (I took it 3 times with a year and a half between my second and third time and went 157>162>167) and taking the time to write…
…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…
…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 your schools for increases in…
…to ensure it’s genuine and engaging. 4. Weigh cost and scholarships over ranking: Law school rankings can be arbitrary, and since law school is expensive and part-time work isn’t feasible, it’s crucial to consider affordability and scholarships over a school’s rank. 5. Avoid Reddit and similar forums: These spaces…
…weeks, ymmv). GWU - Hold on 2/27, Accepted on 3/19 with scholarship offer same day. NDLS - Appealed scholarship offer using UMN and GW, denied.
…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…
Retook the LSAT in Feb and got 164 Applied to ASU after 164 Accepted off Hold at W&L after 164 Scholarship Increase at GW after 164 Scholarship Increase at Maryland after 164
…LSAT, the schools that admitted me offered me little to no scholarships. Apply to schools you know you’d get scholarships at and leverage! You can find me on reddit at u/hundaddy20 if you have questions.
…video interview) **Other Optionals: **GULC Video Optional Scholarship Applications: Emory Woodruff, Texas G. Rollie White Public Service, Vandy Law Scholars Merit Awards Optional Video Interviews: Texas, Minnesota (Didn’t do Vandy or TAMU). I thought I did well on both of these. **LOCI: **Submitted LOCI to W&L Jan…
…12/22 with 168 LSAT After receiving a laughable 6k/year scholarship from TAMU decided 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…
…of Wisconsin-Madison as they provided a full-ride scholarship to me, and Madison, WI, is a great place to live. I eventually want to move back west as I will be leaving the region but am okay being in Wisconsin for school and working here after for a bit.
Negotiate for higher scholarships with EVERY. SINGLE. SCHOOL.
…as soon as possible while also being in the pool for scholarships and opportunities. Holding your seat “as an option” is senseless. Be decisive and look out for your fellow applicants and the admissions officers that have thousands of decisions to make. Your ranking within a school matters more than your school’s…
…fact that a higher LSAT score invariably results in higher scholarship offers, you’re basically being paid to study for a test that has an inordinately high impact on admissions. It’s the most important but most controllable part of your application. Write why statements, and “optional statements.” You know if…
…better score but ending up at my top choice with a great scholarship. v happy!
WF has a “non-binding” early decision program, and that’s what I was accepted to with a 45k scholarship. deferred myself to regular decision and was waitlisted
Apply early and write the supplemental essays; even though they’re tedious, they’ll help you have a better chance of acceptance and scholarships.
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