Advice applicants left on their LSD.Law profiles, searchable by topic, school, and stats.
LSAT 167 Int'l GPA Superior 2023–24 cycle
Attending University of Tennessee
Apply to peer schools of the school you want to attend to have competing scholarship offers to negotiate with. In hindsight I would have applied to more schools for more negotiation leverage.
…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…
…helped me significantly at UNC and GMU. Finally, please negotiate your scholarships. You have nothing to lose by asking, and I got very positive responses when I asked politely and sent in my other offers.
…essays Application timing LSAT I took it once. Scholarship negotiations Decision making
…-update in the portal, scholarship came with A -tried to negotiate scholarship up, but they said they were not able to offer anything at this time
…and the other is roughly 90% tuition which I intend to negotiate up. This methodology won’t work for everyone, and it won’t suit everyone’s individual tastes, but, if your interests align with my own, then I would recommend you consider it. At this point, even if my “reach schools” (t-14) got back to me, with little…
I applied knowing that I wanted to go to school in the triangle (Duke or UNC) and the rest of my applications were kind of just for negotiation purposes if I could use them. When I got the WL at Duke, it really stung, but when I got accepted off hold at UNC I was so excited & I can’t wait to be a Tar Heel in the fall.
…W&L, UIUC, Wisconsin, UMD, and Cardozo for scholarship negotiations with Wake. I reached out to two Wake alumni to determine whether Wake was worth the extra cost over Miami with my goals in Florida. They couldn’t say whether Wake was worth the extra cost, and that really stood out to me. One of them spent her…
…get in on a full ride) but applied to a few more for negotiation purposes just in case and others because why not. I’ll be attending the school I’d planned on from the start but I’m really glad I applied more broadly than that so I knew what I could do and had options. You do NOT want to leave with regrets if at all…
…app pool out – once you get in, scholarships can always be negotiated! Remember, you are already on the path that you’re meant to be on. If I had skipped those years of LSAT anxiety and gone straight to law school, I wouldn’t have met my spouse.
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