…school more likely to increase my scholarship offer in negotiations.” (I regret applying to the schools that gave me CAS waivers where I knew I wouldn’t attend It was a waste of time and may have went to another student who could have used it more.) Apply for a fee waiver through LSAC if you think it remotely could…
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Admitted to Washington University in St. Louis…bigger scholarship than Saint Louis that could be used for negotiation. Same story for Tennessee, Penn State, Baylor, and Texas A&M (competition for Missouri), although Missouri declined to negotiate with my Penn State full ride. The USC and BU applications were also primarily to compete with WashU, though WashU…
…be sent to me in 6-8 weeks. Discussed my interest in their negotiation and mediation programs in both my admission and scholarship interviews. WashU emailed my recommenders and thanked them for recommending me for their program and let them know I had been accepted. I have a tour scheduled to see campus on 1/29, and…
…apps to be perfect, and I am grateful I waited in the end. Negotiatie, negotiate, negotiate! I used different offers/asks and negotiated with Georgetown 4 times over 2 months before getting to a final offer. June 2020 LSAT Flex 179 (was PT’ing in the 170-175 range primarily) 2 years full-time work experience in…
A cohesive narrative and clear idea of what you want to do as a lawyer goes a long way! Also apply as early as possible so you have max time for scholarship negotiations (and peace of mind).
…best/most scholarships and which schools appear to be more negotiable with scholarships than others. Look at the chart of applicants and see if people with your stats are more likely to receive money than not. It is worth the (admittedly, expensive) application fee if you can use it to get a few thousand more…
…if you are interested in public interest and always try to negotiate scholarships. You can do this!
…scholarships: all aid was merit + first offers (did not negotiate)
…for all application fees and all but 10 CAS fees. Did not negotiate with any school since most got back to me after I was happy with other offers.
…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…
…narrative apply to a range of schools so you can negotiate shot your shoot!
…at UVA and NU. I don’t know why my scholarship negotiations went so poorly, so it’s hard to say what the misstep was. The one appeal that was successful (Chicago) only came after an in-person meeting with their financial aid team where we didn’t even talk about my appeal. Try to make a human connection, I suppose?…
…and loved it. WL is fine. I WITHDREW IMMEDIATELY AFTER NEGOTIATING FULL TUITION AT WASHU Having gone to an Ivy, I incurred a lot of debt. I want my career to extend my expierence in PI. I really am over trying to go to the best school and I just want to go to a school I can see myself happy at and one that gave me a…
…It was always UT, everywhere I applied was for leverage to negotiate with UT. I have a lot of personal ties to the university and Austin that were hard to give up. Can’t wait to be a Lawhorn!
…You will want these A’s when it comes time for scholarship negotiation. As long as your PS and LORs aren’t terrible, your admission outcomes will be fairly predictable if you look at past applicants from the previous cycle (don’t look at any earlier cycle, 2019-20 will give you false hope and 2020-21 will make you…
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.
…LOCIs right at 12 weeks regardless of holiday breaks. Negotiate as many scholarships as you can. Thank your recommenders!
…Waiver. Was hoping for a scholarship that I could use to negotiate at other schools. They put me on hold and asked me to do a supplemental application form which I completed. Notified by email. Got this A with a scholarship below what I was looking for. Withdrew on 12/12. UMD**:** Did not do any supplemental essays.…
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