Getting Aid Below Median(s) Forum

pjohnstron0626 · Post by **pjohnstron0626** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:47 pm

I was wondering if anyone has had luck getting a small merit offer from a school they were below on one or both medians? If you have could you PM me with the details and strategy?

Sirius Blackstone · Post by **Sirius Blackstone** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:01 pm

I was a super splitter (high LSAT/low GPA) and received around 10-15k a year from every lower T14 that accepted me, including Michigan. I asked for more money from all of them and completed all of the supplemental essays, but wasn't granted any additional scholarship money.

pamphleteer · Post by **pamphleteer** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:08 pm

I've gotten $120k+ at two T20s with a sub-3.0 GPA. At least earlier in the cycle, this year was very generous to 170+ splitters.

yot11 · Post by **yot11** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:35 am

Keep in mind though that a splitter (high LSAT low GPA) is harder to come by than a reverse splitter (low LSAT high GPA). So the above two examples don't really apply in your situation.

You can always play around on mylsn.info and see what you pull up.

chuckbass · Post by **chuckbass** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 11:15 am

While I'm not here to argue whether sticker is worth it or not, I don't really see how 5-10k/yr makes borrowing that much more feasible.

ETA: also Cambridge is great, but it's not going to get you biglaw from BC or ND if you don't have the grades.

pjohnstron0626 · Post by **pjohnstron0626** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 3:29 pm

While I appreciate the responses, I don't think they really addressed my question, but hopefully they will inspire some splitters to pursue more money. And I will check out LSN -- I guess that was one helpful response.

chuckbass · Post by **chuckbass** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 3:53 pm

Everyone is confident* that they will do well in law school hth

huskies2015 · Post by **huskies2015** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 3:54 pm

I have very similar stats to you and was originally offered nothing from Michigan. I then told them about other offers I had, one of which was from ND, and they said I would get at least 10K/year based on that. (to be honest I have not done the official appeal yet b/c I'm still waiting on small chance of money from other T14 schools to use as leverage, but this is what they said.) So yes, I think there is hope you can get at least 10K from the schools you are talking about.

pjohnstron0626 · Post by **pjohnstron0626** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 4:36 pm

Thank you sir.

@Mr. Confidant- Perhaps a Freudian slip. Touche.

BigZuck · Post by **BigZuck** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 4:45 pm

Retake, don't waste that GPA

Also, your confidence isn't worth a whole lot, more likely than not you'll still get styled upon by K-JDs with lower numbers who are just better at law school. Being good at law school isn't a skill that you can reliably predict going in because it's just kind of it's own beast. There wouldn't be a large margin for error at a school like ND. Maybe you'll be great at it, who knows, but having advanced degrees doesn't guarantee anything, believe me.

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