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Post by Bildungsroman » Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:47 pm

I have the sneaking suspicion that I have numbers good enough to avoid fee waivers designed to increase selectivity, but not good enough to net me fee waivers designed to entice very desirable applicants. I judge this off of the lack of a UVA merit waiver at 168/4.0 and my own hurt pride. :(

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Post by afa_brandon » Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:51 pm

here's the rundown on my foray into the fee waiver world. 3.1/170




Granted? Admissions Email
BC no response bclawadm@bc.edu
BU Yes bulawadm@bu.edu
UCLA Contact in Sept admissions@law.ucla.edu
Ucolorado Contact in Sept lawadmin@colorado.edu
Cornell No lawadmit@postoffice.law.cornell.edu
UF No admissions@law.ufl.edu
Fordham No lawadmissions@law.fordham.edu
GWU No jdadmit@law.gwu.edu
UGA no response ugajd@uga.edu
UIUC NA admissions@law.uiuc.edu
IUB No lawadmis@indiana.edu
UC Irvine NA
U Minnesota Yes
UNC No law_admissions@unc.edu
UT No admissions@mail.law.texas.edu
Utah Yes info@law.utah.edu
WUSTL Yes admiss@wulaw.wustl.edu
W & M Yes
Wisconsin No admissions@law.wisc.edu
Northwestern No admissions@law.northwestern.edu
UVA Yes lawadmit@virginia.edu

This school list might look ridiculous, but I have unique circumstances that, I feel, warrant applying to many schools. Only a few are "safeties," the rest I'd love to go to.

if i recall correctly:

GWU, Wisconsin, Florida and Fordham don't grant fee waivers. William & Mary and Minnesota were unsolicited, and "NA" indicates no application fee. U Colorado and UCLA asked me to resubmit my request in September.

UVA Dir. of Admissions send me an email in response to my request with some very kind words. I doubt my numbers are reasonable for UVA, but it was a very nice touch--much better than some schools who were, I felt, pretty unpleasant.

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Re: Application Fee Waivers - Fall 2011 Applicants

Post by Entchen » Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:53 pm

Also got the UVA one today. Yay!

3.5/177.
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Post by mr_toad » Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:57 pm

Sorry if I do this wrong; UVA, 8/18, 3.7, 169.

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Post by beachbum » Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:57 pm

170/3.4: Got the UVA waiver. It's been a while since I've gotten a "good" waiver (or any waiver, for that matter), so I'm pretty stoked.

Still waiting on my request from Duke...

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Re: Application Fee Waivers - Fall 2011 Applicants

Post by Rudy » Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:00 pm

Also got UVA 168/3.77.

This makes me happy :)

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Post by DMXdawg » Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:01 pm

Bildungsroman wrote:I have the sneaking suspicion that I have numbers good enough to avoid fee waivers designed to increase selectivity, but not good enough to net me fee waivers designed to entice very desirable applicants. I judge this off of the lack of a UVA merit waiver at 168/4.0 and my own hurt pride. :(
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Post by ela7117 » Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:07 pm

UVA waiver. 173, 3.6

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Post by Dany » Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:09 pm

Glad I didn't email UVA this morning; just got the waiver!

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Re: Application Fee Waivers - Fall 2011 Applicants

Post by Bildungsroman » Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:10 pm

DMXdawg wrote:
Bildungsroman wrote:I have the sneaking suspicion that I have numbers good enough to avoid fee waivers designed to increase selectivity, but not good enough to net me fee waivers designed to entice very desirable applicants. I judge this off of the lack of a UVA merit waiver at 168/4.0 and my own hurt pride. :(
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Re: Application Fee Waivers - Fall 2011 Applicants

Post by Deuce » Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:15 pm

afa_brandon wrote:here's the rundown on my foray into the fee waiver world. 3.1/170




Granted? Admissions Email
BC no response bclawadm@bc.edu
BU Yes bulawadm@bu.edu
UCLA Contact in Sept admissions@law.ucla.edu
Ucolorado Contact in Sept lawadmin@colorado.edu
Cornell No lawadmit@postoffice.law.cornell.edu
UF No admissions@law.ufl.edu
Fordham No lawadmissions@law.fordham.edu
GWU No jdadmit@law.gwu.edu
UGA no response ugajd@uga.edu
UIUC NA admissions@law.uiuc.edu
IUB No lawadmis@indiana.edu
UC Irvine NA
U Minnesota Yes
UNC No law_admissions@unc.edu
UT No admissions@mail.law.texas.edu
Utah Yes info@law.utah.edu
WUSTL Yes admiss@wulaw.wustl.edu
W & M Yes
Wisconsin No admissions@law.wisc.edu
Northwestern No admissions@law.northwestern.edu
UVA Yes lawadmit@virginia.edu

This school list might look ridiculous, but I have unique circumstances that, I feel, warrant applying to many schools. Only a few are "safeties," the rest I'd love to go to.

if i recall correctly:

GWU, Wisconsin, Florida and Fordham don't grant fee waivers. William & Mary and Minnesota were unsolicited, and "NA" indicates no application fee. U Colorado and UCLA asked me to resubmit my request in September.

UVA Dir. of Admissions send me an email in response to my request with some very kind words. I doubt my numbers are reasonable for UVA, but it was a very nice touch--much better than some schools who were, I felt, pretty unpleasant.
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Re: Application Fee Waivers - Fall 2011 Applicants

Post by Calla Lily » Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:19 pm

Received UVA waiver
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Re: Application Fee Waivers - Fall 2011 Applicants

Post by Deuce » Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:25 pm

Calla Lily wrote:Received UVA waiver, 167/3.92...I will pay $12 for the out/wl
You're at a 75 and between a 25/median. Not exactly autoreject numbers.

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Re: Application Fee Waivers - Fall 2011 Applicants

Post by Knock » Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:28 pm

Got UVA Today as well. So far gotten 3 i'll use: Georgetown, Duke (priority track), and UVA. I'm not doing any emailing until September, late Sept. at the very earliest.

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Post by Calla Lily » Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:32 pm

You are right, that prediction may have been too negative. Wasn't planning on applying to UVA, but I suppose I will throw an app out there for $12.
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Post by nyk3 » Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:44 pm

Got UVA - 169/3.6/resident.

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nyk3 wrote:Got UVA - 169/3.6/resident.
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Knockglock wrote:Got UVA Today as well. So far gotten 3 i'll use: Georgetown, Duke (priority track), and UVA. I'm not doing any emailing until September, late Sept. at the very earliest.
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eskimo wrote:
Knockglock wrote:Got UVA Today as well. So far gotten 3 i'll use: Georgetown, Duke (priority track), and UVA. I'm not doing any emailing until September, late Sept. at the very earliest.
All of this.

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Post by kazu » Wed Aug 18, 2010 6:43 pm

Just realized I didn't get Georgetown... :cry:

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thecilent wrote:
eskimo wrote:
Knockglock wrote:Got UVA Today as well. So far gotten 3 i'll use: Georgetown, Duke (priority track), and UVA. I'm not doing any emailing until September, late Sept. at the very earliest.
All of this.

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Post by d34d9823 » Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:20 pm

I just got Virginia. I don't know if it took 4 hours to make it out to where I live or what.

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Post by Knock » Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:21 pm

d34dluk3 wrote:I just got Virginia. I don't know if it took 4 hours to make it out to where I live or what.
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