Mentioning that another school gave me a fee waiver? Forum
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Mentioning that another school gave me a fee waiver?
Hi, I feel like the answer is "no" or would have read this somewhere but I've never seen anyone explicitly say either way so I figured I'd ask. Is it at all useful, when asking for a fee waiver, to point out that another, higher-ranked school offered me one? e.g. mentioning to Duke that Columbia offered one?
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Re: Mentioning that another school gave me a fee waiver?
FWIW, I tried leveraging Georgetown's application fee waiver to negotiate a fee waiver from GW and it didn't work. Each school has its own reason for granting a fee waiver to an applicant.
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Re: Mentioning that another school gave me a fee waiver?
At best it's not going to help you get another fee waiver and at worst it's going to look bad. Don't do it.KFV wrote:Hi, I feel like the answer is "no" or would have read this somewhere but I've never seen anyone explicitly say either way so I figured I'd ask. Is it at all useful, when asking for a fee waiver, to point out that another, higher-ranked school offered me one? e.g. mentioning to Duke that Columbia offered one?
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Re: Mentioning that another school gave me a fee waiver?
Don't do it.
However, you might try this:
'Hello,
I am a prospective student that is very interested in your school. My numbers are 195/5.0 and I was wondering if i might qualify for an application fee waiver. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
0L'
I sent emails like that to the schools I was interested in and had great luck.
However, you might try this:
'Hello,
I am a prospective student that is very interested in your school. My numbers are 195/5.0 and I was wondering if i might qualify for an application fee waiver. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
0L'
I sent emails like that to the schools I was interested in and had great luck.
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Re: Mentioning that another school gave me a fee waiver?
++1pifhib2 wrote:'Hello,
I am a prospective student that is very interested in your school. My numbers are 195/5.0 and I was wondering if i might qualify for an application fee waiver. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
0L'
Also, Columbia gives out fee waivers like tootsie rolls in a parade. Duke doesn't care.
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Re: Mentioning that another school gave me a fee waiver?
Columbia refused to give me one with a 175/3.89TripTrip wrote:++1pifhib2 wrote:'Hello,
I am a prospective student that is very interested in your school. My numbers are 195/5.0 and I was wondering if i might qualify for an application fee waiver. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
0L'
Also, Columbia gives out fee waivers like tootsie rolls in a parade. Duke doesn't care.
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Re: Mentioning that another school gave me a fee waiver?
LSN says people with numbers under yours got waivers. Does your LSAC account number have 666 or 13 in it? Maybe the adcomm is superstitious.bbsg wrote:Columbia refused to give me one with a 175/3.89TripTrip wrote:++1pifhib2 wrote:'Hello,
I am a prospective student that is very interested in your school. My numbers are 195/5.0 and I was wondering if i might qualify for an application fee waiver. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
0L'
Also, Columbia gives out fee waivers like tootsie rolls in a parade. Duke doesn't care.
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Re: Mentioning that another school gave me a fee waiver?
Hey guys, thanks for the responses!
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Re: Mentioning that another school gave me a fee waiver?
I'm going to differ just a bit. Ask for one and if they come back with no, go with something to the effect of, "Oh I'm sorry to hear that, I've received a couple from peer institutions and would love to apply to your school as well, unfortunately cost...etc etc.
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Re: Mentioning that another school gave me a fee waiver?
Yeah, if they come back with "no," you have nothing to lose.wert3813 wrote:I'm going to differ just a bit. Ask for one and if they come back with no, go with something to the effect of, "Oh I'm sorry to hear that, I've received a couple from peer institutions and would love to apply to your school as well, unfortunately cost...etc etc.
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Re: Mentioning that another school gave me a fee waiver?
I literally sent Columbia 5 emails asking for a fee waiver in different roundabout ways and still ended up paying them. They just don't budge.TripTrip wrote: ++1
Also, Columbia gives out fee waivers like tootsie rolls in a parade. Duke doesn't care.
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Re: Mentioning that another school gave me a fee waiver?
Weird, because my LSAT was a good bit lower than yours (GPA lower as well) and I received an unsolicited fee waiver from Columbia that stated: On the basis of your performance on the LSAT only, you have been identified as a prospective law school applicant who, on that criterion alone, has demonstrated a capability to contribute to and benefit from a legal education of the first order.sinfiery wrote:I literally sent Columbia 5 emails asking for a fee waiver in different roundabout ways and still ended up paying them. They just don't budge.TripTrip wrote: ++1
Also, Columbia gives out fee waivers like tootsie rolls in a parade. Duke doesn't care.
My numbers aren’t all-that but I received unsolicited fee waivers from every T14 except HYS so I wonder what factors influence who gets school waivers. It may be something arbitrary like the date you take your LSAT (e.g., Feb vs Oct).
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Re: Mentioning that another school gave me a fee waiver?
Are you saying duke doesn't respond to requests? Because they definitely gave me one after I emailed and asked. Had a nice short back and forth with someone on the admissions staff because of it too.TripTrip wrote:++1pifhib2 wrote:'Hello,
I am a prospective student that is very interested in your school. My numbers are 195/5.0 and I was wondering if i might qualify for an application fee waiver. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
0L'
Also, Columbia gives out fee waivers like tootsie rolls in a parade. Duke doesn't care.
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Re: Mentioning that another school gave me a fee waiver?
Same with Chicago. And to add insult to injury, every time I asked for a fee waiver I received a generic response that was literally copied from their website. Grr.sinfiery wrote:I literally sent Columbia 5 emails asking for a fee waiver in different roundabout ways and still ended up paying them. They just don't budge.TripTrip wrote: ++1
Also, Columbia gives out fee waivers like tootsie rolls in a parade. Duke doesn't care.
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