USC (Gould) c/o 2018 Forum

[HalfStudent]

http://weblaw.usc.edu/careers/statistics/

http://weblaw.usc.edu/assets/docs/caree ... duates.pdf

[HalfStudent]

Improvement over last year but still too many people graduating. 2018 class will have 10,000 fewer people flooding the market.

[LawsRUs]

Successful scholly negotiation, PM for details

pm-ed. Thanks!

[RubyRod]

Improvement over last year but still too many people graduating. 2018 class will have 10,000 fewer people flooding the market.

Where's that stat come from?

[RubyRod]

http://weblaw.usc.edu/careers/statistics/

http://weblaw.usc.edu/assets/docs/caree ... duates.pdf

USC went from 17 employed by the school in 2013 to 34 employed by school in 2014....

[HalfStudent]

Improvement over last year but still too many people graduating. 2018 class will have 10,000 fewer people flooding the market.

Where's that stat come from?

2014 class had 48,000 enter law school.

2018 will have about 36,000.

[RubyRod]

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[HalfStudent]

Anyone think I have a shot at getting an increase using a UCLA offer that winds up being a few thousand cheaper as long as my need aid remains consistent and I get in state tuition. Both of which UCLA has promised will happen, but don't know if USC will take them into account seeing as how they shot down a total COA argument for Vandy.

UCLA obviously gives you more leverage than Vandy since UCLA is in the same market. GL.

[bubbles139]

Anyone think I have a shot at getting an increase using a UCLA offer that winds up being a few thousand cheaper as long as my need aid remains consistent and I get in state tuition. Both of which UCLA has promised will happen, but don't know if USC will take them into account seeing as how they shot down a total COA argument for Vandy.

That's basically the argument I used, COA of UCLA v. USC, and i got them to bump it a tiny bit (not anything super significant but UCLA was offering me less money by far) so there's a shot it may work for you too.

[RareExports]

Anyone think I have a shot at getting an increase using a UCLA offer that winds up being a few thousand cheaper as long as my need aid remains consistent and I get in state tuition. Both of which UCLA has promised will happen, but don't know if USC will take them into account seeing as how they shot down a total COA argument for Vandy.

It is my opinion that your likelihood of getting an increase at USC this cycle will be determined almost entirely by the position of your LSAT score relative to their median.

From my observations they over-offered reverse splitters originally and have been trying to correct this by giving large increases to splitters and shooting down reverse splitter requests.

Total speculation though and I know it doesn't answer your question directly, but hopefully it gives some insight.

To answer your question more directly, I don't think it matters what your leverage is as long as you have it and make a compelling argument for why it is a strong option for you. If they shot down a request based on one competing offer, I don't think it's likely they will respond positively with a different offer, unless your original competing offer just wasn't competitive or you didn't make it seem competitive (which I assume isn't the case).

[LawsRUs]

http://weblaw.usc.edu/careers/statistics/

http://weblaw.usc.edu/assets/docs/caree ... duates.pdf

USC went from 17 employed by the school in 2013 to 34 employed by school in 2014....

Damnit USC!!!

[LawsRUs]

Thank you so much for your insights everybody !!

[Finalfan]

mec896

Aren't you well above the medians or even the 75th?? I think if you make a really compelling argument I don't see how they turn you down if you really want to attend USC. They may think with your stats you're just playing them to get bigger offer elsewhere or something.

[RubyRod]

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[LawsRUs]

We like mec here. If you are reading this AO, please give her more money. TYIA.

[LawsRUs]

ETA: Honestly this whole thing is incredibly frustrating. I couldn't afford to drop a ton of money on applications, and I didn't want to waste everyone's time by doing so, but apparently it's the only way to get the amount of money my numbers merit.

Ugh, I know. So apparently I should have applied to T14s.

I'm going to check if they are still taking applications.

[LawsRUs]

http://weblaw.usc.edu/careers/statistics/

http://weblaw.usc.edu/assets/docs/caree ... duates.pdf

USC went from 17 employed by the school in 2013 to 34 employed by school in 2014....

Damnit USC!!!

What was the bar passage rate for these folks, anyone know?

[Finalfan]

Try this strategy. Call the AO and tell them the following.

"I'm above the 75th. Give my a full ride and I will withdraw from everywhere immediately and sent my deposit in right away."
I bet this will work.

[LawsRUs]

Try this strategy. Call the AO and tell them the following.

"I'm above the 75th. Give my a full ride and I will withdraw from everywhere immediately and sent my deposit in right away."
I bet this will work.

Did not work. It might work for you mec.

[Finalfan]

http://weblaw.usc.edu/careers/statistics/

http://weblaw.usc.edu/assets/docs/caree ... duates.pdf

USC went from 17 employed by the school in 2013 to 34 employed by school in 2014....

Damnit USC!!!

What was the bar passage rate for these folks, anyone know?

I think it's safe to say some of them failed the bar exam but USC just hired the unemployed to rig the US news ranking like other schools.

[LawsRUs]

^^ I want to know
1. the bar passage rate for these folks
2. whether they are below the median in grades.

I'll try to ask someone at Law Day.

[Finalfan]

Try this strategy. Call the AO and tell them the following.

"I'm above the 75th. Give my a full ride and I will withdraw from everywhere immediately and sent my deposit in right away."
I bet this will work.

Did not work. It might work for you mec.

Yeah MEC is above the 75th on BOTH GPA and LSAT. He has a lot more leverage. Go for it MEC.

[LawsRUs]

O shoot, I just noticed this.

Under school-funded positions,
Employed, bar passage required is 31/34. So they did pass the bar. But why can't they get a job, even shit law?

Anyone else notice something else from the employment summary that we missed?

[Finalfan]

O shoot, I just noticed this.

Under school-funded positions,
Employed, bar passage required is 31/34. So they did pass the bar. But why can't they get a job, even shit law?

Anyone else notice something else from the employment summary that we missed?

I dont think the school cares if you passed the bar for any job they hire you. Maybe some.

[RubyRod]

O shoot, I just noticed this.

Under school-funded positions,
Employed, bar passage required is 31/34. So they did pass the bar. But why can't they get a job, even shit law?

Anyone else notice something else from the employment summary that we missed?

I think the school cares if you passed the bar for any job they hire you. Maybe some.

They were under the bar passage required section, the other 3 were under the JD preferred section I think.