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FWIW, I checked last year's thread, and there was some jockeying at the end of the cycle, but nothing like this.

InGoodFaith wrote:Was offered $35k /yr previously. Withdrew. Received a full tuition offer this week so long as I put down the first deposit in a week (by May 1st). Stip is a 2.95, which they claim is top 80%.

Same.

magicbunny wrote:Feel sorry for not going but I've already put down both deposits at another school

Same.

Don't really want to work in NYC or I might have reconsidered anyway, though.

Just got full ride offered..

afsl;kdjfdslk;j. Really don't know what to do

Jeez. I negotiated up to 32k, but now I feel like I shoulda just withdrawn. Woulda got a full ride :-\

hadisious wrote:Jeez. I negotiated up to 32k, but now I feel like I shoulda just withdrawn. Woulda got a full ride :-\

+1.. damn.

I just RSVP'ed for the Sneak Peek on May 1. Anyone else going?

Man, I thought 38k was great, but all these full ride offers today. I want too!

anyone see any movement on the ft wait list?

CLW8131 wrote:anyone see any movement on the ft wait list?

Nope, waiting for it, as well as the pt summer still
I wonder why they aren't moving on to accepting wait-listed people and are instead offering full rides to people who already withdrew...................
I was hoping there would be a lot more room after people withdrew, but now they're trying to lure them back in with more money, I bet it's affecting the wait-list

I wonder if this is in response to their drop in the USNWR rankings (they were barely T1, but the 6 spot slide ended that). Bringing in people with higher stats means a higher placement in the rankings. I certainly expected negotiations back and forth and the jockeying that results from that, but trying to pull people back in who already withdrew? Law school applications are down, and I bet schools are doing more this year then they ever have to pull in the best candidates they can. I wonder if this unique to Cardozo or if other schools are experiencing the same drop and are responding in a similar fashion?

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anyone have an idea what type of scholarship i can be looking at with a 160 and 3.88 gpa? non urm

adsssd wrote:anyone have an idea what type of scholarship i can be looking at with a 160 and 3.88 gpa? non urm

Hard to say based on LSN data...
http://cardozo.lawschoolnumbers.com/app ... =3&type=jd

hadisious wrote:Jeez. I negotiated up to 32k, but now I feel like I shoulda just withdrawn. Woulda got a full ride :-\

If I can negotiate up to 35k from a sudden 25k, I'm going to highly consider it.

How did you negotiate? Email or phone call?

josh43299 wrote:

adsssd wrote:anyone have an idea what type of scholarship i can be looking at with a 160 and 3.88 gpa? non urm

Hard to say based on LSN data...
http://cardozo.lawschoolnumbers.com/app ... =3&type=jd

Haha I have to edit my "W" to a $75,000 scholarship on that one.

KibblesnBitts wrote:

hadisious wrote:Jeez. I negotiated up to 32k, but now I feel like I shoulda just withdrawn. Woulda got a full ride :-\

If I can negotiate up to 35k from a sudden 25k, I'm going to highly consider it.

How did you negotiate? Email or phone call?

Via email. Keep us posted on your results, I'm curious to see what we all end up with. Good luck!

water15 wrote:

CLW8131 wrote:anyone see any movement on the ft wait list?

Nope, waiting for it, as well as the pt summer still
I wonder why they aren't moving on to accepting wait-listed people and are instead offering full rides to people who already withdrew...................
I was hoping there would be a lot more room after people withdrew, but now they're trying to lure them back in with more money, I bet it's affecting the wait-list

same here.. btw did anyone get into May PT program during the past week and this week? Less than four weeks left till the program starts in 5/21...

KibblesnBitts wrote:

hadisious wrote:Jeez. I negotiated up to 32k, but now I feel like I shoulda just withdrawn. Woulda got a full ride :-\

If I can negotiate up to 35k from a sudden 25k, I'm going to highly consider it.

How did you negotiate? Email or phone call?

Were you previously offered nothing? Also do you mean they gave you 25k yesterday and they bumped it up to 35k right after you contacted them?

Recently got my schoarlship raised from 30 to 40, with a gpa stipulation of 2.95. Anyone have an idea of how hard that gpa stipulation is to maintain? I think I read somewhere that Cardozo curves to a 3.1, so it doesnt sound too bad, but wanted to get some feedback.

hadisious wrote:

KibblesnBitts wrote:

hadisious wrote:Jeez. I negotiated up to 32k, but now I feel like I shoulda just withdrawn. Woulda got a full ride :-\

If I can negotiate up to 35k from a sudden 25k, I'm going to highly consider it.

How did you negotiate? Email or phone call?

Via email. Keep us posted on your results, I'm curious to see what we all end up with. Good luck!

How did you ask in the email? This is actually the first time I'm trying to up my negotiations through a non face-to-face medium...

thesandlot wrote:Recently got my schoarlship raised from 30 to 40, with a gpa stipulation of 2.95. Anyone have an idea of how hard that gpa stipulation is to maintain? I think I read somewhere that Cardozo curves to a 3.1, so it doesnt sound too bad, but wanted to get some feedback.

The e-mail I got said this corresponded to the top 80% of the class

KibblesnBitts wrote:

hadisious wrote:

KibblesnBitts wrote:

hadisious wrote:Jeez. I negotiated up to 32k, but now I feel like I shoulda just withdrawn. Woulda got a full ride :-\

If I can negotiate up to 35k from a sudden 25k, I'm going to highly consider it.

How did you negotiate? Email or phone call?

Via email. Keep us posted on your results, I'm curious to see what we all end up with. Good luck!

How did you ask in the email? This is actually the first time I'm trying to up my negotiations through a non face-to-face medium...

Just be honest and up front about financial concerns etc. They know this is a big decision for all. These two links will help you quite a bit:

http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... 22&t=79373

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... =7&t=27221

Full scholly No stips, here.

breaks my heart a little bit that i have pledged my devotion to cardozo and they are only going after those who turned them down...

CLW8131 wrote:breaks my heart a little bit that i have pledged my devotion to cardozo and they are only going after those who turned them down...

Those of us who got the new offers have until May 1st to deposit. If you are on the WL, I would think there will be some activity shortly after...