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What's your ~status~?

Accepted, attending, dancing in the streets
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3%
Accepted, trying to figure out how to get more $$
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16%
Accepted, waiting anxiously on my financial aid package
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3%
Accepted, going to ASW 1
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5%
Accepted, going to ASW 2
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Waiting anxiously on my acceptance
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60%
Getting my apps in over winter break
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Applying in February just for the heck of it, will be reapplying
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2%
In high school, lurking
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2%
 
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principalagent

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Re: Michigan Law c/o 2021 Applicants

Post by principalagent » Thu Jan 11, 2018 6:19 pm

Ntp73821 wrote: I felt that my offer was very generous!
I’m honestly very curious where Michigan gets this kind of money!! 80+% get an offer of some sort, and Darrow interviews are booked for two straight weeks. And people without Darrow invites are still getting 90-150k as if that’s a casual scholarship amount. That’s crazy for a public university, and they seem to perhaps be the most generous school in the T13.

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Re: Michigan Law c/o 2021 Applicants

Post by kippercd » Thu Jan 11, 2018 6:22 pm

principalagent wrote:
Ntp73821 wrote: I felt that my offer was very generous!
I’m honestly very curious where Michigan gets this kind of money!! 80+% get an offer of some sort, and Darrow interviews are booked for two straight weeks. And people without Darrow invites are still getting 90-150k as if that’s a casual scholarship amount. That’s crazy for a public university, and they seem to perhaps be the most generous school in the T13.
they have a gigantic endowment probably
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Re: Michigan Law c/o 2021 Applicants

Post by ChutzpahSaxa15 » Thu Jan 11, 2018 7:54 pm

So once we do receive a $$$ offer, at what point is it okay to start trying to negotiate up? I've already gotten hefty schollys from other schools but feel like it might be in bad taste to counter back with that right away. I love Mich so I hope they can distribute lots of dough.

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Re: Michigan Law c/o 2021 Applicants

Post by etramak » Thu Jan 11, 2018 8:07 pm

principalagent wrote:
Ntp73821 wrote: I felt that my offer was very generous!
I’m honestly very curious where Michigan gets this kind of money!! 80+% get an offer of some sort, and Darrow interviews are booked for two straight weeks. And people without Darrow invites are still getting 90-150k as if that’s a casual scholarship amount. That’s crazy for a public university, and they seem to perhaps be the most generous school in the T13.
Can someone explain the Darrow thing? I assume its a full scholarship interview? What happens if you don't get the Darrow, what would your scholarship be?

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Re: Michigan Law c/o 2021 Applicants

Post by steadfastness11 » Thu Jan 11, 2018 10:40 pm

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Re: Michigan Law c/o 2021 Applicants

Post by covfefe » Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:15 pm

steadfastness11 wrote:I went complete 11/1 with a 168, but have been ghosted since. I guess this silence indicates that a ding is coming. I did take the December LSAT and got 172 tho.

This dead silence is making me worried that it is a caveat for some red flags in my applications. I am a K-JD, National but no numerical GPA, average softs ( focused volunteering work and school leadership, just an average softs for k-jd, with no internship) , I found a typo in my PS though I swear I read it more than 50 times. Maybe all these factors are making me a poor candidate. I would be really stoked to get in to UofM with $$$since my family lives there. What do you think is hurting my chances in getting in( or making me underperform my stats). I got into Cornell, Wustl, gulc, Vanderbilt. but for Cornell I only got a very very small amount of $ which I also think shows that there is something wrong with my applications. If the lack of WE is what’s pulling me down, I am thinking of getting a job. Or do I just need to calm down?
The last bit! You sound like a fine candidate to me, and it seems like you're having a pretty good cycle so far! I mean, yeah, work experience would probably make you even MORE attractive (and tbh, I would recommend a couple years of work experience to everyone before law school), but I don't think this is anything to worry about. Did you submit a Why Michigan? If not, that's maybe the only thing you might consider throwing them, with a line in there about how your family is there (to establish ties to the area - I remember last cycle when my gf was applying and seh got into Michigan, the biggest thing Michigan was trying to sell her on was actually living in Ann Arbor as opposed to anywhere else, so I bet them knowing you have ties to the area already would be beneficial). Otherwise, hold tight - this seems to be a slow cycle for all of us.

But also, you're not wrong for being anxious, it's totally normal!

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Re: Michigan Law c/o 2021 Applicants

Post by Veil of Ignorance » Fri Jan 12, 2018 7:17 am

In via status checker! So excited. Do you know when I should receive the email and admissions package?

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Post by LSATuration » Fri Jan 12, 2018 10:05 am

In this morning via status checker!

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Re: Michigan Law c/o 2021 Applicants

Post by Mikey » Fri Jan 12, 2018 10:17 am

congrats you guys!

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Re: Michigan Law c/o 2021 Applicants

Post by 180doublecork » Fri Jan 12, 2018 10:31 am

Accepted on January 3 by email from dean Z! Waiting on my snail mail packet, when lo and behold, an email from financial aid...40k scholarship!!!

UofM is the best!! Hang in there everybody, Good luck!!

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Post by par283 » Fri Jan 12, 2018 10:59 am

180doublecork wrote:Accepted on January 3 by email from dean Z! Waiting on my snail mail packet, when lo and behold, an email from financial aid...40k scholarship!!!

UofM is the best!! Hang in there everybody, Good luck!!
CONGRATS!

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Re: Michigan Law c/o 2021 Applicants

Post by NavyNuke » Fri Jan 12, 2018 12:18 pm

Just registered for the first ASW :) Really excited to get up there and check out AA!
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Re: Michigan Law c/o 2021 Applicants

Post by AMcJV12 » Fri Jan 12, 2018 12:24 pm

LSATuration wrote:In this morning via status checker!
Veil of Ignorance wrote:In via status checker! So excited. Do you know when I should receive the email and admissions package?
That's awesome you guys! Mind sharing around what date you applied?

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Re: Michigan Law c/o 2021 Applicants

Post by Bojack93 » Fri Jan 12, 2018 12:31 pm

NavyNuke wrote:Just registered for the first ASW :) Really excited to get up there and check out AA!
I don't see anything about a travel stipend, does Michigan generally not do that?

They do heavily subsidize hotel rooms ($20/night for a shared room).

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Re: Michigan Law c/o 2021 Applicants

Post by LSATuration » Fri Jan 12, 2018 12:35 pm

AMcJV12 wrote:
LSATuration wrote:In this morning via status checker!
Veil of Ignorance wrote:In via status checker! So excited. Do you know when I should receive the email and admissions package?
That's awesome you guys! Mind sharing around what date you applied?
I applied 11/15, went complete 12/1. But I did retake in December (Michigan received the score 12/25).

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Post by ChutzpahSaxa15 » Fri Jan 12, 2018 12:45 pm

Just registered for the first preview weekend!!

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Re: Michigan Law c/o 2021 Applicants

Post by Veil of Ignorance » Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:11 pm

AMcJV12 wrote:
LSATuration wrote:In this morning via status checker!
Veil of Ignorance wrote:In via status checker! So excited. Do you know when I should receive the email and admissions package?
That's awesome you guys! Mind sharing around what date you applied?
I applied 11/30. Good luck to you!

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Re: Michigan Law c/o 2021 Applicants

Post by dallinpackard » Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:28 pm

Just got in via email/status checker! Out of curiosity, how are people getting scholarship info? Does it come in the package?

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Post by chrysippusofsoli » Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:46 pm

dallinpackard wrote:Just got in via email/status checker! Out of curiosity, how are people getting scholarship info? Does it come in the package?
I got mine via email, about 2 weeks after I got the initial email about my acceptance. The package itself had no word about scholarships.

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Re: Michigan Law c/o 2021 Applicants

Post by CottonHarvest » Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:48 pm

Does the status checker update after “complete?”

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Post by chrysippusofsoli » Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:50 pm

CottonHarvest wrote:Does the status checker update after “complete?”
It does update when a decision has been reached (as the key below suggests).

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Re: Michigan Law c/o 2021 Applicants

Post by Ntp73821 » Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:53 pm

Bojack93 wrote:
I don't see anything about a travel stipend, does Michigan generally not do that?

They do heavily subsidize hotel rooms ($20/night for a shared room).
Wondering this too... I live pretty far away from Michigan, but I really want to go.
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Re: Michigan Law c/o 2021 Applicants

Post by NavyNuke » Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:59 pm

Ntp73821 wrote:
Bojack93 wrote:
I don't see anything about a travel stipend, does Michigan generally not do that?

They do heavily subsidize hotel rooms ($20/night for a shared room).
Wondering this too... I live pretty far away from Michigan, but I really want to go.
On the Facebook page they said they subsidize the rooms and the food while you're there is covered, but any travel aid is need-based and must be applied for.
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Re: Michigan Law c/o 2021 Applicants

Post by Ntp73821 » Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:37 pm

NavyNuke wrote: On the Facebook page they said they subsidize the rooms and the food while you're there is covered, but any travel aid is need-based and must be applied for.
Lol I'm in the FB page and have no idea how I missed this. Thanks for the heads up, I'll go look at the need-based form.
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Post by littlewing67 » Fri Jan 12, 2018 10:42 pm

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