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Post by adrib » Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:18 am

those of you that have already gotten word back from the financial aid office: does your award include any scholarship money you got? Mine has some grants, Stafford loans, and gradplus loans, but not my scholly. What's going on?

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Post by adrib » Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:20 am

nevermind. when i take the cost of attendance and subtract my award package, the difference is the scholarship amount. yay!

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Post by Esc » Sat Mar 27, 2010 12:20 pm

adrib wrote:nevermind. when i take the cost of attendance and subtract my award package, the difference is the scholarship amount. yay!
yeah, the scholly doesn't show up in the award package, but it is there.

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Post by catharsis » Sat Mar 27, 2010 12:59 pm

adrib wrote:nevermind. when i take the cost of attendance and subtract my award package, the difference is the scholarship amount. yay!
lol i just PMed you about the same thing.

i didnt see my scholarship on there either and i thought they had magically changed their mind :lol:

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Post by mcflooter06 » Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:02 pm

catharsis wrote:
adrib wrote:nevermind. when i take the cost of attendance and subtract my award package, the difference is the scholarship amount. yay!
lol i just PMed you about the same thing.

i didnt see my scholarship on there either and i thought they had magically changed their mind :lol:

When did ya'll hear about financial aid? They "misplaced" (how does that happen?) my FAFSA, so the FA Office has been e-mailing me CONSTANTLY since that happened, and they said I'd have my awards this week... but I don't have them yet.

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Post by JordynAsh » Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:05 pm

OperaAttorney wrote:
Yes, yes, yes! So, if you're as lucky as I was last semester, you'll find a vacancy across the street from the law school, rent it, and enjoy inexpensive lunch at home during your lunch breaks. :) LOL
Thankfully I will be able to do this next year!

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Post by adrib » Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:48 pm

OA, did you speak at the housing panel? there was a 1L that talked about his experience renting across the street.

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Post by adrib » Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:49 pm

mcflooter06 wrote:
catharsis wrote:
adrib wrote:nevermind. when i take the cost of attendance and subtract my award package, the difference is the scholarship amount. yay!
lol i just PMed you about the same thing.

i didnt see my scholarship on there either and i thought they had magically changed their mind :lol:

When did ya'll hear about financial aid? They "misplaced" (how does that happen?) my FAFSA, so the FA Office has been e-mailing me CONSTANTLY since that happened, and they said I'd have my awards this week... but I don't have them yet.
i got my email yesterday. I hope they do yours soon!!

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Post by mcflooter06 » Sat Mar 27, 2010 5:24 pm

adrib wrote:
mcflooter06 wrote:
catharsis wrote:
adrib wrote:nevermind. when i take the cost of attendance and subtract my award package, the difference is the scholarship amount. yay!
lol i just PMed you about the same thing.

i didnt see my scholarship on there either and i thought they had magically changed their mind :lol:

When did ya'll hear about financial aid? They "misplaced" (how does that happen?) my FAFSA, so the FA Office has been e-mailing me CONSTANTLY since that happened, and they said I'd have my awards this week... but I don't have them yet.
i got my email yesterday. I hope they do yours soon!!

I hope so too! Its probably because they ended up processing my FAFSA a little over a week ago since they finally located it then lol. Its looking like I'm going to end up at Texas more and more, so I'm ready to get it all straightened out!

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Post by catharsis » Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:14 am

mcflooter06 wrote:
catharsis wrote:
adrib wrote:nevermind. when i take the cost of attendance and subtract my award package, the difference is the scholarship amount. yay!
lol i just PMed you about the same thing.

i didnt see my scholarship on there either and i thought they had magically changed their mind :lol:

When did ya'll hear about financial aid? They "misplaced" (how does that happen?) my FAFSA, so the FA Office has been e-mailing me CONSTANTLY since that happened, and they said I'd have my awards this week... but I don't have them yet.
i heard via email yesterday evening! nice to see you might be coming to Texas!!

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Post by mcflooter06 » Sun Mar 28, 2010 3:32 pm

catharsis wrote:
mcflooter06 wrote:
catharsis wrote:
adrib wrote:nevermind. when i take the cost of attendance and subtract my award package, the difference is the scholarship amount. yay!
lol i just PMed you about the same thing.

i didnt see my scholarship on there either and i thought they had magically changed their mind :lol:

When did ya'll hear about financial aid? They "misplaced" (how does that happen?) my FAFSA, so the FA Office has been e-mailing me CONSTANTLY since that happened, and they said I'd have my awards this week... but I don't have them yet.
i heard via email yesterday evening! nice to see you might be coming to Texas!!

YAY! I just got it. I just LOVE how the state of Texas gives us grant money, its wonderful seeing that. :)

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Post by UTaylor526 » Sun Mar 28, 2010 3:51 pm

Just created a new thread for those of us who have committed to UT. Check it out

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 5&t=112468

See you guys in the fall!

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Post by M_F_F_L » Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:15 pm

So I got my financial aid email the other day. I have an EFC of "0" and still didn't receive any grants. Is it just me or is that weird???

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Post by mcflooter06 » Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:18 pm

M_F_F_L wrote:So I got my financial aid email the other day. I have an EFC of "0" and still didn't receive any grants. Is it just me or is that weird???
Are you a Texas resident? Most of my grants came from the state, which I do not believe go to OOS applicants.

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Post by M_F_F_L » Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:25 pm

mcflooter06 wrote:
M_F_F_L wrote:So I got my financial aid email the other day. I have an EFC of "0" and still didn't receive any grants. Is it just me or is that weird???
Are you a Texas resident? Most of my grants came from the state, which I do not believe go to OOS applicants.
Well, crap. No, I'm an out of state applicant. I just assumed that I'd get some sort of federal grants. I don't that is too big of an assumption with an EFC of zero. That's really disheartening. I went to ASD and absolutely fell in love with the school. I can't imagine being anywhere else. However, it looks like I'll be borrowing 60K for the first year alone. Am I'm stupid for still seriously considering a full ride to Balyor???

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Post by Esc » Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:26 pm

I don't think the feds give grants, just loans. I think the grants are just for Texas residents...

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Post by M_F_F_L » Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:17 pm

Esc wrote:I don't think the feds give grants, just loans. I think the grants are just for Texas residents...
Do you mean specifically for graduate school? I got Pell Grant for undergrad, and I'm pretty sure that's federal.

So is UT worth it...sticker that is?

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Post by Esc » Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:57 pm

M_F_F_L wrote:
Esc wrote:I don't think the feds give grants, just loans. I think the grants are just for Texas residents...
Do you mean specifically for graduate school? I got Pell Grant for undergrad, and I'm pretty sure that's federal.

So is UT worth it...sticker that is?
yeah I think pell grants are only for undergrad. the only grants I've gotten for either this year or last were state grants.

As to whether UT sticker is worth it, the only answer is the generally applicable one - it depends on your goals and options. If your choices are between Baylor $$$ and UT sticker though, definitely UT. Baylor blows AND has ridiculous scholarship GPA stipulations.

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Post by Jericwithers » Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:14 am

Esc wrote:
M_F_F_L wrote:
Esc wrote:I don't think the feds give grants, just loans. I think the grants are just for Texas residents...
Do you mean specifically for graduate school? I got Pell Grant for undergrad, and I'm pretty sure that's federal.

So is UT worth it...sticker that is?
yeah I think pell grants are only for undergrad. the only grants I've gotten for either this year or last were state grants.

As to whether UT sticker is worth it, the only answer is the generally applicable one - it depends on your goals and options. If your choices are between Baylor $$$ and UT sticker though, definitely UT. Baylor blows AND has ridiculous scholarship GPA stipulations.
The Baylor fans really enjoyed the Duke shirt I was wearing all day yesterday flying back to Austin from Durham.

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Post by huskylives » Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:33 am

Esc wrote:
M_F_F_L wrote:
Esc wrote:As to whether UT sticker is worth it, the only answer is the generally applicable one - it depends on your goals and options. If your choices are between Baylor $$$ and UT sticker though, definitely UT. Baylor blows AND has ridiculous scholarship GPA stipulations.
I got a full scholly offer to Baylor that required I keep a 2.5 GPA... it seemed very doable to me. <shrugs>

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huskylives wrote:
Esc wrote:
M_F_F_L wrote:
Esc wrote:As to whether UT sticker is worth it, the only answer is the generally applicable one - it depends on your goals and options. If your choices are between Baylor $$$ and UT sticker though, definitely UT. Baylor blows AND has ridiculous scholarship GPA stipulations.
I got a full scholly offer to Baylor that required I keep a 2.5 GPA... it seemed very doable to me. <shrugs>

They give too many full rides that, with their curve, a bunch of people lose their scholarship.

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Post by adrib » Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:12 am

^^that's what i was thinking. it seems that a ton of ppl on LSN got full rides--surely some of them have to lose them to the curve.

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Post by Esc » Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:26 pm

I don't remember what Baylor's curve is set at...I think it is either a 2.3 or a 2.7 or something ridiculous. Which means something like 2/3 or 1/3 of the class, depending on which is the correct number, will NOT meet the GPA requirement to keep their scholarships. Not good odds when the scholarship is the only reason to go there...

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Post by sternc » Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:41 pm

Who should I send my email to about negotiating for more money? Dean Ingram?

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Post by entrechatsix » Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:15 pm

sternc wrote:Who should I send my email to about negotiating for more money? Dean Ingram?
no. look at that web site i posted in your thread yesterday. there's either a mailing address, or lawfinaid@law.utexas.edu

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