So... while I am still waiting on a few decisions to roll in *hopefully by next week*, I have already found myself confronted with a major issue. I have been accepted to Duke, UCLA, Michigan, Cornell, and George Washington; however, out of all of those, George Washington has offered me a large scholarship ($105,000 over 3 years) while the others have offered me exactly squat. Now, I've read about using scholarship offers from one law school to extract scholarships from peer schools, but the schools I have been accepted to are so geographically diverse that even if they did consider each other peers I'm not sure they would go for it. Any advice on how to approach this?
**Probably should have posted this in the Financial Aid forum....**
How to Negotiate Scholarship Offers from Non-Peer Schools? Forum
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jace8819
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anna8506
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Re: How to Negotiate Scholarship Offers from Non-Peer Schools?
Curious about this myself.
Congrats on your acceptances!!!
Congrats on your acceptances!!!
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Tiago Splitter
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Re: How to Negotiate Scholarship Offers from Non-Peer Schools?
Have all of those schools informed you they won't be offering a merit scholarship? If not, politely email them and ask when you might find out about financial aid. Once you have all of your info, let all the schools know about your options. Then see if any more money rolls in. If it does, rinse and repeat. Don't be afraid to put down 2-3 deposits to keep the game going until May.
