AA male URM 151(cannot retake) Forum

[JayJones78]

Just got accepted to Tulane.

I don't know how viable of an option it is, but still nice

CONGRATS!

Use your W&L scholly to negotiate with them. W&L is way higher ranked. Maybe you can get some $$$ from them to make them more attractive.

Thanks. I don't see the little money I got from W&L as giving me any wiggle room and even if they double it (i.e give me 10K/year) it won't make them more attractive. It's a nice option to have but I don't see how it can compete with W&L.

Edit: contacted admissions and they said that it doesn't show that I was awarded any scholly. If that is the case I will most likely decline admissions. Don't see the point in paying sticker there

[spleenworship]

Just got accepted to Tulane.

I don't know how viable of an option it is, but still nice

CONGRATS!

Use your W&L scholly to negotiate with them. W&L is way higher ranked. Maybe you can get some $$$ from them to make them more attractive.

Thanks. I don't see the little money I got from W&L as giving me any wiggle room and even if they double it (i.e give me 10K/year) it won't make them more attractive. It's a nice option to have but I don't see how it can compete with W&L.

Edit: contacted admissions and they said that it doesn't show that I was awarded any scholly. If that is the case I will most likely decline admissions. Don't see the point in paying sticker there

Call them next week. Tell them you are interested in Tulane but the cost is a significant issue for you. Tell them you got $5K a year at W&L, and you were wondering what they might be able to do for you. You never know, they might even plop down a half-tuition scholly. But even if they don't do jack, you've only wasted 5 minutes of your time.

Also consider the fact that even if the scholly they offer you isn't enough to make you want to go there, if it is bigger than the W&L one you can turn around and use that for leverage at W&L or elsewhere.

[stuckinthemiddle]

Gotta agree with the avatar love. That is literally the best avatar I've ever seen. *swoon* HAHAHA.

[NewYorkL]

F**in BC. I'm hoping W&L shows me some love like they did to you though. I applied so late that it will probably be a ding.

[PRgradBYU]

Call them next week. Tell them you are interested in Tulane but the cost is a significant issue for you. Tell them you got $5K a year at W&L, and you were wondering what they might be able to do for you. You never know, they might even plop down a half-tuition scholly. But even if they don't do jack, you've only wasted 5 minutes of your time.

Also consider the fact that even if the scholly they offer you isn't enough to make you want to go there, if it is bigger than the W&L one you can turn around and use that for leverage at W&L or elsewhere.

I agree with this, JayJones78. It's scholly negotiating season! Have you talked to W&L about bumping up your scholly with them?

[JayJones78]

Call them next week. Tell them you are interested in Tulane but the cost is a significant issue for you. Tell them you got $5K a year at W&L, and you were wondering what they might be able to do for you. You never know, they might even plop down a half-tuition scholly. But even if they don't do jack, you've only wasted 5 minutes of your time.

Also consider the fact that even if the scholly they offer you isn't enough to make you want to go there, if it is bigger than the W&L one you can turn around and use that for leverage at W&L or elsewhere.

I agree with this, JayJones78. It's scholly negotiating season! Have you talked to W&L about bumping up your scholly with them?

I did. Haven't heard back yet but not expecting anything.
I may talk to tulane but prob not. Not much interest there and I don't have schools on my list that I believe will up their offer because of $ from Tulane

[spleenworship]

Call them next week. Tell them you are interested in Tulane but the cost is a significant issue for you. Tell them you got $5K a year at W&L, and you were wondering what they might be able to do for you. You never know, they might even plop down a half-tuition scholly. But even if they don't do jack, you've only wasted 5 minutes of your time.

Also consider the fact that even if the scholly they offer you isn't enough to make you want to go there, if it is bigger than the W&L one you can turn around and use that for leverage at W&L or elsewhere.

I agree with this, JayJones78. It's scholly negotiating season! Have you talked to W&L about bumping up your scholly with them?

I did. Haven't heard back yet but not expecting anything.
I may talk to tulane but prob not. Not much interest there and I don't have schools on my list that I believe will up their offer because of $ from Tulane

Dude, I used a school ranked in the 90s to get a scholly at schools ranked in the 60s. And it only takes 5 minutes.

[JayJones78]

Call them next week. Tell them you are interested in Tulane but the cost is a significant issue for you. Tell them you got $5K a year at W&L, and you were wondering what they might be able to do for you. You never know, they might even plop down a half-tuition scholly. But even if they don't do jack, you've only wasted 5 minutes of your time.

Also consider the fact that even if the scholly they offer you isn't enough to make you want to go there, if it is bigger than the W&L one you can turn around and use that for leverage at W&L or elsewhere.

I agree with this, JayJones78. It's scholly negotiating season! Have you talked to W&L about bumping up your scholly with them?

I did. Haven't heard back yet but not expecting anything.
I may talk to tulane but prob not. Not much interest there and I don't have schools on my list that I believe will up their offer because of $ from Tulane

Dude, I used a school ranked in the 90s to get a scholly at schools ranked in the 60s. And it only takes 5 minutes.

Agreed. I'll give them a call.

Also - sent a LOCI to Fordham following the WL and a pre-decision LOCIs to Vandy and WashU.

[spleenworship]

Agreed. I'll give them a call.

Also - sent a LOCI to Fordham following the WL and a pre-decision LOCIs to Vandy and WashU.

Good job. Hopefully Fordham and the others will come through. Vandy or WashU will give you nice options and nice leverage, so hopefully one of them will come through.

[JayJones78]

Agreed. I'll give them a call.

Also - sent a LOCI to Fordham following the WL and a pre-decision LOCIs to Vandy and WashU.

Good job. Hopefully Fordham and the others will come through. Vandy or WashU will give you nice options and nice leverage, so hopefully one of them will come through.

Yah. I'm hoping it'll help. Unsure how much impact it'll have though.

[PRgradBYU]

Agreed. I'll give them a call.

Also - sent a LOCI to Fordham following the WL and a pre-decision LOCIs to Vandy and WashU.

Good job. Hopefully Fordham and the others will come through. Vandy or WashU will give you nice options and nice leverage, so hopefully one of them will come through.

Yah. I'm hoping it'll help. Unsure how much impact it'll have though.

Let me know how your pre-decision LOCIs go. I've been wanting to send out a couple but I'm still not sure if I should! From what I've heard, it doesn't hurt to send them.

[NewYorkL]

PM'd

[JayJones78]

PM'd

Hey. Saw. Will reply tomorrow.

Calling Tulane about money on Monday. Perhaps it'll help other offers if needed.

Although as of now the only schools in really interested in see WashU, Vandy and a complete hail marry from Cornell. But.. Long long shot there. The rely long wait does give some hope though

[PDaddy]

Nowhere worth going

I disagree. With the right soft factors and good essays, OP can definitely sneak into a top-100 and maybe even a lower top-50. Now...the question of whether the school in question is "worth going to, is another question. I know of a 151/3.2 who was wait listed at Vandrbilt two years in a row and stayed there until orientation week in both years. He ultimately wound up at a top-35, but his case is exemplary of what can happen to diligent URM's who present otherwise nice profiles.

[cooldude87]

DON'T GO TO LAW SCHOOL

[JayJones78]

Nowhere worth going

I disagree. With the right soft factors and good essays, OP can definitely sneak into a top-100 and maybe even a lower top-50. Now...the question of whether the school in question is "worth going to, is another question. I know of a 151/3.2 who was wait listed at Vandrbilt two years in a row and stayed there until orientation week in both years. He ultimately wound up at a top-35, but his case is exemplary of what can happen to digent URM's who present otherwise nice profiles.

Thanks. As of now I'm in at W&L, Pitt, Tulane and American and WL at Fordham and Colorado. Was WL at Cardozo for may start but switched my app to fall. I know that for most in the TLS sphere my acceptances (even W&L) is a crapshoot and not the submit on my apps. But, I disagree.
As I wrote before I'm still waiting for a possible hail marry from Vandy or Cornell (the first a long shot the second a slimmer than slim chance). I'll be the first to admit that my LSAT is problematic at best, but I think my cycle can also show that good things can still happen.

[PDaddy]

Nowhere worth going

I disagree. With the right soft factors and good essays, OP can definitely sneak into a top-100 and maybe even a lower top-50. Now...the question of whether the school in question is "worth going to, is another question. I know of a 151/3.2 who was wait listed at Vandrbilt two years in a row and stayed there until orientation week in both years. He ultimately wound up at a top-35, but his case is exemplary of what can happen to diligent URM's who present otherwise nice profiles.

Thanks. As of now I'm in at W&L, Pitt, Tulane and American and WL at Fordham and Colorado. Was WL at Cardozo for may start but switched my app to fall. I know that for most in the TLS sphere my acceptances (even W&L) is a crapshoot and not the submit on my apps. But, I disagree.
As I wrote before I'm still waiting for a possible hail marry from Vandy or Cornell (the first a long shot the second a slimmer than slim chance). I'll be the first to admit that my LSAT is problematic at best, but I think my cycle can also show that good things can still happen.

Your cycle has actually gone about as well as I expected. A few years ago, you wouldn't have sniffed as many top schools, but applications are down. Vandy will probably waitlist you. Cornell either will let you in or won't. They don't tend to play games.

One reason I joined TLS was to combat the elitism directed at ethnic minorities; if not for contrarians like me, you would be getting a lot of very bad advice from elitist non-URM applicants who are jealous that we don't quite need the numbers they need in order to get into top schools.

This undeniable fact does not mean that URM's are "less qualified" for these schools. It simply means that we must be vetted differently. Soft factors and essays are 10-15% of a non-URM's evaluation, whereas they are 30-60% of a URM's evaluation. This is justified by our unique experiences and how they become manifest in our educational experiences and contributions as well as our professional careers; savvy adcoms recognize this and employ it in their calculus.

Let me say that I am glad you have transcended your "average" LSAT score and gotten into some very good schools.

[PDaddy]

Call them next week. Tell them you are interested in Tulane but the cost is a significant issue for you. Tell them you got $5K a year at W&L, and you were wondering what they might be able to do for you. You never know, they might even plop down a half-tuition scholly. But even if they don't do jack, you've only wasted 5 minutes of your time.

Also consider the fact that even if the scholly they offer you isn't enough to make you want to go there, if it is bigger than the W&L one you can turn around and use that for leverage at W&L or elsewhere.

I agree with this, JayJones78. It's scholly negotiating season! Have you talked to W&L about bumping up your scholly with them?

Tulane isn't going to give OP $20K a year, and the reason is simple: he doesn't up their numbers for the rankings.

Although Tulane is one of the most generous schools with money and tends NOT to game the rankings (who believes for one second that Tulane couldn't be top-25 in short order if their administration wanted it to be?), there are limits to their generosity. You can hope for between $8-15K but not realistically more, unless they have a serious URM drought in the summer.

Tulane has already decided what OP is worth to them; if he wasn't awarded a scholly up front, he shouldn't expect to get a large chunk by leveraging - absent a new (June) LSAT score. Why not retake in June? If the score rises even four points, that could raise some eyebrows and get OP that $20-25K...maybe even $30K.

[JayJones78]

Call them next week. Tell them you are interested in Tulane but the cost is a significant issue for you. Tell them you got $5K a year at W&L, and you were wondering what they might be able to do for you. You never know, they might even plop down a half-tuition scholly. But even if they don't do jack, you've only wasted 5 minutes of your time.

Also consider the fact that even if the scholly they offer you isn't enough to make you want to go there, if it is bigger than the W&L one you can turn around and use that for leverage at W&L or elsewhere.

I agree with this, JayJones78. It's scholly negotiating season! Have you talked to W&L about bumping up your scholly with them?

Tulane isn't going to give OP $20K a year, and the reason is simple: he doesn't up their numbers for the rankings.

Although Tulane is one of the most generous schools with money and tends NOT to game the rankings (who believes for one second that Tulane couldn't be top-25 in short order if their administration wanted it to be?), there are limits to their generosity. You can hope for between $8-15K but not realistically more, unless they have a serious URM drought in the summer.

Tulane has already decided what OP is worth to them; if he wasn't awarded a scholly up front, he shouldn't expect to get a large chunk by leveraging - absent a new (June) LSAT score. Why not retake in June? If the score rises even four points, that could raise some eyebrows and get OP that $20-25K...maybe even $30K.

My next retake is not until dec '13

[PRgradBYU]

DON'T GO TO LAW SCHOOL

You've got way too much free time to be trolling around here every day and telling everyone not to go to law school. You explicitly said on another post that you're not going to law school, so why do you still bother with this site? Stop trolling and get a life, moron.

[20141023]

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[JXander]

Jay, I've been rooting for you this whole cycle! I am hoping for good things from Cornell.

What are your softs, if you don't mind me asking?

[JayJones78]

Jay, I've been rooting for you this whole cycle! I am hoping for good things from Cornell.

What are your softs, if you don't mind me asking?

Thanks! I was just thinking I haven't updated here but only because nothing is happening...
As of now waiting for Hail Marrys from Vandy (ahhh slim) and Cornell (ahhhh soooo slim) which will sway me away from W&L. I assume that I'll have to wait until first deposit deadlines pass before I hear from the remaining schools...

[spleenworship]

Any luck with scholly negotiations yet?

[JayJones78]

Any luck with scholly negotiations yet?

No go with W&L which I expected. Haven't tried yet with Tulane. Going to give them a call Monday. Sent LOCIs to Fordham for the WL and a pre decision ones to Vandy and WashU. Working on one for Cornell though my initial complete date hasn't even changed yet so I assume it'll be a while.

Regardless I have a feeling that with my remaining pending apps schools will wait until the first deposit dates will pass before making a decision on me so they'll see what their URM pool looks like and who they 'have' to admit. Thoughts on this?