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When do merit scholarship offers usually come out?
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 9:26 pm
by cyclical
Hi everyone.
Due to various issues on LSAC's end, my file did not go complete until very late in the cycle (Feb 1st, although I received an acceptance from Michigan without a complete CAS file - long story). So far I have received acceptances from NYU, Michigan and WUSTL. How long does it usually take for these schools (or law schools generally) to release scholarship info, does anyone know? I received the NYU and WUSTL offers a week ago and the Michigan offer 3 weeks ago. No mention of scholarships from any of the schools, and on my admitted student page for Michigan it states that I have no $$ awards.
In another thread here, someone mentioned that applying late = less scholarship money, which definitely makes sense, but I would imagine that I should be able to get at least a little money from Michigan and other lower T-14s I applied to... I'm just not sure when to expect info about scholarship money from schools. Thanks!
Re: When do merit scholarship offers usually come out?
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 3:25 pm
by mylifeis24
cyclical wrote:Hi everyone.
Due to various issues on LSAC's end, my file did not go complete until very late in the cycle (Feb 1st, although I received an acceptance from Michigan without a complete CAS file - long story). So far I have received acceptances from NYU, Michigan and WUSTL. How long does it usually take for these schools (or law schools generally) to release scholarship info, does anyone know? I received the NYU and WUSTL offers a week ago and the Michigan offer 3 weeks ago. No mention of scholarships from any of the schools, and on my admitted student page for Michigan it states that I have no $$ awards.
In another thread here, someone mentioned that applying late = less scholarship money, which definitely makes sense, but I would imagine that I should be able to get at least a little money from Michigan and other lower T-14s I applied to... I'm just not sure when to expect info about scholarship money from schools. Thanks!
Your question is too broad- all schools don't operate on a standard timeline for award notifications- it varies from school to school, when you applied, when you sent in all your paperwork, whether you are a highly competitive candidate or not, whether or not you applied or are int he running for a named scholarship, whether or not you applied for need and merit based aid or just merit, etc.
With regards to NYU specifically, if you apply for merit based only and submit your FAFSA, you should receive a decision in 2 weeks of completion, and can go to
https://faaps.law.nyu.edu/studentmain.html to view your status. If you applied for merit and need aid, it takes longer. If you are in the running for a named scholarship, it takes longer as well.
Re: When do merit scholarship offers usually come out?
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:08 pm
by cyclical
mylifeis24 wrote:cyclical wrote:Hi everyone.
Due to various issues on LSAC's end, my file did not go complete until very late in the cycle (Feb 1st, although I received an acceptance from Michigan without a complete CAS file - long story). So far I have received acceptances from NYU, Michigan and WUSTL. How long does it usually take for these schools (or law schools generally) to release scholarship info, does anyone know? I received the NYU and WUSTL offers a week ago and the Michigan offer 3 weeks ago. No mention of scholarships from any of the schools, and on my admitted student page for Michigan it states that I have no $$ awards.
In another thread here, someone mentioned that applying late = less scholarship money, which definitely makes sense, but I would imagine that I should be able to get at least a little money from Michigan and other lower T-14s I applied to... I'm just not sure when to expect info about scholarship money from schools. Thanks!
Your question is too broad- all schools don't operate on a standard timeline for award notifications- it varies from school to school, when you applied, when you sent in all your paperwork, whether you are a highly competitive candidate or not, whether or not you applied or are int he running for a named scholarship, whether or not you applied for need and merit based aid or just merit, etc.
With regards to NYU specifically, if you apply for merit based only and submit your FAFSA, you should receive a decision in 2 weeks of completion, and can go to
https://faaps.law.nyu.edu/studentmain.html to view your status. If you applied for merit and need aid, it takes longer. If you are in the running for a named scholarship, it takes longer as well.
Your response was really helpful, thank you