UCLA Negotiation Forum

[JUCO]

Anyone have any success negotiating with UCLA? I am trying to decide if I should wait for Texas to give me a scholarship offer or just use offers I already have.

I have full rides at some Regional Schools ranked in the 30's
75k at WUSTL and USC, UC Irvine
Those are the only ones I think UCLA would Care about.

I have only 45k at UCLA so I really want more money out of them to make it feasible.

[ec24]

Most likely, you won't be getting more money from them with those offers. Their tuition is significantly lower than those schools, and they will point that out to you. I also got 50k MORE at USC than UCLA.... its the nature of the public school beast.

They will match t-15, NOT t-30.

[McAvoy]

They were not receptive to my texas or usc offers. Usc offer was almost double; they didnt budge. Could have just been me though.. Good luck.

[JUCO]

They were not receptive to my texas or usc offers. Usc offer was almost double; they didnt budge. Could have just been me though.. Good luck.

Hopefully they will.. Do they do need based stuff?

[hifive40]

I think it depends. What are your GPA/LSAT stats?

[bkraut1]

My stats: 3.86/169

UCLA originally offered me $14,600 in need based aid and $20,000/yr in merit aid. I negotiated with a full tuition offer from WUSL and UCLA increased it to $25,000/yr. I doubt I can get any more out of them. USC also offered me $40,000/yr but UCLA doesn't care about that for some reason. Also, UCLA wanted to interview me via Skype before reconsidering me for more merit money. I don't know if this happened to you ladies and gents as well.