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Scholarship Negotiation Question
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2019 2:42 am
by HopefulSplitter0000
Stats: 177/3.4
I received several fee waivers from T13/T20 schools, but I have also received waivers from lower-ranked schools, including Temple, Villanova, etc.
Regarding lower-ranked schools, should I apply for scholarship negotiation purposes? In other words, can potential scholarship offers from these schools be used to negotiate within the T13/T20?
Re: Scholarship Negotiation Question
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2019 5:10 am
by cavalier1138
No. Schools generally only negotiate based on scholarship offers from peer schools.
Re: Scholarship Negotiation Question
Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2019 3:27 am
by HopefulSplitter0000
cavalier1138 wrote:No. Schools generally only negotiate based on scholarship offers from peer schools.
Could T1 regionals possibly constitute peer schools? For example, would Georgetown hypothetically give any weight to a full-ride offer from GWU?
Re: Scholarship Negotiation Question
Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2019 5:22 am
by cavalier1138
enz2103 wrote:cavalier1138 wrote:No. Schools generally only negotiate based on scholarship offers from peer schools.
Could T1 regionals possibly constitute peer schools? For example, would Georgetown hypothetically give any weight to a full-ride offer from GWU?
Probably not.
To give you an example, Northwestern has (or at least had) an official process for scholarship negotiations, and they only let you submit evidence of scholarships from particular schools. Their list was basically the T14, UT, WUSTL, and Vanderbilt.
With your numbers, there's no real point in applying to schools outside the T20, unless you have goals that can be reasonably met from a flagship regional school where you want to work.