2011-12 Cycle Fee Waiver Tracking Forum

croser · Post by **croser** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 4:19 pm

in case people are interested here's my school-specific solicited outcome:
i'm 170, 3.47

u minn
lewis and clark
georgetown
nyu
chicago
u texas
stanford
boalt
uw

said no. ucla and u arizona said yes.

Elston Gunn · Post by **Elston Gunn** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 4:20 pm

croser wrote:right after i got my lsat score yesterday i sent thirteen schools requests for fee waivers following the template. only two said okay. did i do it wrong--should i have waited for the october lsat wave?? when do october lsat people get waves anyway???

Yeah, same. Solicited CCN + UT right after getting the score, with numbers over all their 75th percentiles, and they all gave me form letters that basically said wait for CRS. Did I do something wrong? Or are they being genuine about only giving them through CRS?

mickeyD · Post by **mickeyD** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 4:28 pm

I've got all the T14 waivers minus HYS, NYU, Mich, and Boalt. Just sent emails soliciting though.

Anyone get any luck soliciting NYU? They sent me an email saying they don't give merit based waivers. Womp.

fingerscrossedxx · Post by **fingerscrossedxx** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 4:34 pm

mickeyD wrote:I've got all the T14 waivers minus HYS, NYU, Mich, and Boalt. Just sent emails soliciting though.

Anyone get any luck soliciting NYU? They sent me an email saying they don't give merit based waivers. Womp.

NYU gave me a CRS waiver, arent those based on merit?

icedflames · Post by **icedflames** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 4:42 pm

They don't give solicited merit based fee waivers I believe

croser · Post by **croser** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 4:43 pm

mickeyD wrote:I've got all the T14 waivers minus HYS, NYU, Mich, and Boalt. Just sent emails soliciting though.

Anyone get any luck soliciting NYU? They sent me an email saying they don't give merit based waivers. Womp.

cornell, ut, and georgetown waived you? now i feel bad.

cellardoor · Post by **cellardoor** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:32 pm

American_in_China · Post by **American_in_China** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:04 pm

I'm a 3.25 179 and both Cornell and Vandy said CRS only, which is funny considering Michigan gave me one immediately.

Edit: Just got a solicited one from UVA as well.

croser · Post by **croser** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:54 pm

so ... still super bummed i struck out on solicited waivers. should i have mentioned that i'm native american, enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe?? would it have been kosher/pertinent to include urm status in a waiver solicitation?

roguewave19 · Post by **roguewave19** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 11:07 pm

croser wrote:so ... still super bummed i struck out on solicited waivers. should i have mentioned that i'm native american, enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe?? would it have been kosher/pertinent to include urm status in a waiver solicitation?

i think it would have helped.

JustSomebody · Post by **JustSomebody** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:47 am

Do T14 schools ever send unsolicited waivers to those with a sub-170 LSAT score? Because everybody I've seen so far here getting T14 waivers seems to have a 170 or above. Due to my numbers (168, 3.95) I'm going to have to apply to a lot of schools and see which ones will accept little ole reverse splitting me. But there's no way I can afford to do so without waivers, and a lot of the T14 don't seem to look too kindly on soliciting them.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:52 am

JustSomebody wrote:Do T14 schools ever send unsolicited waivers to those with a sub-170 LSAT score? Because everybody I've seen so far here getting T14 waivers seems to have a 170 or above. Due to my numbers (168, 3.95) I'm going to have to apply to a lot of schools and see which ones will accept little ole reverse splitting me. But there's no way I can afford to do so without waivers, and a lot of the T14 don't seem to look too kindly on soliciting them.

I have a 168 and my GPA is above average (no numbers - international app). Virginia just sent me one yesterday!

Sprite · Post by **Sprite** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:15 am

Just got one via e-mail from William & Mary.

mmkitkat · Post by **mmkitkat** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:20 am

Elston Gunn wrote:
croser wrote:right after i got my lsat score yesterday i sent thirteen schools requests for fee waivers following the template. only two said okay. did i do it wrong--should i have waited for the october lsat wave?? when do october lsat people get waves anyway???
Yeah, same. Solicited CCN + UT right after getting the score, with numbers over all their 75th percentiles, and they all gave me form letters that basically said wait for CRS. Did I do something wrong? Or are they being genuine about only giving them through CRS?

As far as UT goes, I solicited on Monday night and they said the same to me, but I got a fee waiver through CRS in my e-mail this morning.

Also got one from William and Mary this morning.

Opie · Post by **Opie** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:23 am

Sprite wrote:Just got one via e-mail from William & Mary.

+1, my first through CRS!

October results 164/3.6

Sprite · Post by **Sprite** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:28 am

Opie wrote:
Sprite wrote:Just got one via e-mail from William & Mary.
+1, my first through CRS!

October results 164/3.6

We have almost identical numbers...hoping this isn't just W&M trying to be able to say they denied more people...

but it probably is. Haha.

JamMasterJ · Post by **JamMasterJ** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:28 am

Got W&M and OK State lol. When are the big schools starting?

Killingly · Post by **Killingly** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:30 am

Got W&M too. Solicited from WUSTL yesterday (successful), no response from BU/BC/GW/Fordham.

Anyone know when the t14 will send them out?

Yeags · Post by **Yeags** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:56 am

Got UTexas, W&M, and and Oklahoma City(

) in the e-mail this morning.

edit: just got Columbia, and Northeastern

Justdoingmybest · Post by **Justdoingmybest** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:02 am

Today Unsolicited

Columbia,UVA, UT, Georgetown, William and Mary, University of Richmond, OC, Northeastern, W&L, Case Western, Drexel, Pace, Cadozo, Santa Clara,

taikofox · Post by **taikofox** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:18 am

After e-mailing most of the t14...

Columbia, Chicago, NYU, Penn, and Northwestern told me to chill and wait for CRS.
Berkeley and Stanford told me they don't offer merit-based waivers.

This morning, I got waivers from WUSTL (solicited), W&M (unsolicited), Texas (unsolicited), Michigan (solicited), and Georgetown (solicited).

mikeylikesit · Post by **mikeylikesit** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:11 pm

Justdoingmybest wrote:Today Unsolicited

Columbia, UT, William and Mary, University of Richmond OC, Northeastern, W&L, Case Western

Same.

Maybe this was answered somewhere (so, sorry), and I'm sure the answer is "no" (sorry again), but do unsolicited waivers really mean anything?

ucbkenn · Post by **ucbkenn** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:22 pm

cellardoor wrote:LSDAS GPA: 3.31
LSAT: 173

CRS:
- Penn
- UCLA
- Northwestern

Solicited:
- UVA
- WUSTL

Denied: BU, GULC

Should I bother asking any of CCN or Cornell?

Our numbers are about the same. When did you get one from Penn/Northwestern?

NervousNelly · Post by **NervousNelly** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:26 pm

mikeylikesit wrote:
Justdoingmybest wrote:Today Unsolicited

Columbia, UT, William and Mary, University of Richmond OC, Northeastern, W&L, Case Western
Same.

Maybe this was answered somewhere (so, sorry), and I'm sure the answer is "no" (sorry again), but do unsolicited waivers really mean anything?

This.

ashley12 · Post by **ashley12** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:46 pm

Here is my luck with fee waivers so far... 162/3.7 nonURM. Sorry im only keeping up with the schools I actually intend on applying to and junk emailing the rest

Minnesota $75
Wisconsin $56
UNC $70
Wake Forest $0* US
William and Mary $0* US
Colorado $0* S
Cincinnati $0* S
W&L $0 (no app fee)
Denver $0* US
Syracuse $0* US
Michigan State $0* US
Richmond $0* US
Case Western $0 (no app fee)
UConn $60
Temple $0* US
Kentucky $0* S
Villanova $0* S

* represents fee waiver.
The ones I have solicited for so far are Minnesota (haven't heard back yet), Villanova, Cincinatti, and Temple. I'll update as necessary.
Please let me know if you have successfully gotten one by soliciting to a certain school I have listed as not receiving one from.

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