2015-2016 Fee Waivers Forum

KMart · Post by **KMart** » Sat Oct 17, 2015 4:50 pm

candidlatke wrote:Who would I be emailing for the solicited fee waivers?

Just the admissions link on the general pages?

Yes.

ltbenn · Post by **ltbenn** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 7:11 am

Is it tacky to start soliciting waivers based on my brand-spanking-new October score?
Am I supposed to wait a few days before shooting out emails?

EnderWiggin · Post by **EnderWiggin** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 9:28 am

ltbenn wrote:Is it tacky to start soliciting waivers based on my brand-spanking-new October score?
Am I supposed to wait a few days before shooting out emails?

Also interested in this. Aiming to have most apps submitted by this time next week. I guess it's probably best to go ahead and solicit rather than sit back and wait.

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 10:49 am

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slizerd · Post by **slizerd** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 2:49 pm

If you successfully solicit a fee waiver, should you reply back to say thank you? I just don't want to seem rude by not responding

ihenry · Post by **ihenry** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 2:59 pm

slizerd wrote:If you successfully solicit a fee waiver, should you reply back to say thank you? I just don't want to seem rude by not responding

I wrote:Hi,

I've submitted my application. Thanks for the kindness!

Best Regards,

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 3:55 pm

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KMart · Post by **KMart** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 11:47 pm

slizerd wrote:If you successfully solicit a fee waiver, should you reply back to say thank you? I just don't want to seem rude by not responding

I always did. It wasn't too long. Just something the lines of "thank you".

EnderWiggin wrote:
ltbenn wrote:Is it tacky to start soliciting waivers based on my brand-spanking-new October score?
Am I supposed to wait a few days before shooting out emails?
Also interested in this. Aiming to have most apps submitted by this time next week. I guess it's probably best to go ahead and solicit rather than sit back and wait.

I sent fee waivers months after my June score because that's when I was applying. I don't think it's tacky at all. The worst they will ever say is "no". It's not going to get yo denied because you were over-eager in applying.

nondescript · Post by **nondescript** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 2:58 pm

slizerd wrote:If you successfully solicit a fee waiver, should you reply back to say thank you? I just don't want to seem rude by not responding

I didn't, just because I assume they have so many of the same emails, and a "thank you" would just waster their time and clog their inbox. Hopefully my silence isn't seen as rude.

slizerd · Post by **slizerd** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 3:39 pm

nondescript wrote:
slizerd wrote:If you successfully solicit a fee waiver, should you reply back to say thank you? I just don't want to seem rude by not responding
I didn't, just because I assume they have so many of the same emails, and a "thank you" would just waster their time and clog their inbox. Hopefully my silence isn't seen as rude.

If I was in charge of reading the emails at a law school, I would prefer that people didn't reply back to them. You're right, it does seem like a waste of their time. I'm totally contradicting this, though, by deciding to write a quick "thank you, I am excited to finish applying" just to play it extra safe.

Troianii · Post by **Troianii** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 2:07 pm

ltbenn wrote:Is it tacky to start soliciting waivers based on my brand-spanking-new October score?
Am I supposed to wait a few days before shooting out emails?

Normally I'd say give it a few days, but its in your interest to get your apps in before Halloween, so I'd just go ahead and ask for that reason. As said prior, worst they can say is no.

ltbenn · Post by **ltbenn** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 2:14 pm

Troianii wrote:
ltbenn wrote:Is it tacky to start soliciting waivers based on my brand-spanking-new October score?
Am I supposed to wait a few days before shooting out emails?
Normally I'd say give it a few days, but its in your interest to get your apps in before Halloween, so I'd just go ahead and ask for that reason. As said prior, worst they can say is no.

I went for it on Friday evening EST... NYU already answered on Saturday ("we use LSAC CRS..."), still waiting on GULC, Penn, GW and UVA - if I don't hear back by this weekend I'll probably submit anyway (GWU might get cut off the list...)

ltbenn · Post by **ltbenn** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 5:14 pm

Successfully solicited from UVA - just submitted!

Now I'm just waiting on GWU, Cornell, UPenn, NYU and Georgetown...

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 3:31 pm

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ltbenn · Post by **ltbenn** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 3:36 pm

GWU - Successfully solicited, promptly submitted.
NYU - "We use CRS". I'll give them until my grad school transcripts are finally processed by LSAC, if I haven't gotten one I'll bite the bullet.
Penn - See NYU.
Georgetown - Flat-out denied. Burn. Whined about it for a minute, submitted anyway.

...Still waiting on Cornell

slizerd · Post by **slizerd** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 3:37 pm

gamerish wrote:People were able to solicit from Michigan? I got the "we only do waivers through CRS" response when I tried to solicit one.

I solicited one from Michigan - I wonder what was different? I got the CRS response from Vandy though

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 3:49 pm

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slizerd · Post by **slizerd** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 3:56 pm

gamerish wrote:
ltbenn wrote:GWU - Successfully solicited, promptly submitted.
NYU - "We use CRS". I'll give them until my grad school transcripts are finally processed by LSAC, if I haven't gotten one I'll bite the bullet.
Penn - See NYU.
Georgetown - Flat-out denied. Burn. Whined about it for a minute, submitted anyway.

...Still waiting on Cornell
I just got Cornell's "we use CRS."

slizerd wrote:
gamerish wrote:People were able to solicit from Michigan? I got the "we only do waivers through CRS" response when I tried to solicit one.
I solicited one from Michigan - I wonder what was different? I got the CRS response from Vandy though
Well that makes me kinda worried. They did say in their response that I would most likely qualify for one but they just use CRS.

I hope they just don't hate me.

I haven't gotten any response at all from Cornell yet. I'm guessing the Michigan thing just has to do with who's working admissions at the time? I'm assuming their generic JD admissions email is monitored by more than one person; maybe one is just nicer =/
I'm sure if I qualified for one, you'll definitely get one soon.

SirArthurDayne · Post by **SirArthurDayne** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 4:10 pm

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ltbenn · Post by **ltbenn** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 4:29 pm

SirArthurDayne wrote:General question for everyone: do you have to complete the school's application before you request a waiver??

absolutely not.

slizerd · Post by **slizerd** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 4:34 pm

Just got a CRM response from Cornell. Theirs was really rude, not even a "thanks for your interest". It literally just said " see this link". UVA is ranked higher and is nicer, I know who's getting my money

SirArthurDayne · Post by **SirArthurDayne** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 4:35 pm

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EnderWiggin · Post by **EnderWiggin** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 4:41 pm

For any of you pining for a Columbia waiver, last year they gave some on Tuesday, Oct. 28th. Score release for the September 2014 LSAT had come 8 calendar days earlier on Monday, October 20th.

lakers3 · Post by **lakers3** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 7:51 pm

slizerd wrote:Just got a CRM response from Cornell. Theirs was really rude, not even a "thanks for your interest". It literally just said " see this link". UVA is ranked higher and is nicer, I know who's getting my money

Had a similar result/feeling about them when I asked for one. However, I got a hidden fee waiver later on, so it might be worth it to check in the coming weeks if you have hidden fee waiver

ArmyRN · Post by **ArmyRN** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 9:15 pm

How long does it take for Northwestern to email back once the fee waiver form has been submitted?