2015-2016 Fee Waivers Forum

slizerd · Post by **slizerd** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 4:11 pm

Yessss Cornell and Columbia and NYU all accounted for! I don't understand why I haven't gotten one from Chicago though :/

jnwa · Post by **jnwa** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 4:14 pm

scone wrote:Hidden waiver from Columbia - I'm an international with no GPA, if that helps anyone. The only other non-solicited T14 waiver was from Penn. I've solicited Duke and UVA.

Any GPA-less internationals heard back from Chicago or NYU?

Im a gpa less international as well..I posted my waivers above

beckett · Post by **beckett** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 4:23 pm

Probably a (dumb) question that's already been answered but any help welcome. I received some fee waivers, and when I tried to solicit from other schools (Vanderbilt, Cornell, Penn) I got the standard CRS email. Do you have to have your transcript on file to get some of these CRS fee waivers? Had a couple issues with my transcript so LSAC probably won't have it until early next week. Also realized I didn't have my profile set on starting law school in 2016 until earlier this week and I'm afraid I missed the wave of fee waivers released after the October lsat. I'm wondering if I should wait a couple more weeks and see if I can get fee waivers before submitting to those schools.

Thanks guys!

schocolate · Post by **schocolate** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 4:26 pm

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Hercules Mulligan · Post by **Hercules Mulligan** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 5:14 pm

Just got Columbia and Cornell, which rounds out the T-14 schools that do give out waivers. Except I didn't get one from Northwestern, which feels a bit odd, but I don't really know the process that well yet anyway.

justakicker · Post by **justakicker** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 5:42 pm

Hercules Mulligan wrote:Just got Columbia and Cornell, which rounds out the T-14 schools that do give out waivers. Except I didn't get one from Northwestern, which feels a bit odd, but I don't really know the process that well yet anyway.

Northwestern is free until November 30. http://www.law.northwestern.edu/admissi ... html#apply

Hercules Mulligan · Post by **Hercules Mulligan** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 5:58 pm

justakicker wrote:
Hercules Mulligan wrote:Just got Columbia and Cornell, which rounds out the T-14 schools that do give out waivers. Except I didn't get one from Northwestern, which feels a bit odd, but I don't really know the process that well yet anyway.
Northwestern is free until November 30. http://www.law.northwestern.edu/admissi ... html#apply

Oh, interesting. Thank you! I'm not applying this cycle (work exp. + retaking), but that's good to hear.

AMajorChord · Post by **AMajorChord** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 6:15 pm

What's wrong with meeeeee ugh nothing from Cornell

I'm at their medians I love them

AshburtonGrove · Post by **AshburtonGrove** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 6:28 pm

I got Columbia, Chicago, and NYU all this week, which was awesome

Unsolicited:
CCN, Penn, Duke (PT), UVA (after already asking for one), Michigan, Northwestern, UCLA, Vandy, BC & BU

Solicited:
UVA and GW

Curious as to why I haven't heard anything from Georgetown and Cornell. It seems they aren't terribly receptive to being solicited either, yes?

tigersunite · Post by **tigersunite** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 7:04 pm

gamerish wrote:ETA: Just got the email from Columbia. So not so hidden I guess?

ETA2: Cornell email too.

I got a second, then third email from Columbia at around 1 pm. They both told me that they're now waiving the fee.

No love from Cornell, though. They responded to my request with a link to their fee waiver policy, which says that they'll determine who receives merit waivers by using CRS.

beckett · Post by **beckett** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 7:11 pm

AshburtonGrove wrote:I got Columbia, Chicago, and NYU all this week, which was awesome

Unsolicited:
CCN, Penn, Duke (PT), UVA (after already asking for one), Michigan, Northwestern, UCLA, Vandy, BC & BU

Solicited:
UVA and GW

Curious as to why I haven't heard anything from Georgetown and Cornell. It seems they aren't terribly receptive to being solicited either, yes?

I found Georgetown very easy to solicit from. You should definitely shoot them an email!

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 7:27 pm

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tigersunite · Post by **tigersunite** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 7:52 pm

Just got a response from UCLA saying that they'll waive the fee. Everyone whom I solicited has now responded.

Results:

Solicited - George Washington, UCLA

Unsolicited - Columbia??, UVA, Penn, Michigan, Alabama, NYU, Georgetown, Emory, Duke, William & Mary, WUSTL (maybe should be solicited as they sent me an email with link to request and I had to formally request); also a bunch of lower T1, T2, TTTs, and TTTTs

Said no - Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, Texas, Cornell

Universally free for now - Northwestern, USC, Pepperdine

Website says no soliciting - Chicago, Hawaii

somethingElse · Post by **somethingElse** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 9:41 pm

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Gobreeze · Post by **Gobreeze** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 9:04 am

Hi guys! I am an international student without GPA. I am wondering whether 170 is too low for unsolicited T14 fee waivers cause I didn't get any since I got my October score. Thanks!

nondescript · Post by **nondescript** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 10:19 am

Gobreeze wrote:Hi guys! I am an international student without GPA. I am wondering whether 170 is too low for unsolicited T14 fee waivers cause I didn't get any since I got my October score. Thanks!

Some schools may require a GPA, but I think you should be getting some--make sure you're enrolled in CRS. Some international students a few pages back said they were getting some waivers.

lolRCscrewyou · Post by **lolRCscrewyou** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 1:53 pm

So I tried to email some schools to get awarded fee waivers. Results so far:
Emailed NYU, told me they don't give out solicited waivers.
BU just never emailed me back.
GWU granted me a fee waiver
Signed up for one for NU

Unsolicited waivers so far:
Columbia, Duke, UVA, Ann Arbor, Georgetown, UCLA, Vandy, Emory, Notre Dame. Will use some of these
Will also use free application for USC

Should I not bother with BU or give them a call?

Cochran · Post by **Cochran** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 4:53 pm

So I got an email from Georgetown inviting me to apply as a "promising candidate". Did anyone else get this email? There was no mention of a fee waiver whatsoever in this email tho. Basically seemed like a long way to say "give us money you reach applicant" lol. Maybe this is a hidden waiver?

Unsolicited:
Emory University School of Law
Washington U of Stl
UCLA Law
University of Georgia School of Law
Vanderbilt Law School
Wake Forest University School of Law
University of Virginia School of Law
UNC Law
Columbia University School of Law

Going to try emailing NYU, Duke, Penn, Mich, GWU, Chicago, Notre Dame

EnderWiggin · Post by **EnderWiggin** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 5:06 pm

Cochran wrote:So I got an email from Georgetown inviting me to apply as a "promising candidate". Did anyone else get this email? There was no mention of a fee waiver whatsoever in this email tho. Basically seemed like a long way to say "give us money you reach applicant" lol. Maybe this is a hidden waiver?

From Page 8 of this thread:

Keilz wrote:I just got an email from Georgetown saying that I am a promising applicant and even though this email doesn't waive my fee or guarantee admission, we feel you would make a positive contribution to our school.

Never had an email like this, anyone get this? What does it mean?

pmc13b · Post by **pmc13b** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 7:59 pm

Hi.

I was sent a code for a Vanderbilt fee waiver. I copied and pasted the code from the email to the appropriate spot on the LSAC application portal. It came up saying invalid cupon. I emailed Vanderbilt explaining the issue and they sent me a new code. Same problem. Any advice?

Thanks!

mornincounselor · Post by **mornincounselor** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 8:07 pm

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AshburtonGrove · Post by **AshburtonGrove** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 11:35 pm

beckett wrote:
AshburtonGrove wrote:I got Columbia, Chicago, and NYU all this week, which was awesome

Unsolicited:
CCN, Penn, Duke (PT), UVA (after already asking for one), Michigan, Northwestern, UCLA, Vandy, BC & BU

Solicited:
UVA and GW

Curious as to why I haven't heard anything from Georgetown and Cornell. It seems they aren't terribly receptive to being solicited either, yes?
I found Georgetown very easy to solicit from. You should definitely shoot them an email!

You were totally right. I emailed GULC and they sent me a fee waiver the next day. Thanks for the advice!

no_desk · Post by **no_desk** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 2:19 am

KMart · Post by **KMart** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 2:27 am

no_desk wrote:Does anyone know anything about the chances of soliciting a PT application from Duke? I saw one person mentioned they had earlier in the thread, but that they had only asked for a fee waiver and ended up getting both. My application is ready to be submitted and I honestly just want to send it in already and stop thinking about it, but obviously I'd love to get a response in 10 days if I can. Cornell and them are the only T-14 schools that give waivers out that I haven't gotten ones from yet, but all of those were a week ago and it seems the waivers have slowed down for me.

Ask them. The worst they will say is no. It won't hurt you.

seagan823 · Post by **seagan823** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 4:29 pm

Sorry if this has already been addressed but are most fee waivers dependent on your transcript being accepted and an official LSAC GPA calculated? I have received fee waivers from Penn, Duke and Michigan from my lsat score alone but I'm not feeling the love from some other schools. Hoping that will change once my transcript is processed.