2013-2014 Fee Waivers Rolling In Forum

[mojangles]

Has anyone received a fee waiver from UMN? Unsolicited or solicited? I tried soliciting a waiver but they responded with:

"At this time, we only grant merit-based fee waivers through LSAC’s Candidate Referral Service (CRS). Prospective students who meet the merit criteria AND have registered with CRS prior to taking the LSAT automatically receive a fee waiver. Unfortunately we are unable to grant merit-based fee waivers to students who are not registered with CRS or who registered after taking the LSAT."

What? I don't even know if I registered prior to the LSAT or not. I mentioned the fact that I was an alum, but evidently thousands of dollars and several years at the school isn't enough to give back a little.

I did get one - unsolicited. Sorry bro - hope they do come through for ya

[AT9]

Has anyone received a fee waiver from UMN? Unsolicited or solicited? I tried soliciting a waiver but they responded with:

"At this time, we only grant merit-based fee waivers through LSAC’s Candidate Referral Service (CRS). Prospective students who meet the merit criteria AND have registered with CRS prior to taking the LSAT automatically receive a fee waiver. Unfortunately we are unable to grant merit-based fee waivers to students who are not registered with CRS or who registered after taking the LSAT."

What? I don't even know if I registered prior to the LSAT or not. I mentioned the fact that I was an alum, but evidently thousands of dollars and several years at the school isn't enough to give back a little.

I did get one - unsolicited. Sorry bro - hope they do come through for ya

Thanks, I'm hoping so. I want to apply but it's hard to justify the extra $100 when almost every other school on my list has given me a waiver.

I got their fancy little view book yesterday, though.

[andapieceoftoast]

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[lastsamurai]

I'd contact them if I were you just saying that you noticed that the fee waiver wasn't applied on LSAC. And maybe ask if there's another round of waivers or something?

[HOS]

I e-mailed UMich this weekend and just received a reply saying I had been granted a waiver. So yes, perhaps just e-mail again as a polite reminder.

Also just in, Cornell, Georgetown and Vandy.

[carolinainmymind]

So I've already posted on this topic before - my apologies - but my circumstances have slightly changed.

I solicited from UMich in early August and received this response:
Thank you for your interest in Michigan Law. We offer merit-based fee waivers through LSAC's Candidate Referral Service. It does appear that you will qualify for a waiver. If you are registered for that service, it will appear automatically in your LSAC account. We will begin processing LSAC fee waivers later this month.


I'm really bummed bc I neither received an email nor a hidden waiver.
I'm wondering if it's worth contacting them again; I don't want to troll them. My GPA is 3.81 and LSAT 174 - do you think there is any reason why I shouldn't have received one?

Same exact thing happened to me. I emailed them a (polite) reminder towards the end of last week, and promptly received a fee waiver code in response.

[andapieceoftoast]

So I've already posted on this topic before - my apologies - but my circumstances have slightly changed.

I solicited from UMich in early August and received this response:
Thank you for your interest in Michigan Law. We offer merit-based fee waivers through LSAC's Candidate Referral Service. It does appear that you will qualify for a waiver. If you are registered for that service, it will appear automatically in your LSAC account. We will begin processing LSAC fee waivers later this month.


I'm really bummed bc I neither received an email nor a hidden waiver.
I'm wondering if it's worth contacting them again; I don't want to troll them. My GPA is 3.81 and LSAT 174 - do you think there is any reason why I shouldn't have received one?

Same exact thing happened to me. I emailed them a (polite) reminder towards the end of last week, and promptly received a fee waiver code in response.

Thank you to the previous 3 posters. I will send them a polite reminder in hopes of snagging that extra fee waiver -- every bit helps!

UPDATE: Got it - within 20 minutes! Thanks for the tip ladies and gents! Best of luck to everyone as we suffer through this together...

[Innovative]

Anyone get fee waivers from CCN, UC Berkeley, or USC yet? Solicited or unsolicited.

[cannibal ox]

UCLA, solicited, gave me a code to use 4 minutes after I sent them a request. Well done, UCLA.

[christobel]

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[californiauser]

Anyone get fee waivers from CCN, UC Berkeley, or USC yet? Solicited or unsolicited.

I responded to an email USC sent me last year with a fee waiver in it, they said they're only going to give them out through CRS - and that they should be sent out sometime in September.

[052220151]

Anyone get fee waivers from CCN, UC Berkeley, or USC yet? Solicited or unsolicited.

I believe that Berkeley does not do merit waivers. I tried to solicit one from SC a few weeks ago and received no response

Berk doesn't give them out. I didn't receive a response from SC either. It's really weird how some admissions offices have a thirty minute turn around and others take days to get back to you.

[HOS]

Same here on USC, it's the only school I have yet to hear back from on the solicited waiver front.

[eaad91]

I want to solicit fee waivers from schools but I'm retaking the LSAT in October. Should I wait until after the LSAT to try and ask or should I just ask now? I'm a splitter with an at/just-under median LSAT for some T-14s.

Thanks in advance

[cannibal ox]

Michigan, solicited.

[Instinctive]

Another stupid question from me: Do HYS even do merit fee waivers? Is it worth soliciting?

[californiauser]

Another stupid question from me: Do HYS even do merit fee waivers? Is it worth soliciting?

Nope. Need only.

[Typhoon24]

Another stupid question from me: Do HYS even do merit fee waivers? Is it worth soliciting?

Nope. Need only.

Maybe still worth doing since getting an email from HLS feels gooooood

[gmoney71313]

Same here on USC, it's the only school I have yet to hear back from on the solicited waiver front.

This exactly.

Solicited Waivers: UVA, Duke, Michigan, Northwestern (no app fee if submitted before Nov. 5), GULC, UCLA, UC Davis (no app fee this cycle), Denver, Lewis & Clark, William & Mary, WVU

[Vincent]

Anyone get fee waivers from CCN, UC Berkeley, or USC yet? Solicited or unsolicited.

I believe that Berkeley does not do merit waivers. I tried to solicit one from SC a few weeks ago and received no response

Berk doesn't give them out. I didn't receive a response from SC either. It's really weird how some admissions offices have a thirty minute turn around and others take days to get back to you.

Berkeley had a pilot fee-waiver program last year for "high achieving UC and CSU students".

I didn't get one (unsolicited or solicited), but my friend (with lower GPA and LSAT) did (unsolicited).

[t-14orbust]

TTTulsa and UMiami today

[Vursz]

UCLA just now.

[stickershocked]

Just got one from UCLA. Didn't those already go out?

[lastsamurai]

another case of the #doublewaiver

[t-14orbust]

UCLA as well, feels good since they did not send me a waiver on their last CRS adventure.