Application Fee Waivers - Fall 2011 Applicants Forum

[JJDancer]

Has anyone else had luck with USC?

I just checked and only received a message that my application fee would be charged at checkout. Sadness.

175, 3.73

Didn't get the waiver either: 170/3.4

Didn't get it either
168/3.72

[TOMaHULK]

I've decided to really tone down on my number of schools that I'm applying to.

Never realized that even with fee waivers, you're still looking at a $12 processing fee. Doesn't sound like a lot, but with the schools that don't give you a waiver, and the $12 fees on all apps, it's gonna get pricey.

Before I was going to apply to every school that gave me a waiver and then some that it looked like I could get into as well. Now I'm going for all state schools that I'm interested in, only the fee waiver schools that I would truly consider going to, and maybe some schools out of state that I would be really glad to go to (note: would take a lot to get me out of state due to all family and friends. If you're supposed to go to school in the state that you want to practice in, then long term this has to be consider).

Sorry I'm airing my thoughts, but meh..."THOUGHTS"?

[Sentry]

Hidden USC for me.

[absolutazn87]

Has anyone with a below 3.7-3.8 GPA gotten a waiver from Penn? I feel like they're screening GPAs more heavily.

I got a waiver from NYU but no love from Penn, and I'm EDing!

[leopardRAWR]

Has anyone with a below 3.7-3.8 GPA gotten a waiver from Penn? I feel like they're screening GPAs more heavily.

I got a waiver from NYU but no love from Penn, and I'm EDing!

My GPA is in that range, 170 LSAT and I haven't gotten a waiver from NYU or Penn. I think I'm going to email them tomorrow, I will let you know if I have any success.

[Spykuh]

Has anyone with a below 3.7-3.8 GPA gotten a waiver from Penn? I feel like they're screening GPAs more heavily.

I got a waiver from NYU but no love from Penn, and I'm EDing!

me!

[yoitsmebenny]

Has anyone with a below 3.7-3.8 GPA gotten a waiver from Penn? I feel like they're screening GPAs more heavily.

I got a waiver from NYU but no love from Penn, and I'm EDing!

3.4, got a Penn Waiver. 172 LSAT

[zworykin]

Has anyone with a below 3.7-3.8 GPA gotten a waiver from Penn? I feel like they're screening GPAs more heavily.

I got a waiver from NYU but no love from Penn, and I'm EDing!

3.66, 176

[Entchen]

Has anyone with a below 3.7-3.8 GPA gotten a waiver from Penn? I feel like they're screening GPAs more heavily.

I got a waiver from NYU but no love from Penn, and I'm EDing!

3.4, got a Penn Waiver. 172 LSAT

3.5 and 177 and I didn't get one

[Muenchen]

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[abarrios]

I have been following this thread for a long time, and I don't think this has been answered, but I apologize if it has. Does Berkeley give no love to anyone? I've thought about applying, but probably wouldn't without a waiver. Would asking them be a complete waste of time and an auto-no? I have fee waivers from most of their peers (All T14 minus HYS and Cornell), so I was hoping for a one.

I recieved an e-mail from them yesterday, but no fee waiver.

And I've recieved fee waivers from about every good school that gives them out, so I'm guessing Berkeley doesn't. I'm not completely sure, though.

[speedyj88]

Hidden USC for me.

Same. Glad too since they denied my email request.

[ahduth]

Has anyone with a below 3.7-3.8 GPA gotten a waiver from Penn? I feel like they're screening GPAs more heavily.

I got a waiver from NYU but no love from Penn, and I'm EDing!

3.4, got a Penn Waiver. 172 LSAT

3.5 and 177 and I didn't get one

3.76 / 173 and no waiver from NYU or Penn.

[zworykin]

I have been following this thread for a long time, and I don't think this has been answered, but I apologize if it has. Does Berkeley give no love to anyone? I've thought about applying, but probably wouldn't without a waiver. Would asking them be a complete waste of time and an auto-no? I have fee waivers from most of their peers (All T14 minus HYS and Cornell), so I was hoping for a one.

Berkeley doesn't give merit waivers, per their website. They and HYS are the only T14 schools who don't.

[trudat15]

Has anyone with a below 3.7-3.8 GPA gotten a waiver from Penn? I feel like they're screening GPAs more heavily.

I got a waiver from NYU but no love from Penn, and I'm EDing!

3.4, got a Penn Waiver. 172 LSAT

3.5 and 177 and I didn't get one

3.45 and 174 and didnt get one as well. I emailed them and they said only merit based from CRS search. Damn them

[Wannabelawyer101]

Has anyone with a below 3.7-3.8 GPA gotten a waiver from Penn? I feel like they're screening GPAs more heavily.

I got a waiver from NYU but no love from Penn, and I'm EDing!

3.4, got a Penn Waiver. 172 LSAT

3.5 and 177 and I didn't get one

3.45 and 174 and didnt get one as well. I emailed them and they said only merit based from CRS search. Damn them

I got the same response with a 3.85 and 174.

[hellojd]

damn, rejected for a UPenn fee waiver. ah well.

[msch0i]

Has anyone received an unsolicited fee waiver from Loyola or else requested/received it? I e-mailed them back in August and they said they start giving them out in October, but I don't know if that means by solicitation/hidden waivers/unsolicited e-mails...

[trudat15]

Has anyone received an unsolicited fee waiver from Loyola or else requested/received it? I e-mailed them back in August and they said they start giving them out in October, but I don't know if that means by solicitation/hidden waivers/unsolicited e-mails...

I emailed them awhile ago and they told me they would start sending out CRS waivers after the Oct LSAT. I just assumed they meant after the scores are in (maybe they were hoping to do just like one round of CRS searches and figured after Oct LSAT was the best time).

[speedyj88]

Has anyone received an unsolicited fee waiver from Loyola or else requested/received it? I e-mailed them back in August and they said they start giving them out in October, but I don't know if that means by solicitation/hidden waivers/unsolicited e-mails...

I received an email saying I had a waiver waiting for me if I attended a law school fair. The instructions were to show them the email and they'd give me one.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make the fair but have since emailed to try to get one and haven't received a response.

[queenlizzie13]

I received one from Loyola and Chapman after attending the LSAC Forum in LA on Sept. 25th. Also got Oregon from that as well.

[bdubs]

Just received USC via e-mail 3.5/172

[Bildungsroman]

Just received an email from USC notifying me of my USC fee waiver and telling me they'll be sending a viewbook to my address. Very nice.

[shanemahsa]

Has anyone with a below 3.7-3.8 GPA gotten a waiver from Penn? I feel like they're screening GPAs more heavily.

I got a waiver from NYU but no love from Penn, and I'm EDing!

I got a Penn waiver with a 3.69

[vegenator]

Temple via email a few minutes ago....