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reading comp fail.pwyoung wrote:Well, according to those steps in order to accept this scholarship you must reserve a seat in the class meaning you must pay deposits, which are semi-binding. The way it sounds is as if you've got 15 days to go that school WITH this scholarship. Otherwise you can still attend, but they'll release you from the scholarship.
how?gothamm wrote:reading comp fail.pwyoung wrote:Well, according to those steps in order to accept this scholarship you must reserve a seat in the class meaning you must pay deposits, which are semi-binding. The way it sounds is as if you've got 15 days to go that school WITH this scholarship. Otherwise you can still attend, but they'll release you from the scholarship.
Call the admissions office to find out.legendkiller wrote:A school just sent me an acceptance and a scholarship award--however, they want me to accept the scholarship offer within 15 days. What does this mean? If I accept the scholarship, is that binding at all?
thanks
Haha your own? Step #2 of accepting the scholarship offer is enrolling in the Class of 2014.gothamm wrote:reading comp fail.pwyoung wrote:Well, according to those steps in order to accept this scholarship you must reserve a seat in the class meaning you must pay deposits, which are semi-binding. The way it sounds is as if you've got 15 days to go that school WITH this scholarship. Otherwise you can still attend, but they'll release you from the scholarship.
That's your solution to everything, isn't it? Call the admissions office. Just give them a ring. Jeez.ahduth wrote:Call the admissions office to find out.legendkiller wrote:A school just sent me an acceptance and a scholarship award--however, they want me to accept the scholarship offer within 15 days. What does this mean? If I accept the scholarship, is that binding at all?
thanks
txadv11 wrote:I thought that (besides ED) it is against LSAC policy to make students choose before like March or April...?
QF inability to differentiate between holding an admissions spot open and holding a scholarship open.AreJay711 wrote:txadv11 wrote:I thought that (besides ED) it is against LSAC policy to make students choose before like March or April...?
I also think it applied to scholarships. I'm also pretty sure was more than just a single school policy.MrKappus wrote:QF inability to differentiate between holding an admissions spot open and holding a scholarship open.AreJay711 wrote:txadv11 wrote:I thought that (besides ED) it is against LSAC policy to make students choose before like March or April...?
Oops.AreJay711 wrote:I also think it applied to scholarships. I'm also pretty sure was more than just a single school policy.MrKappus wrote:AreJay711 wrote:txadv11 wrote:I thought that (besides ED) it is against LSAC policy to make students choose before like March or April...?QF inability to differentiate between holding an admissions spot open and holding a scholarship open.
Hell yeah. Most of the admissions offices are friendly and knowledgeable. I have some of their numbers programmed into my phone.HugerThanSoup wrote:That's your solution to everything, isn't it? Call the admissions office. Just give them a ring. Jeez.ahduth wrote:Call the admissions office to find out.legendkiller wrote:A school just sent me an acceptance and a scholarship award--however, they want me to accept the scholarship offer within 15 days. What does this mean? If I accept the scholarship, is that binding at all?
thanks
Just because your advice is good doesn't mean those offices don't have a nickname for you.ahduth wrote:Hell yeah. Most of the admissions offices are friendly and knowledgeable. I have some of their numbers programmed into my phone.HugerThanSoup wrote:That's your solution to everything, isn't it? Call the admissions office. Just give them a ring. Jeez.ahduth wrote:Call the admissions office to find out.legendkiller wrote:A school just sent me an acceptance and a scholarship award--however, they want me to accept the scholarship offer within 15 days. What does this mean? If I accept the scholarship, is that binding at all?
thanks
The official position of the Law School Admission Council is:
Except under binding early decision plans, or for academic terms beginning in the spring or summer, no law school should require an enrollment commitment of any kind, binding or nonbinding, to an offer of admission or scholarship prior to April 1. Admitted applicants who have submitted a timely financial aid application should not be required to commit to enroll by having to make a nonrefundable financial commitment until notified of financial aid awards that are within the control of the law school.
Seems pretty cut and dry to me. What school are we talking about here?AreJay711 wrote:OP this is where I read it: http://www.lsac.org/jd/apply/whom-to-admit.asp I don't know if LSAC's position means a damn thing, it doesn't appear that it does, but it is determined by the various law schools together so is probably what is standard at most schools. I think a school that doesn't follow the industry standard is pretty sketch so that is something to consider when you decide to accept or not.
The official position of the Law School Admission Council is:
Except under binding early decision plans, or for academic terms beginning in the spring or summer, no law school should require an enrollment commitment of any kind, binding or nonbinding, to an offer of admission or scholarship prior to April 1. Admitted applicants who have submitted a timely financial aid application should not be required to commit to enroll by having to make a nonrefundable financial commitment until notified of financial aid awards that are within the control of the law school.