Wisconsin-Madison 2012!!! Forum
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as for scholarships: 1. unless you've gotten a full ride somewhere else, Wisconsin is probably cheaper. 2. if you need money ask them. if they say no and you really need money, threaten to walk. it's just that simple.
Plenty of people have gotten scholarships, but what you guys have to realize is that more than anything Wisconsin is a charitable school for dipping as low into the LSATs as it does. The quality of education we're going to be receiving is such that we probably should all have needed 165+s to get in. Once you consider that, not getting money (but getting instate tuition) at 166 seems to make a lot more sense. Of course, everyone around the median isn't going to get shit for financial aid, but I doubt someone with a 162 would get anything from a comparable school such as UIUC or UMN.
The people who are worth money and are insistent about money will get money, but more than anything we should all just be glad to get into such a good institution.
Plenty of people have gotten scholarships, but what you guys have to realize is that more than anything Wisconsin is a charitable school for dipping as low into the LSATs as it does. The quality of education we're going to be receiving is such that we probably should all have needed 165+s to get in. Once you consider that, not getting money (but getting instate tuition) at 166 seems to make a lot more sense. Of course, everyone around the median isn't going to get shit for financial aid, but I doubt someone with a 162 would get anything from a comparable school such as UIUC or UMN.
The people who are worth money and are insistent about money will get money, but more than anything we should all just be glad to get into such a good institution.
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Wow, I guess my post touched a nerve. When it comes down to it, I was very disappointed that I didn't get money from UW given my hard numbers, but at the same time, they are subsidizing the hell out of everyone's tuition so I wouldn't say I was surprised. I have a friend with almost the exact same numbers (165/3.9) who was tossed a ton of money from Illinois (in-state for him), so to get a big, fat 0 from UW hurt a little.
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resident tuition at UIUC is still significantly more than at UW Madison. Of course it depends upon how much UIUC tossed your friend, but I feel like your friend should be busy thanking his lucky stars he got into UIUC rather than complaining about the size of his scholarshipshiloh26 wrote:Wow, I guess my post touched a nerve. When it comes down to it, I was very disappointed that I didn't get money from UW given my hard numbers, but at the same time, they are subsidizing the hell out of everyone's tuition so I wouldn't say I was surprised. I have a friend with almost the exact same numbers (165/3.9) who was tossed a ton of money from Illinois (in-state for him), so to get a big, fat 0 from UW hurt a little.
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I should have been more clear... his scholarship made it cheaper to attend UIUC than for me to attend UW with no scholarship and we had the same numbers, and no significant soft factors for either of us, so yes it was the amount that he got that surprised me after I'd recieved nothing from UW. And he certainly never complained about anything, I don't know where you got that, it was me complaining, if you want to call it that. Funny story, he chose to go to ND anyway.resident tuition at UIUC is still significantly more than at UW Madison. Of course it depends upon how much UIUC tossed your friend, but I feel like your friend should be busy thanking his lucky stars he got into UIUC rather than complaining about the size of his scholarship
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your friend was family friends with Blagojevich, c/d
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Anyone else share my feeling re: 1Ls lost at sea? Heck, we don't even know tuition yet!
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I'm not really sure why people are worrying about these little things. Chill out, you have the next three years to freak you and your fellow classmates out. There is plenty of time left before classes start and tuition isn't going to jump more than 5-8% most likely. Next thing you guys will be freaking out about is how the number of firms at OCI have dropped significantly
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we should be thanking our lucky stars that at least one firm came to OCI, right Simpler Times? hah.Yojimbo wrote:I'm not really sure why people are worrying about these little things. Chill out, you have the next three years to freak you and your fellow classmates out. There is plenty of time left before classes start and tuition isn't going to jump more than 5-8% most likely. Next thing you guys will be freaking out about is how the number of firms at OCI have dropped significantly
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I've already started talking to smaller local firms about 1L internship opportunities. In this market I don't expect anything to come to me, and I'm perfectly willing to do the extra leg work not to end up in a bread line.jcwilsn1 wrote:we should be thanking our lucky stars that at least one firm came to OCI, right Simpler Times? hah.
e: just like I didn't rely on any magic scholarship fairies I'm not going to rely on any magic employment fairies. Foley and Lardner is going to hire our valedictorian and the rest of us are going to have to sweat blood to get paralegal jobs. Life goes on.
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That WashU handbook was certainly pretty thorough, but in my view there are plenty of comparable resources available on the UW website, including Mike Hall's guide to housing and the "Read This First!" handbook (LinkRemoved). Plus, any specific questions I had were answered quickly and thoroughly by someone in the admissions office.BobDole34 wrote:Anyone else share my feeling re: 1Ls lost at sea? Heck, we don't even know tuition yet!
And don't we know tuition already? (See here)
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Did anyone else just get a packet of information on registering and everything?
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yeah. gonna try and get through "READ THIS FIRST" today.Simpler Times wrote:Did anyone else just get a packet of information on registering and everything?
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Schedules and section assignments e-mailed this morning!
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Aww, I haven't gotten mine! Did they send it to your new Wisc email or the email you used when you applied? I've checked both... perhaps they're still working on sending them.NightPutting wrote:Schedules and section assignments e-mailed this morning!
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Nothing for me yet.
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They sent it to my wisc.edu e-mail, but I had told them earlier to use that as my exclusive e-mail address. So, I'm not sure which method they're using to send them. I haven't heard from anyone else that also got a schedule assignment -- sort of strange.bongothebunny wrote:Aww, I haven't gotten mine! Did they send it to your new Wisc email or the email you used when you applied? I've checked both... perhaps they're still working on sending them.NightPutting wrote:Schedules and section assignments e-mailed this morning!
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I would love to attend UW next fall and I was wondering why you all chose UW? Was it your main choice? Did you receive scholarship money? Were your LSATs/GPAs really competitive? Also, around what time did you apply/find out you got in? Thanks and any other helpful information about UW would be great! I thought the law school was really nice and Madison is a great place to live!
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There are so many other threads on this. I would encourage you to do 3 things:
1. Search on TLS the hundreds of threads mentioning UW
2. Check lawschoolnumbers.com to see competitive numbers. People here vary. Some were low 160s high GPA. Others were low GPA mid to high 160s LSAT. And one was very high GPA, low LSAT.
3. Most people hear after the New Years and during the spring.
1. Search on TLS the hundreds of threads mentioning UW
2. Check lawschoolnumbers.com to see competitive numbers. People here vary. Some were low 160s high GPA. Others were low GPA mid to high 160s LSAT. And one was very high GPA, low LSAT.
3. Most people hear after the New Years and during the spring.
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hey guys,
I have a few questions
1-How do we activate our school email accounts. are they contingent on us paying our fees?
2-Financial Aid we take out is directly deducted from our tuition right? Can we calibrate out Gradplus loans to cover the remaining portion of our unpaid tuition bill beforehand, or do i have to wait until the updated tuition figures to come out.
3- Is the low number of Chicago biglaw jobs available to Wisconsin kids indicative of the school's reach or the relative attractiveness of not having to take the Wisconsin bar?
4-How big is hockey in Madison!
I have a few questions
1-How do we activate our school email accounts. are they contingent on us paying our fees?
2-Financial Aid we take out is directly deducted from our tuition right? Can we calibrate out Gradplus loans to cover the remaining portion of our unpaid tuition bill beforehand, or do i have to wait until the updated tuition figures to come out.
3- Is the low number of Chicago biglaw jobs available to Wisconsin kids indicative of the school's reach or the relative attractiveness of not having to take the Wisconsin bar?
4-How big is hockey in Madison!
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Hell, some (read: one) of us were mid/upper 150s and high GPA.BobDole34 wrote:There are so many other threads on this. I would encourage you to do 3 things:
1. Search on TLS the hundreds of threads mentioning UW
2. Check lawschoolnumbers.com to see competitive numbers. People here vary. Some were low 160s high GPA. Others were low GPA mid to high 160s LSAT. And one was very high GPA, low LSAT.
3. Most people hear after the New Years and during the spring.
For me, a few things made me choose UW over higher ranked schools--
1) Madison is an awesome city...there's really no other town like it, and it's a great place to live
2) The law school is excellent; they're known for having some of the best teachers in the country
3) Bar privilege-if you want to practice in WI and go to UW or Marquette, you don't have to take the bar exam
4) Cost. I was waitlisted, admitted, and then deferred for a year so I could get in-state tuition. Wisconsin is an absolute bargain...I should get out of law school with under $100k of debt, and that's with no scholarship.
Hopefully that helps...feel free to PM me if you have any more questions. Fwiw, I applied mid-November.
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In response to the Chicago/hockey questions. I think Wisconsin does as well as any other tier 1, non t14/Illinois/ND school in the area. There's a lot of self-selection with students wanting to stay in-state, and you'll get some "top" students in Minneapolis, Milwaukee, and coastal firms. So I'm not sure I buy the premise that it's a low amount all things considered.
As for hockey: it's huge. Get tickets.
As for hockey: it's huge. Get tickets.
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Hey guys, I got my schedule emailed to me yesterday, too. I heard from someone else that they only got through half of the list yesterday, so my guess would be that they will send it out today to the rest of you!
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I got my section too
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got career services handbook from UW today. looks pretty thick. interesting stuff.
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I may be deferring, but I just wanted to throw this out there--Wisconsin Law students can drink like none other. This really isn't a bad thing, IMO.
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