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All,

I start my law school semester at my current law school in two weeks. However, I am still on the wait list for my top transfer choice and have yet to hear from another school. I was just curious if anyone else was also waiting on a late decision. Additionally, my current law school has e-mailed me asking me what my plans are and that they are willing to work with me. Is it better to wait to have an acceptance and then try to negotiate (not sure if my current law school can access decisions), or tell them I'm still waiting and see if they still negotiate? Thank you for the advice.

Do you have any transfer acceptances in hand, or just the fact that you haven't been rejected yet?

No acceptance in hand, but currently on the wait list for one (they are claiming it's a space issue). My school's e-mail stated if I was in the process of determining plans, contact them to work out potential options. Can I leverage the last minute possibility of coming off the wait list into $$$?

Anonymous User wrote:No acceptance in hand, but currently on the wait list for one (they are claiming it's a space issue). My school's e-mail stated if I was in the process of determining plans, contact them to work out potential options. Can I leverage the last minute possibility of coming off the wait list into $$$?

Hmmmmmm - I dunno, I feel like that's a super week bargaining position. But, short of lying, I guess there's really nothing that you could lose. Although I see no reason for them to budge and give you anything... if the other school accepts you, odds are you'd ask for more money or you'd leave. Its not like you'd withdraw you transfer app for a certain $$

Anonymous User wrote:All,

I start my law school semester at my current law school in two weeks. However, I am still on the wait list for my top transfer choice and have yet to hear from another school. I was just curious if anyone else was also waiting on a late decision. Additionally, my current law school has e-mailed me asking me what my plans are and that they are willing to work with me. Is it better to wait to have an acceptance and then try to negotiate (not sure if my current law school can access decisions), or tell them I'm still waiting and see if they still negotiate? Thank you for the advice.

Yes, I know a lot of people who are still waiting to hear from their top transfer choice, most of them aren't waitlisted though. The schools haven't made a decision yet.

If you were happy with your old law school, then stay there. If you were happy but wanted more money, then negotiate more money. Your old law school won't know about your acceptances until later.

Start the negotiation process as soon as you can.

You don't need to let them know everything you have in your hand. Make sure you negotiate from a position of what you need/want instead of from a position of what they are going to do or are doing for you. Reference can be everything.

Best of luck.

My current law school starts the semester on Monday and I told them I am still waiting on decisions. Is it time to reach out to these schools and tell them to make a final decision already, or just proceed to tell my law school I am returning and if I get off the WL then I can possibly withdraw? Thanks for the advice.