UVA Class of 2017 Forum

[SplitMyPants]

All students who wish to be considered for law school scholarships which have a need component or who are planning to apply for federal financial aid including Stafford and GradPlus Loans must complete both the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the on-line Need Access application.

In UVA's financial email they state that Need Access is required if you are looking to use Stafford and GradPlus loans. I was under the impression that this was not the case and that you only needed to submit FAFSA for these loans. Am I misreading the above sentence?

Different people at the FinAid office have told different applicants different things regarding this. The final answer that I got was that, yes, both were required, but that you can leave parental info blank (write 0 and N/A in required spots) if you do not want to be considered for need aid. I imagine you could press them and they would allow you to only submit FAFSA, and this appears to be the case for some people, but I would recommend getting that in writing from FinAid office first.

Ok. Thanks for the reply.

[Sojourner2]

Anyone heard anything about scholarship/financial aid? I'm assuming we're all waiting until March, but March is getting awfully close...

[UCLAHopeful2014]

Anyone heard anything about scholarship/financial aid? I'm assuming we're all waiting until March, but March is getting awfully close...

In my acceptance letter, it said we should hear back by March 1st (which is a Saturday), but then I saw something that said March 3rd (which is a Monday and makes more sense).

[jdapplicant]

Anyone heard anything about scholarship/financial aid? I'm assuming we're all waiting until March, but March is getting awfully close...

In my acceptance letter, it said we should hear back by March 1st (which is a Saturday), but then I saw something that said March 3rd (which is a Monday and makes more sense).

It's Monday, March 3rd for everyone that submitted FAFSA and Need Access by Feb 14th.

[vivala]

Checking in!

[Gooner91]

Checking in!

Welcome! Congrats on your acceptance.

[Sojourner2]

Anyone heard anything about scholarship/financial aid? I'm assuming we're all waiting until March, but March is getting awfully close...

In my acceptance letter, it said we should hear back by March 1st (which is a Saturday), but then I saw something that said March 3rd (which is a Monday and makes more sense).

It's Monday, March 3rd for everyone that submitted FAFSA and Need Access by Feb 14th.

Thanks!

I know there has been some talk on here before about Jeff Scholarships. Is the general consensus that those are already gone by now?

[marsters]

This may be a stupid question, but are there any graphs, charts, resources, etc that show likelihood of scholarship $ based on scores? All this talk of scholarship money has gotten me more anxious than before!

[SplitMyPants]

This may be a stupid question, but are there any graphs, charts, resources, etc that show likelihood of scholarship $ based on scores? All this talk of scholarship money has gotten me more anxious than before!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... ZN2c#gid=0

[marsters]

Thanks! Any reason why the 159-163 LSAT in the 3.9 GPA column average more money than the 164-169?

[Gooner91]

Thanks! Any reason why the 159-163 LSAT in the 3.9 GPA column average more money than the 164-169?

I saw that too, was wondering the same thing.
Maybe it is mostly URMs?

edit: NVM, URM excluded.

[Jessasaurus]

This may be a stupid question, but are there any graphs, charts, resources, etc that show likelihood of scholarship $ based on scores? All this talk of scholarship money has gotten me more anxious than before!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... ZN2c#gid=0

That spreadsheet is awesome! Thanks!

[marsters]

Yeah, the URM hypothesis would make some sense.

[SplitMyPants]

This may be a stupid question, but are there any graphs, charts, resources, etc that show likelihood of scholarship $ based on scores? All this talk of scholarship money has gotten me more anxious than before!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... ZN2c#gid=0

That spreadsheet is awesome! Thanks!

No problem. I wish I could give credit to the OP but I lost the thread, all I have is this doc bookmarked.

[jdapplicant]

This may be a stupid question, but are there any graphs, charts, resources, etc that show likelihood of scholarship $ based on scores? All this talk of scholarship money has gotten me more anxious than before!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... ZN2c#gid=0

That spreadsheet is awesome! Thanks!

+180

[SplitMyPants]

This may be a stupid question, but are there any graphs, charts, resources, etc that show likelihood of scholarship $ based on scores? All this talk of scholarship money has gotten me more anxious than before!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... ZN2c#gid=0

That spreadsheet is awesome! Thanks!

No problem. I wish I could give credit to the OP but I lost the thread, all I have is this doc bookmarked.

Found it! All thanks goes to cotiger!

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 2&t=216378

[RCO2012]

This may be a stupid question, but are there any graphs, charts, resources, etc that show likelihood of scholarship $ based on scores? All this talk of scholarship money has gotten me more anxious than before!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... ZN2c#gid=0

That spreadsheet is awesome! Thanks!

No problem. I wish I could give credit to the OP but I lost the thread, all I have is this doc bookmarked.

What I wish is that I could use this if they don't offer me the money indicated on the sheet lol. I hope I get somewhat close to what it shows on there.

eta: thanks for this.

[jasper09]

What I wish is that I could use this if they don't offer me the money indicated on the sheet lol. I hope I get somewhat close to what it shows on there.

eta: thanks for this.

+1 That spreadsheet is amazingly helpful! Thanks to whoever created it.

[SplitMyPants]

Yeah, the URM hypothesis would make some sense.

He excludes URM. See the original thread.

[SplitMyPants]

What I wish is that I could use this if they don't offer me the money indicated on the sheet lol. I hope I get somewhat close to what it shows on there.

eta: thanks for this.

+1 That spreadsheet is amazingly helpful! Thanks to whoever created it.

Yeah! It's extremely helpful! Cotiger is the one who put this together.

[RCO2012]

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[awoodard]

Checking in! Was accepted earlier this week and couldn't be more excited. Still waiting on scholarship info...hopefully that works out!

Hope to be in Charlottesville with you all next year!

[mulhollanddrive]

Has anyone who has been accepted this cycle successfully request a one year deferment from UVA?

Any idea of how lenient they are about granting deferments this cycle?

I will be asking for a deferment soon and am looking for some tips from others who have done so.

Thanks.

[Muff]

Has anyone who has been accepted this cycle successfully request a one year deferment from UVA?

Any idea of how lenient they are about granting deferments this cycle?

I will be asking for a deferment soon and am looking for some tips from others who have done so.

Thanks.

Check out this thread http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... start=8775

Per the posters there, UVA admins have been real good about granting deferments in the past

[RCO2012]

Has anyone who has been accepted this cycle successfully request a one year deferment from UVA?

Any idea of how lenient they are about granting deferments this cycle?

I will be asking for a deferment soon and am looking for some tips from others who have done so.

Thanks.

Check out this thread http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... start=8775

Per the posters there, UVA admins have been real good about granting deferments in the past

Yes, very lenient and quick in response to requests from what I remember.