NYU Class of 2017 - Basically graduated Forum

[yomisterd]

Chatting with the Director of the Judicial Clerkship office today. I really am loving the availability of faculty and the outreach from NYU as well.

[Jessasaurus]

Sorry if this has already been answered, but are we able to stay with current students during asw?

[SplitMyPants]

Yeah. Me too. Does anyone know if NYU is typically generous with negotiations?

Probably depends on what you have to negotiate. My friend was fairly successful with negotiating between Columbia and NYU.

I read somewhere else on TLS that Columbia and NYU rarely negotiate with offers from the other.

I don't think this is necessarily true based on what I have read from last year's thread.

Good to know, thanks.

[cotiger]

Probably depends on what you have to negotiate. My friend was fairly successful with negotiating between Columbia and NYU.

I read somewhere else on TLS that Columbia and NYU rarely negotiate with offers from the other.

I don't think this is necessarily true based on what I have read from last year's thread.

NYU and Columbia are pretty much the definition of peer schools. I would think that they, more than any schools this side of UCLA/USC, would be fiercely competing with each other for students.

[lawschool22]

Probably depends on what you have to negotiate. My friend was fairly successful with negotiating between Columbia and NYU.

I read somewhere else on TLS that Columbia and NYU rarely negotiate with offers from the other.

I don't think this is necessarily true based on what I have read from last year's thread.

NYU and Columbia are pretty much the definition of peer schools. I would think that they, more than any schools this side of UCLA/USC, would be fiercely competing with each other for students.

+1

[Jessasaurus]

Just RSVP'd for the March 6-7 ASW! Anyone else going to that one?

[admiringatticus]

How do you apply for merit aid only? I sent them an email asking if I could do that and they sent me back the instructions for the Need Access form.

[Theopliske8711]

How do you apply for merit aid only? I sent them an email asking if I could do that and they sent me back the instructions for the Need Access form.

https://faaps.law.nyu.edu/studentmain.html

[admiringatticus]

How do you apply for merit aid only? I sent them an email asking if I could do that and they sent me back the instructions for the Need Access form.

https://faaps.law.nyu.edu/studentmain.html

Sorry for my ignorance but when I go to that website and click on "My application" there is a window that pops up with instructions on Need Access. What am I supposed to be filling out on that website?

[lawschool22]

How do you apply for merit aid only? I sent them an email asking if I could do that and they sent me back the instructions for the Need Access form.

https://faaps.law.nyu.edu/studentmain.html

Sorry for my ignorance but when I go to that website and click on "My application" there is a window that pops up with instructions on Need Access. What am I supposed to be filling out on that website?

You need to tell them (maybe your first email wasn't clear?) that you want to apply merit-only. They will then activate the merit application on the FAAPS site that was linked. Otherwise it will not appear.

[admiringatticus]

How do you apply for merit aid only? I sent them an email asking if I could do that and they sent me back the instructions for the Need Access form.

https://faaps.law.nyu.edu/studentmain.html

Sorry for my ignorance but when I go to that website and click on "My application" there is a window that pops up with instructions on Need Access. What am I supposed to be filling out on that website?

You need to tell them (maybe your first email wasn't clear?) that you want to apply merit-only. They will then activate the merit application on the FAAPS site that was linked. Otherwise it will not appear.

Ok, thank you! Off to send them another email.

[milkandcheerios]

so I finally got the merit only application.

I'm trying to decided if I should hold off on submitting it out until I get decisions back from more schools since there's a question that asks about what other schools I have been accepted into that I'm seriously considering. I feel like I'm being overly neurotic here and I should just turn the thing in ASAP but it would just feel nice to have some leverage

[lawschool22]

so I finally got the merit only application.

I'm trying to decided if I should hold off on submitting it out until I get decisions back from more schools since there's a question that asks about what other schools I have been accepted into that I'm seriously considering. I feel like I'm being overly neurotic here and I should just turn the thing in ASAP but it would just feel nice to have some leverage

I think getting it in sooner to allow yourself more time to appeal the first offer would be better. The deadline for accepting is April 4, and even if you submit now you probably won't get your offer until the end of February or early March. That only gives you a few weeks to negotiate as it is. If you do get into other schools and get offers, you could then use that as leverage in your second round of negotiations.

[nothingtosee]

If I go merit only, and then try to negotiate, do you think they'll be all "Well you can't really need the money if you didn't apply for need-based?"

[lawschool22]

If I go merit only, and then try to negotiate, do you think they'll be all "Well you can't really need the money if you didn't apply for need-based?"

No I don't think so. They know why we're negotiating, because we have other offers and are trying to make the most out of them. If they didn't think they were competing for us, they wouldn't offer any merit aid in the first place, I don't think. From what I have read/heard, they expect a certain portion of people to negotiate and have this built into their aid budgets. You can tell they expect this, because when you email them to negotiate, they refer you back to the online form, where they add a new "Appeal" tab for you to explain your reasoning and upload any supporting docs. So the fact that it is built into their online system makes me think it is expected.

[nothingtosee]

If I go merit only, and then try to negotiate, do you think they'll be all "Well you can't really need the money if you didn't apply for need-based?"

No I don't think so. They know why we're negotiating, because we have other offers and are trying to make the most out of them. If they didn't think they were competing for us, they wouldn't offer any merit aid in the first place, I don't think. From what I have read/heard, they expect a certain portion of people to negotiate and have this built into their aid budgets. You can tell they expect this, because when you email them to negotiate, they refer you back to the online form, where they add a new "Appeal" tab for you to explain your reasoning and upload any supporting docs. So the fact that it is built into their online system makes me think it is expected.

Good answer.

[midwest17]

LS22: given that it sounds like they low balled you, do you think there's any chance that the merit-only strategy backfired?

[lawschool22]

LS22: given that it sounds like they low balled you, do you think there's any chance that the merit-only strategy backfired?

Honestly there's no way of knowing. I just know I would have received zero need-based aid if they had incorporated my parent's assets into the equation.

I did provide my own personal financial info, which they require if you want to be eligible for LRAP. Since I work full-time and am probably personally doing better financially than their average applicant, that may have played a role.

I also think they are probably expecting people to negotiate more and more these days as applicants become informed about that as a strategy, and perhaps that is factoring into it as well.

If I can get them to increase it by $25k I'll be pleased, and I don't think that's outside the realm of possibility.

ETA: Don't quote, I'll probably be deleting this soon.

[ShrimpToastMasters]

Congrats all new admits!

Also, IILJ finalist e-mails are going out!

[politics89]

Congrats all new admits!

Also, IILJ finalist e-mails are going out!

IILJ?

[ShrimpToastMasters]

Congrats all new admits!

Also, IILJ finalist e-mails are going out!

IILJ?

Institute for International Law and Justice

[politics89]

Congrats all new admits!

Also, IILJ finalist e-mails are going out!

IILJ?

Institute for International Law and Justice

Thank you

[Howl]

Congrats all new admits!

Also, IILJ finalist e-mails are going out!

IILJ?

Institute for International Law and Justice

Hi! Congrats and I was SO excited to see this e-mail in my inbox as well!

[Quest4Knowledge]

Ahh so excited - my first T14 acceptance!

I'll be reading through the thread to see what questions have been answered because I definitely have a bunch, congrats to everyone else!

[hellomellow]

Just got in! Hello does anyone know anything about stipends for ASW?