NYU Class of 2017 - Basically graduated Forum

[lawschool22]

For those who submitted their Need Access form already, did you wait until you got your tax returns back or submit with 2012 information and update to 2013 later? I'm not expecting mine back until early- to mid-march, but I'd like to receive financial aid information as soon as possible.

You don't have to wait. You can use estimates, then update w/ actual if you get need-based aid.

[lawschool22]

For those of you torn between NYU and a lower-ranked school with more money, what are your goals? Where do you want to practice?

[Theopliske8711]

I was thinking of just using info on W-2

[AdInfinitum]

For those who submitted their Need Access form already, did you wait until you got your tax returns back or submit with 2012 information and update to 2013 later? I'm not expecting mine back until early- to mid-march, but I'd like to receive financial aid information as soon as possible.

You don't have to wait. You can use estimates, then update w/ actual if you get need-based aid.

Awesome! Thanks for the info

[SFrost]

For those of you torn between NYU and a lower-ranked school with more money, what are your goals? Where do you want to practice?

Well paying job. Motivated to live anywhere.

The 20s school would put me ~70k in debt (living expenses) while NYU is closer to, what, 250k? I've never worked with that kind of money.

[politics89]

I emailed financial aid with a question last week, and then called today to leave a message and still have heard nothing back. Anyone else having problems hearing back?

I'm bumping this because I'm still wondering why no one will call me back and if I'm alone in it..

Thanks!

[paglababa]

For those of you torn between NYU and a lower-ranked school with more money, what are your goals? Where do you want to practice?

NYC Biglawl. Which seems very possible from some of the lower t14s provided you're above median. Especially if you have solid prior work exp

[lawschool22]

For those of you torn between NYU and a lower-ranked school with more money, what are your goals? Where do you want to practice?

NYC Biglawl. Which seems very possible from some of the lower t14s provided you're above median. Especially if you have solid prior work exp

Yep, definitely true. It's that whole "assuming you're above median" thing that makes me worry about some of the lower T14. But if I wanted NYC biglaw I would probably be comfortable going to a lower t14 provided the money was right. Unfortunately I want DC, preferably federal government, but I would also do DC biglaw. This makes going to a T6 more appealing to me, and, assuming I don't get HLS, I think NYU is probably best for PI/Gov't in DC.

[paglababa]

For those of you torn between NYU and a lower-ranked school with more money, what are your goals? Where do you want to practice?

NYC Biglawl. Which seems very possible from some of the lower t14s provided you're above median. Especially if you have solid prior work exp

Yep, definitely true. It's that whole "assuming you're above median" thing that makes me worry about some of the lower T14. But if I wanted NYC biglaw I would probably be comfortable going to a lower t14 provided the money was right. Unfortunately I want DC, preferably federal government, but I would also do DC biglaw. This makes going to a T6 more appealing to me, and, assuming I don't get HLS, I think NYU is probably best for PI/Gov't in DC.

True. Did you apply for any of the NYU named schollys? If you get H, is it going to be a no brainer for you?

[lawschool22]

For those of you torn between NYU and a lower-ranked school with more money, what are your goals? Where do you want to practice?

NYC Biglawl. Which seems very possible from some of the lower t14s provided you're above median. Especially if you have solid prior work exp

Yep, definitely true. It's that whole "assuming you're above median" thing that makes me worry about some of the lower T14. But if I wanted NYC biglaw I would probably be comfortable going to a lower t14 provided the money was right. Unfortunately I want DC, preferably federal government, but I would also do DC biglaw. This makes going to a T6 more appealing to me, and, assuming I don't get HLS, I think NYU is probably best for PI/Gov't in DC.

True. Did you apply for any of the NYU named schollys? If you get H, is it going to be a no brainer for you?

I didn't apply for any of the NYU scholarships. The two that interested me were the RTK and the Furman. The problem w/ RTK is I didn't want to be locked into PI, as I may still go biglaw, and for the Furman Public Policy scholarship I honestly didn't think I had anything at all in my background at this point that would demonstrate a commitment to publicly policy, etc., and really didn't think I had a shot. So in the interest of getting an application in early, I decided not to apply to any of those.

With that said, if I did get H it probably would be a no-brainer, barring an unusual amount of money from NYU (but I don't see that happening).

[Nonconsecutive]

The problem w/ RTK is I didn't want to be locked into PI, as I may still go biglaw

That was my big reservation as well, especially since PI has all sorts of challenges that require having certain goals in mind a long the way.

I'm hoping to get my Need Access stuff in soon, already have one parent, the other is being difficult

[kkdk]

Interesting to see everyone's reasoning. NYU is my top choice, I'm committed to PI and as was mentioned a few posts ago, I just don't see any school CCN on down that can compete with NYU's public interest offerings. I did apply for the RTK and the Furman Policy schollys. I guess we'll know about interviews in 2-3 weeks. But I'd be happy going to UMich because COA is way lower and their environmental law program is very strong.

[yomisterd]

I know some IILJ emails went out, but is the general thinking they are still going out? Or am I SOL?

[Come on Down]

Has anyone submitted Need Access and gotten an aid offer yet?

[kkdk]

I know some IILJ emails went out, but is the general thinking they are still going out? Or am I SOL?

Not sure about IILJ specifically, but based on last year's thread, invites for named schollys were going out as late as March 15th. I'd say that until around then, you're still in the running. Some people have reported getting IILJ invites a few pages back on this thread though.

If you applied for a named scholarship and you get the e-mail about your merit aid decision being made before getting an interview invite, I think it automatically means you're no longer under consideration.

[rule615]

For those of you torn between NYU and a lower-ranked school with more money, what are your goals? Where do you want to practice?

I don't have any financial aid offers yet, but I'm torn primarily between NYU and UVA, but there are some other attractive options. I want to do environmental law either in NY or DC, but I also want to have options going forward in the unlikely event I change my mind. Either way racking up significant debt is not going to be helpful, and COL in Charlottesville is way lower. But NYU's PI offerings are pretty phenomenal, both generally and specifically for environmental law. I'm also having a hard time turning down the overall prestige of Chicago, so there's that.
Basically I have no idea where I want to go yet, and I'm hoping financial aid offers help me sort it out.

[berndie90]

Has anyone submitted Need Access and gotten an aid offer yet?

I submitted need access on the 1st of February and my financial aid status told me that my application was "under final review." Looked like that was the last step before getting an offer. Hopefully soon!

[mylifeis24]

Has anyone submitted Need Access and gotten an aid offer yet?

I submitted need access on the 1st of February and my financial aid status told me that my application was "under final review." Looked like that was the last step before getting an offer. Hopefully soon!

Mine has been like that since I submitted in January

[Tela1283]

Has anyone submitted Need Access and gotten an aid offer yet?

I submitted need access on the 1st of February and my financial aid status told me that my application was "under final review." Looked like that was the last step before getting an offer. Hopefully soon!

Mine has been like that since I submitted in January

Maybe a dumb question but where do you see your financial aid status?

[mylifeis24]

Has anyone submitted Need Access and gotten an aid offer yet?

I submitted need access on the 1st of February and my financial aid status told me that my application was "under final review." Looked like that was the last step before getting an offer. Hopefully soon!

Mine has been like that since I submitted in January

Maybe a dumb question but where do you see your financial aid status?

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

[thewaves]

For those who are out of state and planning to visit for ASW, where are you staying? Friends, hotel, airbnb? Just curious what the norm is.

[nothingtosee]

IS there a link somewhere to the numbers if recent RTK recipients?

[mylifeis24]

IS there a link somewhere to the numbers if recent RTK recipients?

oooh would like this too

[kkdk]

IS there a link somewhere to the numbers if recent RTK recipients?

oooh would like this too

DISCLAIMER: these are only people explicitly saying they got the scholly, including 2-3 profiles that really fit that description. I didn't include any AnBryce winners.

NYU's list of scholars has 25 profiles that list latin/PBK/other honors that indicate really high GPAs.

By year off of LSN:

2006-2007:
177/3.95 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/bic RTK
175/URM http://lawschoolnumbers.com/MoniLi gets the Law/Business Scholarship
172/3.89 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/zigneous Furman Academic Scholar

2007-2008:
- someone got an RTK interview with 3.5/177/URM, but took HLS before getting a reply. sauce (LinkRemoved)
169/3.85 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/mysterymeat RTK
176/3.66 URM http://lawschoolnumbers.com/ajg305 RTK
172/3.9 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/monkeyjam IILJ Scholar
177/3.73 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/sandphire RTK

2008-2009:

172/3.89 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/watch4hook RTK
173/3.92 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/LAS RTK
177/3.91 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/kalessebo Furman Academic

2009-2010:

176/3.95 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/calamansi RTK
176/3.9 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/cheerioipo named, but doesn't specify
175/3.8 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/wellsee1 Furman
180/3.83 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/dutchstriker Environmental/Land Use
175/3.8 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/boogaloo Environmental/Land Use
175/3.81 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/hopin10 Crim Law
178/3.96 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/ef123 IILJ
166/3.67 URM http://lawschoolnumbers.com/monkeykitten RTK

2010-2011:

167/4.0 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/readingrainbow profile makes me think RTK
175/3.81 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/whatisatort speculative, RTK
168/3.85 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/neonx The famous neonx, RTK
174/3.67 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/ChriLa425 Bickel and Brewer, basically RTK
165/3.64 URM http://lawschoolnumbers.com/LSPrincess RTK

2011-2012

171/3.67 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/kgr3415 RTK
173/3.81 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/freestallion RTK

2012-2013

174/3.8 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/xii RTK
170/3.69 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/02889 RTK
169/3.87 http://lawschoolnumbers.com/risa RTK

[nothingtosee]

kkdk, you rock.