WUSTL c/o 2018 Applicants Forum

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[ilikebaseball]

Yay congrats everyone on the good news! I'm excited to meet some of you at ASW

Are you gonna be in lolfinals study mode for april asw?

Wait I thought someone said there's just a march one this year? Lol there is no way I'd be participating in the april one, I'd be in full gunner mode by then.

U are right, no April ASW.
I blame this on my utter hatred of WUSTLs website.

ya it and tulane are probably tied for 2 least helpful websites

[chuckbass]

Yeah the new website is super pretty but not very useful

[Username123]

Any advice on what I can do to get WUSTL to look at my application lol? I have been at Application Documents Received since 10/23 and haven't heard a word from them since.

It seems like an unusually long wait to have not heard anything. Thanks!

Is it supposed to say complete? Maybe you're missing something in your application. You can always email them and ask, it wouldn't hurt you.

Just called and spoke with Naomi, who was super nice btw.

She said there is nothing missing in my application and the admissions committee has full access to it.

Hopefully some kind of movement happens sometime soon.

[chuckbass]

Any advice on what I can do to get WUSTL to look at my application lol? I have been at Application Documents Received since 10/23 and haven't heard a word from them since.

It seems like an unusually long wait to have not heard anything. Thanks!

Is it supposed to say complete? Maybe you're missing something in your application. You can always email them and ask, it wouldn't hurt you.

Just called and spoke with Naomi, who was super nice btw.

She said there is nothing missing in my application and the admissions committee has full access to it.

Hopefully some kind of movement happens sometime soon.

She's great.

And well at least you confirmed that all you can do is wait. Are your numbers more borderline?

[Username123]

Any advice on what I can do to get WUSTL to look at my application lol? I have been at Application Documents Received since 10/23 and haven't heard a word from them since.

It seems like an unusually long wait to have not heard anything. Thanks!

Is it supposed to say complete? Maybe you're missing something in your application. You can always email them and ask, it wouldn't hurt you.

Just called and spoke with Naomi, who was super nice btw.

She said there is nothing missing in my application and the admissions committee has full access to it.

Hopefully some kind of movement happens sometime soon.

She's great.

And well at least you confirmed that all you can do is wait. Are your numbers more borderline?

Yeah, I'm between 25th/median LSAT and around 25th GPA. Makes sense, just wanted to double check. And yes, Naomi was great.

[ilikebaseball]

FWIW, my status is "Application documents received" as well. I'm assuming that means complete?

[c28]

Just in via email! Pumped! Love this campus.

[ilikebaseball]

What did all those who have been admitted status say this morning?

[hearsay77]

Got in via email! Woo!

As for scholarships, does that happen simultaneously with acceptance, or will it happen later if at all?

I got my scholarship info via email a few weeks after the acceptance.

[cardinal511]

Hey all, just got done with my interview. I was surprised that, after the first few basic questions, it seemed like they were trying to sell me more than needing me to sell myself to them. One question I have that I'd rather ask others with experience instead of administration is how negotiable are scholarship offers? For a tad more info, my LSAT score is 1 below the median, but my GPA is above a 3.9, which makes me think I could get a lesser offer due to my LSAT. I'm also applying to Iowa, which is in state for me, and I'm above the 75% for both, so I'll probably get a good offer. Financial aid won't be my only factor when deciding, but it would be hard for me to justify accepting a significantly smaller offer that I can't negotiate up even if I like the school better.

Thanks for any help in advance!

[ellewoods817]

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[keosu11]

Hey all, just got done with my interview. I was surprised that, after the first few basic questions, it seemed like they were trying to sell me more than needing me to sell myself to them. One question I have that I'd rather ask others with experience instead of administration is how negotiable are scholarship offers? For a tad more info, my LSAT score is 1 below the median, but my GPA is above a 3.9, which makes me think I could get a lesser offer due to my LSAT. I'm also applying to Iowa, which is in state for me, and I'm above the 75% for both, so I'll probably get a good offer. Financial aid won't be my only factor when deciding, but it would be hard for me to justify accepting a significantly smaller offer that I can't negotiate up even if I like the school better.

Thanks for any help in advance!

Scholarships are very negotiable. One thing I may recommend is applying to schools like USC, Vanderbilt, Emory, etc. even if you don't plan on going to any of them. Yes you would have to pay for the application fees, but you can use them as bargaining chips when it comes to negotiating scholarships.

[futago]

Congrats to all the recent admits!

Hey all, just got done with my interview. I was surprised that, after the first few basic questions, it seemed like they were trying to sell me more than needing me to sell myself to them. One question I have that I'd rather ask others with experience instead of administration is how negotiable are scholarship offers? For a tad more info, my LSAT score is 1 below the median, but my GPA is above a 3.9, which makes me think I could get a lesser offer due to my LSAT. I'm also applying to Iowa, which is in state for me, and I'm above the 75% for both, so I'll probably get a good offer. Financial aid won't be my only factor when deciding, but it would be hard for me to justify accepting a significantly smaller offer that I can't negotiate up even if I like the school better.

Thanks for any help in advance!

Scholarships were negotiable last year. It will obviously depend on your initial offer, but I was able to increase my initial offer by using offers from other schools.

[cardinal511]

Scholarships are very negotiable. One thing I may recommend is applying to schools like USC, Vanderbilt, Emory, etc. even if you don't plan on going to any of them. Yes you would have to pay for the application fees, but you can use them as bargaining chips when it comes to negotiating scholarships.

Thanks for the quick reply! I'm also applying to Minnesota, Northwestern, Michigan, and Penn on top of Wash U and Iowa. Some of those are tougher to get into, but I hope to use the same idea you described of using school offers as bargaining chips with the hope that at the end I'll have several to choose from at around the same cost.

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[LawsRUs]

Ub3r, secadc11, DrSpaceman, Iwanttolawschool (lol), c28, ellewoods817 -- Congrats !! I'm sure you all are awesome people !!

Looking forward to seeing you all, scotti, and everyone else at ASW.

Good luck to all who are waiting,

[LET'S GET IT]

Hey all, just got done with my interview. I was surprised that, after the first few basic questions, it seemed like they were trying to sell me more than needing me to sell myself to them. One question I have that I'd rather ask others with experience instead of administration is how negotiable are scholarship offers? For a tad more info, my LSAT score is 1 below the median, but my GPA is above a 3.9, which makes me think I could get a lesser offer due to my LSAT. I'm also applying to Iowa, which is in state for me, and I'm above the 75% for both, so I'll probably get a good offer. Financial aid won't be my only factor when deciding, but it would be hard for me to justify accepting a significantly smaller offer that I can't negotiate up even if I like the school better.

Thanks for any help in advance!

Yeah def negotiable here. And with your numbers, you may not get a great offer at first, but may be able to get a very good offer when all is said and done. The person who said you need to apply to some of WASHU's peer schools and maybe some lower T14's was definitely on point. I don't think WASHU would consider Iowa a peer school, so I don't think it would help you much in negotiating. I tried with an Iowa type school last year and they wouldn't budge....until I tried with offers from better schools. Like the person above alluded to; it could cost you a few hundred dollars now, which sucks, but could save you tens of thousands in the long run.

Also FYI to everyone who is going to try this, I don't think they started giving bumps till like late March or early April last year, so keep in mind the cycle is like, less than halfway over. They prob aren't going to look at bumps until they have at least an idea of how the class is shaping up numbers wise. Then they can focus in on GPA or LSAT, whatever they need at that point.

I have some more specific advice for negotiating $$, but I will save that for later in the cycle. I was very fortunate to have a lot of success in negotiating with all my top 3 choices last cycle.

[CFC1524]

Congrats to everyone admitted today, and good luck to people still waiting! Apparently acceptances are sent out on Wednesdays and Fridays, btw.

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[westave]

Just got accepted! Woohoo

[itskevin]

Accepted via phone today!! Got a phone call from Mary Anne Clifford. 1/9/15

[LET'S GET IT]

Congrats to all the recent admits!

[chuckbass]

Congrats to all the recent admits!

There are so many little bb 0Ls now haha

[LET'S GET IT]

Congrats to all the recent admits!

There are so many little bb 0Ls now haha

Ikr. So bright eyed and bushy tailed. Those were the days.