Georgetown C/O 2019 Applicants (2015-2016) Forum

[gamerish]

Got the scholly email asking me to name my price.

[skimmilk]

Also got the scholarship feeler email.. How should one typically respond? Like is there some kind of etiquette to this?

[xz01]

Also got the scholarship feeler email.. How should one typically respond? Like is there some kind of etiquette to this?

Would talking about a full ride look unreasonable for example?

[Hand]

Also got the scholarship feeler email.. How should one typically respond? Like is there some kind of etiquette to this?

Would talking about a full ride look unreasonable for example?

No

[ProductofUnreality]

Also got the scholarship feeler email.. How should one typically respond? Like is there some kind of etiquette to this?

Would talking about a full ride look unreasonable for example?

No

For real. It's the start of a negotiation. Ask them to throw in the moon on top of a full ride.

[missie]

Also got the scholarship feeler email.. How should one typically respond? Like is there some kind of etiquette to this?

+1

Is it fine to respond in the body of an email? Any suggestions who to address? I'm nervous!

[icantwait]

The way they're doing this is all around awkward to me. Name your price? Who isn't going to say full tuition...?

[ramybamy]

I didn't get an email
I'm hoping this is because I just got in recently.

Any other recent admits get the email?

[clurrburr]

I responded in the body of the email addressed to the dean and the office of admissions. I didn't explicitly name a number but I mentioned an offer I'd gotten from a higher ranked school, pretty clearly implying they'd have to beat it.

[skimmilk]

I responded in the body of the email addressed to the dean and the office of admissions. I didn't explicitly name a number but I mentioned an offer I'd gotten from a higher ranked school, pretty clearly implying they'd have to beat it.

I would do this, had I gotten any offers yet (I haven't). I have been accepted at much higher ranked schools though that have a lower COL, so GULC will have to throw in some money to offset the additional costs/attending a lower ranked school. I just don't know how to express this without seeming ungrateful or snobby. I guess I might follow everyone's suggestion and request a full tuition scholly, the worst they can do is laugh and give me less, but best case scenario I can graduate with little to no law school debt?

[squirtlesquad14]

I responded in the body of the email addressed to the dean and the office of admissions. I didn't explicitly name a number but I mentioned an offer I'd gotten from a higher ranked school, pretty clearly implying they'd have to beat it.

I would do this, had I gotten any offers yet (I haven't). I have been accepted at much higher ranked schools though that have a lower COL, so GULC will have to throw in some money to offset the additional costs/attending a lower ranked school. I just don't know how to express this without seeming ungrateful or snobby. I guess I might follow everyone's suggestion and request a full tuition scholly, the worst they can do is laugh and give me less, but best case scenario I can graduate with little to no law school debt?

From everything I've heard, aim high, because unless you lowball yourself, there is almost no chance they will meet your requested mark, and its really just the start of negotiations. For what its worth, at the january open house, Andy said that the average merit scholarship is something like $20-25k/year (though he was speaking off the cuff after being put on the spot in a financial aid session, so not sure how accurate the number actually is).

[mabes]

did anyone who applied for PILS get the e-mail today?

[gazorpazorp]

I responded in the body of the email addressed to the dean and the office of admissions. I didn't explicitly name a number but I mentioned an offer I'd gotten from a higher ranked school, pretty clearly implying they'd have to beat it.

I would do this, had I gotten any offers yet (I haven't). I have been accepted at much higher ranked schools though that have a lower COL, so GULC will have to throw in some money to offset the additional costs/attending a lower ranked school. I just don't know how to express this without seeming ungrateful or snobby. I guess I might follow everyone's suggestion and request a full tuition scholly, the worst they can do is laugh and give me less, but best case scenario I can graduate with little to no law school debt?

This is essentially the course that I took, but all of this "full ride or gtfo" talk is making me feel like I was too ambiguous.

[wunderwoman]

did anyone who applied for PILS get the e-mail today?

I applied for PILS and didn't get the email.

[mabes]

did anyone who applied for PILS get the e-mail today?

I applied for PILS and didn't get the email.

cool, thanks. i think this makes sense that they would wait

[IcarusOnWheels]

Did you name the school specifically when replying to the schools email? I got a full ride from a very closely ranked law school, do I just say a very closely ranked law school or name the school?

[TheKisSquared]

Did you name the school specifically when replying to the schools email? I got a full ride from a very closely ranked law school, do I just say a very closely ranked law school or name the school?

I would name the school.
"I received a full tuition scholarship from [Cornell], and the only way I would consider Georgetown, considering the relative similarity in rank and [program of choice], as well as the increased cost of living in Washington, DC, is if I received a similar or identical offer." Maybeee avoid a run-on sentence and express more interest in Georgetown (if it's true)

[clurrburr]

Did you name the school specifically when replying to the schools email? I got a full ride from a very closely ranked law school, do I just say a very closely ranked law school or name the school?

I named the school. I think it gives you more leverage/legitimacy, and it didn't seem to me like being coy is necessary here.

[Alive97]

I responded in the body of the email addressed to the dean and the office of admissions. I didn't explicitly name a number but I mentioned an offer I'd gotten from a higher ranked school, pretty clearly implying they'd have to beat it.

I would do this, had I gotten any offers yet (I haven't). I have been accepted at much higher ranked schools though that have a lower COL, so GULC will have to throw in some money to offset the additional costs/attending a lower ranked school. I just don't know how to express this without seeming ungrateful or snobby. I guess I might follow everyone's suggestion and request a full tuition scholly, the worst they can do is laugh and give me less, but best case scenario I can graduate with little to no law school debt?

You should tell Georgetown you got into a much higher ranked school and Georgetown will need to throw in a lot of money to compensate for its much Lower rank. This is, after all, what you genuinely believe.

[njkga]

Got a request for an alumni interview today - went complete on 1/11 so just about one month wait time...

[tezzeret]

Got a request for an alumni interview today - went complete on 1/11 so just about one month wait time...

what are your numbers?

[strawberrieee]

Got alumni interview request today. Someone ITT said they tended to interview borderline applicants. Is it true? I'm above both 75ths, so I don't know if I should decline the interview. I already took off work/came in late a lot recently to do interview stuffs, so if I'm competitive w/o an interview, I'd prefer not doing it.

[edditb]

Lol wait listed. Way above 75 lsat and at 25 gpa. Thought my interview went great. Oh well.

[dmurd]

Question about the interview requests everyone is getting..

Should I be worried if I haven't gotten a group and/or alumni interview request if I don't live in an area that many other GULC alum or applicants are probably located? Are there many people out there that do not live anywhere near the east coast or big legal markets that have gotten requests?

[spauldingno]

Got alumni interview request today. Someone ITT said they tended to interview borderline applicants. Is it true? I'm above both 75ths, so I don't know if I should decline the interview. I already took off work/came in late a lot recently to do interview stuffs, so if I'm competitive w/o an interview, I'd prefer not doing it.

I have heard (previous posts on this board) that the region plays a factor too. I was admitted w/o having an interview invite, but then I'm far away from DC and most major legal markets. Above 75ths as well