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[Sarastro]

Are anyone else's reaches not schools but scholarships? I applied places that are tough to get in, but even if I do I can't (responsibly imo) go without a decent chunk of change. Dunno how, if at all, this affects that for someone with a middling GPA and high LSAT.

I guess on a related note, I understand some schools try and match scholarship offers from schools they consider to be peers. Does it then stand to reason that it's typical for some schools to bump scholarships to $$/$$$ when presented with $ or just acceptance at higher ranked schools?

[RParadela]

As a 170 scorer, I'm praying NYU drops their 75th percentile to 170 so I have a much better chance of getting in.

LSAC gods plz

[Dr.Degrees_Cr.Cash]

this is the cycle everyone gets into their reaches

I have 2 sets of reaches, which one are you talking about??

1. Will name my firstborn child the name of the school/worse chances than my winning the megamillion lottery/why did I even apply here??? (HSCCN)
2. Regular reach school.

My thoughts every single time I go to the Harvard thread.

That's weird, when I'm in the thread I'm like "these people getting in/js1 seem to be my peers". Then when I'm not in thread and just looking at the numbers I'm like lol why am I even trying

[Assasindowntheavenue]

Are anyone else's reaches not schools but scholarships? I applied places that are tough to get in, but even if I do I can't (responsibly imo) go without a decent chunk of change. Dunno how, if at all, this affects that for someone with a middling GPA and high LSAT.

I guess on a related note, I understand some schools try and match scholarship offers from schools they consider to be peers. Does it then stand to reason that it's typical for some schools to bump scholarships to $$/$$$ when presented with $ or just acceptance at higher ranked schools?

100% me. It's not so much about getting into amazing top rank schools (though that's important obvi), but it's the scholarships, or lack of scholarships, that keeps me up at night.

[Sarastro]

Are anyone else's reaches not schools but scholarships? I applied places that are tough to get in, but even if I do I can't (responsibly imo) go without a decent chunk of change. Dunno how, if at all, this affects that for someone with a middling GPA and high LSAT.

100% me. It's not so much about getting into amazing top rank schools (though that's important obvi), but it's the scholarships, or lack of scholarships, that keeps me up at night.

My parents go crazy every time I get in somewhere, which is nice, but I keep having to say "Just because I'm admitted doesn't mean I can attend." Funny and sad.

[pretzeltime]

Are anyone else's reaches not schools but scholarships? I applied places that are tough to get in, but even if I do I can't (responsibly imo) go without a decent chunk of change. Dunno how, if at all, this affects that for someone with a middling GPA and high LSAT.

100% me. It's not so much about getting into amazing top rank schools (though that's important obvi), but it's the scholarships, or lack of scholarships, that keeps me up at night.

My parents go crazy every time I get in somewhere, which is nice, but I keep having to say "Just because I'm admitted doesn't mean I can attend." Funny and sad.

Same. Parents/friends don't seem to understand why I am rather blase about getting into great schools. I didn't even understand why I was feeling so blase for a hot sec. Then I remembered it mostly hinges on the money, and I can't really get excited until I know what my practical options are. Sigh

[ashrice13]

Are anyone else's reaches not schools but scholarships? I applied places that are tough to get in, but even if I do I can't (responsibly imo) go without a decent chunk of change. Dunno how, if at all, this affects that for someone with a middling GPA and high LSAT.

100% me. It's not so much about getting into amazing top rank schools (though that's important obvi), but it's the scholarships, or lack of scholarships, that keeps me up at night.

My parents go crazy every time I get in somewhere, which is nice, but I keep having to say "Just because I'm admitted doesn't mean I can attend." Funny and sad.

Same. Parents/friends don't seem to understand why I am rather blase about getting into great schools. I didn't even understand why I was feeling so blase for a hot sec. Then I remembered it mostly hinges on the money, and I can't really get excited until I know what my practical options are. Sigh

I'm also having the same issue with my acceptance with full tuition scholarship to my TT safety school. There is a little bit of lay prestige for their UG in the local area so everyones all "OMG that's amazing." and they have zero understanding when I tell them I'm probably not going to attend and mostly wanted the potential scholarship bargaining tool.

[Sarastro]

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My parents go crazy every time I get in somewhere, which is nice, but I keep having to say "Just because I'm admitted doesn't mean I can attend." Funny and sad.

Same. Parents/friends don't seem to understand why I am rather blase about getting into great schools. I didn't even understand why I was feeling so blase for a hot sec. Then I remembered it mostly hinges on the money, and I can't really get excited until I know what my practical options are. Sigh

I feel incredibly ungrateful saying "Ya, I got into X, but who cares, they aren't giving me tens or hundreds of thousands of free dollars so I might as well have been dinged" or "What, they're only giving me $30,000 of free money? DEALBREAKER," but hey. That's the reality for someone with an pathologically unreasonable distaste for debt and wildly unrealistic conceptions of their own self worth.

[Assasindowntheavenue]

Are anyone else's reaches not schools but scholarships? I applied places that are tough to get in, but even if I do I can't (responsibly imo) go without a decent chunk of change. Dunno how, if at all, this affects that for someone with a middling GPA and high LSAT.

100% me. It's not so much about getting into amazing top rank schools (though that's important obvi), but it's the scholarships, or lack of scholarships, that keeps me up at night.

My parents go crazy every time I get in somewhere, which is nice, but I keep having to say "Just because I'm admitted doesn't mean I can attend." Funny and sad.

Same. Parents/friends don't seem to understand why I am rather blase about getting into great schools. I didn't even understand why I was feeling so blase for a hot sec. Then I remembered it mostly hinges on the money, and I can't really get excited until I know what my practical options are. Sigh

Glad to see there are more debt averse people on here lol. Couldn't agree more.

Btw I couldn't help but think of that song by Ty Dolla $ign when reading your comment (Blasé) lol.

[Keilz]

Are anyone else's reaches not schools but scholarships? I applied places that are tough to get in, but even if I do I can't (responsibly imo) go without a decent chunk of change. Dunno how, if at all, this affects that for someone with a middling GPA and high LSAT.

100% me. It's not so much about getting into amazing top rank schools (though that's important obvi), but it's the scholarships, or lack of scholarships, that keeps me up at night.

My parents go crazy every time I get in somewhere, which is nice, but I keep having to say "Just because I'm admitted doesn't mean I can attend." Funny and sad.

Same. Parents/friends don't seem to understand why I am rather blase about getting into great schools. I didn't even understand why I was feeling so blase for a hot sec. Then I remembered it mostly hinges on the money, and I can't really get excited until I know what my practical options are. Sigh

Glad to see there are more debt averse people on here lol. Couldn't agree more.

Btw I couldn't help but think of that song by Ty Dolla $ign when reading your comment (Blasé) lol.

I have put up living with my parents and my 12 year old sister for three years in order to save money and hopefully have a bit of a cushion. Three years of work should hopefully pay for one year of law school.....

[TexasENG]

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[Stephylynette]

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My parents go crazy every time I get in somewhere, which is nice, but I keep having to say "Just because I'm admitted doesn't mean I can attend." Funny and sad.

Same. Parents/friends don't seem to understand why I am rather blase about getting into great schools. I didn't even understand why I was feeling so blase for a hot sec. Then I remembered it mostly hinges on the money, and I can't really get excited until I know what my practical options are. Sigh

I feel incredibly ungrateful saying "Ya, I got into X, but who cares, they aren't giving me tens or hundreds of thousands of free dollars so I might as well have been dinged" or "What, they're only giving me $30,000 of free money? DEALBREAKER," but hey. That's the reality for someone with an pathologically unreasonable distaste for debt and wildly unrealistic conceptions of their own self worth.

+1 to all of this. This is the thing I'm struggling With the most- not necessarily getting in to schools but the scholarship situation. I'm gonna be doing PI work. I can't afford to go $300K in debt. So it's either money or pretige for me. There's always a chance for a surprise large scholarship somewhere in top 20 but my hopes aren't high.

[govlife]

Yes to all of this. I've gotten into what was (pre-LSAT) my dream school, but it just won't happen unless I can get plenty of scholarship $$.

Maybe I'm a wimp, but the only person who knows where I've gotten in is my SO because I reallllly didn't want to have explain 1000x why I may not go. And, we have family somewhat near most of the schools I've applied to, so I couldn't handle all the "pick me!" I would face.

[ashrice13]

Yes to all of this. I've gotten into what was (pre-LSAT) my dream school, but it just won't happen unless I can get plenty of scholarship $$.

Maybe I'm a wimp, but the only person who knows where I've gotten in is my SO because I reallllly didn't want to have explain 1000x why I may not go. And, we have family somewhat near most of the schools I've applied to, so I couldn't handle all the "pick me!" I would face.

I honestly wasn't going to tell anyone I was applying until after I made a final decision on what school. My SO let it slip to a couple people and then it just went from there. I'm dreading the day I realize no one offered me enough money and I decide to retake/wait another year.

[katthegreat11]

Are anyone else's reaches not schools but scholarships? I applied places that are tough to get in, but even if I do I can't (responsibly imo) go without a decent chunk of change. Dunno how, if at all, this affects that for someone with a middling GPA and high LSAT.

100% me. It's not so much about getting into amazing top rank schools (though that's important obvi), but it's the scholarships, or lack of scholarships, that keeps me up at night.

My parents go crazy every time I get in somewhere, which is nice, but I keep having to say "Just because I'm admitted doesn't mean I can attend." Funny and sad.

Same. Parents/friends don't seem to understand why I am rather blase about getting into great schools. I didn't even understand why I was feeling so blase for a hot sec. Then I remembered it mostly hinges on the money, and I can't really get excited until I know what my practical options are. Sigh

Glad to see there are more debt averse people on here lol. Couldn't agree more.

Btw I couldn't help but think of that song by Ty Dolla $ign when reading your comment (Blasé) lol.

I have put up living with my parents and my 12 year old sister for three years in order to save money and hopefully have a bit of a cushion. Three years of work should hopefully pay for one year of law school.....

I'm struggling with not getting my hopes up. I got into my absolute dream school, but I don't know if I'll be able to go until I get my financial package. My SO and I are looking at apartments in the area and having conversations about "when we move to X" but there's this little voice at the back of my head that says to slow down and not get ahead of myself.

[Assasindowntheavenue]

Yes to all of this. I've gotten into what was (pre-LSAT) my dream school, but it just won't happen unless I can get plenty of scholarship $$.

Maybe I'm a wimp, but the only person who knows where I've gotten in is my SO because I reallllly didn't want to have explain 1000x why I may not go. And, we have family somewhat near most of the schools I've applied to, so I couldn't handle all the "pick me!" I would face.

I honestly wasn't going to tell anyone I was applying until after I made a final decision on what school. My SO let it slip to a couple people and then it just went from there. I'm dreading the day I realize no one offered me enough money and I decide to retake/wait another year.

This is my worst nightmare lol.

[jjcorvino]

Serious question here given those numbers (I know that we will have better information next week). Is it worth it for me to throw an app to Yale (3.41/177)? Last year their lowest admitted student had a 3.45, and I am not a URM.

Then again, I still think Harvard is a reach, so maybe I am just deluding myself today.

[airwrecka]

+1000000 to everyone talking about this cycle hinges the most on where we get $$$ than where we get in. I'm feeling all the same feels...

[Assasindowntheavenue]

Serious question here given those numbers (I know that we will have better information next week). Is it worth it for me to throw an app to Yale (3.41/177)? Last year their lowest admitted student had a 3.45, and I am not a URM.

Then again, I still think Harvard is a reach, so maybe I am just deluding myself today.

Yale is such a black box that it's not so much about applying based on your perceived chances, but more so on if you think it's worth doing their extra essay and paying the $ or if that's too bothersome. For me, granted I have a higher gpa but lower LSAT, it was too much extra shit. But for you, you might love the idea of attending Yale and so the work is a breeze. This is how I saw it at least.

[SybillAnnDorsett]

Serious question here given those numbers (I know that we will have better information next week). Is it worth it for me to throw an app to Yale (3.41/177)? Last year their lowest admitted student had a 3.45, and I am not a URM.

Then again, I still think Harvard is a reach, so maybe I am just deluding myself today.

I know that it's Yale, so my anecdotal piece of advice might not be of interest to you here but - I was told that with my LSAT, I'd be out at each T14. I'm in at GULC and UVA so far. This might just be a good year -or- some of the schools are practicing the holistic admissions review process that they love to advertise lol. I say go for it if you're cool with paying the fee and actually would attend if accepted.

[amta]

what adcomms troll this thread?

[guynourmin]

Serious question here given those numbers (I know that we will have better information next week). Is it worth it for me to throw an app to Yale (3.41/177)? Last year their lowest admitted student had a 3.45, and I am not a URM.

Then again, I still think Harvard is a reach, so maybe I am just deluding myself today.

IMO your numbers mean you'd need to be pretty exceptional to have a shot. I don't know you- are you? Y isn't going to struggle for numbers. I have a feeling they take who they want. If their next class has 20 less people, so be it.

[Keilz]

what adcomms troll this thread?

me

[amta]

what adcomms troll this thread?

me

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[jjcorvino]

Serious question here given those numbers (I know that we will have better information next week). Is it worth it for me to throw an app to Yale (3.41/177)? Last year their lowest admitted student had a 3.45, and I am not a URM.

Then again, I still think Harvard is a reach, so maybe I am just deluding myself today.

IMO your numbers mean you'd need to be pretty exceptional to have a shot. I don't know you- are you? Y isn't going to struggle for numbers. I have a feeling they take who they want. If their next class has 20 less people, so be it.

That is sort of the feeling that I got when looking at it. Yale would be a dream school. However, I don't really have any softs that I would consider "exceptional". They are strong, I have work experience in a great position but I didn't cure cancer.