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How is your scholarship going?

Highest offer
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Good offer
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Low balled
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Attempting to negotiate
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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by BlueLotus » Fri Feb 20, 2015 8:15 pm

Snakebox wrote:Snakebox wrote:
Got in a few weeks ago! Still no word on scholarships, am I alone in that?

Also, BlueLotus- what made you pick BC over wherever else you were looking?


BC offered me the most scholly money (they are def willing to negotiate). Also, strong public interest program and desirable location. Other acceptances were W&M, Notre Dame, and Temple.

My numbers were 3.82/164.

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How do you like the student life/ culture? Is there a strong sense of a cohesive identity or is it more individually focused? Thanks for helping us prospies out btw
I'm kind of a loner by nature so my perspective will be skewed, but I feel that there in general there is a cohesive sense of community at BC. Gunnerism is alive and well, but nothing cutthroat and scary.

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by supersplittysplitter » Sat Feb 21, 2015 5:34 pm

has anybody heard about schollys yet??

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by mike0331 » Sat Feb 21, 2015 7:57 pm

They said at the ASD they should be out in the next week or so.

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by sp_crowell » Sun Feb 22, 2015 11:04 pm

ASD was awesome. Shoot me a pm if you want a quick summary/my impression of the school and stuff

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by pamiam1218 » Mon Feb 23, 2015 10:11 pm

Liz_Lemon wrote:
moonstrukk714 wrote:
Liz_Lemon wrote:
moonstrukk714 wrote:Did anyone else get an interview request for the public service scholarship?
Congrats! I applied for it but haven't heard anything. How did you find out?
Thanks! I got an email yesterday to set up a time for first-round interviews
Anyone else have any news on this? I'm trying not to give up hope but I would assume they notify everyone around the same time if they're being moved on to the next round.
I'm with you guys...applied, but haven't heard anything yet!

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by sp_crowell » Mon Feb 23, 2015 10:35 pm

I'm with you guys...applied, but haven't heard anything yet![/quote]

Same here. Who's gonna be the brave soul to call/email and ask if they've made all their decisions yet? Screw it, I'm calling mañana I'll let y'all know what they say.

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by BlueLotus » Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:01 am

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=192753

^Come see the fate of BC 3Ls like myself who end up in the bottom two-thirds of the class!

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by mike0331 » Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:57 am

Have you considered applying for a JAG slot? I'd be inclined to think they'd take a qualified applicant from BC considering I've met JAGs from "lesser" schools. At least for ANG.

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by cuboxing25 » Wed Feb 25, 2015 12:12 pm

mike0331 wrote:Have you considered applying for a JAG slot? I'd be inclined to think they'd take a qualified applicant from BC considering I've met JAGs from "lesser" schools. At least for ANG.

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They do that but they take very highly competent applicants. I think the Air Forces selection rate is <10%. I've looked into it because Im "gunning" for that career.

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by mike0331 » Wed Feb 25, 2015 12:17 pm

cuboxing25 wrote:
mike0331 wrote:Have you considered applying for a JAG slot? I'd be inclined to think they'd take a qualified applicant from BC considering I've met JAGs from "lesser" schools. At least for ANG.

Mike
They do that but they take very highly competent applicants. I think the Air Forces selection rate is <10%. I've looked into it because Im "gunning" for that career.
I was thinking maybe the National Guard would be less competitive as they generally have a smaller more localized applicant pool. It's not a full time gig, but it's experience in the field and its a paycheck for about a year for all the training, and maybe some debt relief. At the very least I believe they freeze your loans during active duty stuff.

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by nachase » Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:15 pm

mike0331 wrote:
cuboxing25 wrote:
mike0331 wrote:Have you considered applying for a JAG slot? I'd be inclined to think they'd take a qualified applicant from BC considering I've met JAGs from "lesser" schools. At least for ANG.

Mike
They do that but they take very highly competent applicants. I think the Air Forces selection rate is <10%. I've looked into it because Im "gunning" for that career.
I was thinking maybe the National Guard would be less competitive as they generally have a smaller more localized applicant pool. It's not a full time gig, but it's experience in the field and its a paycheck for about a year for all the training, and maybe some debt relief. At the very least I believe they freeze your loans during active duty stuff.

Mike
I'm active duty Army and I had to pay my student loans even when I was in Afghanistan. JAG for Army is super selective. Check out the following link and PM for more information: http://www.goarmy.com/jag/funded-legal- ... ogram.html

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by mecarey » Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:29 pm

cuboxing25 wrote:
mike0331 wrote:Have you considered applying for a JAG slot? I'd be inclined to think they'd take a qualified applicant from BC considering I've met JAGs from "lesser" schools. At least for ANG.

Mike
They do that but they take very highly competent applicants. I think the Air Forces selection rate is <10%. I've looked into it because Im "gunning" for that career.
Air Force Captain here.

That's a good ballpark selection rate for JAG, as well as OTS (joining as a regular officer). Some people still have this mindset that the military is a good fallback option for a career, but that couldn't be farther from the truth. It's highly competitive - by the numbers, getting in to law school is easier. In addition, anyone trying to join as a "last resort" option rather than a desire to serve will likely be weeded out in the interview process.

That being said, I wouldn't trade my time in the Air Force for anything. Great life, good people, big impact. The level of responsibility I have is out of this world relative to my civilian peers in equivalent positions. There are definite friends/family/stability considerations, because you WILL move every 3-4 years and your spouse's career will be marginalized to a certain extent.

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edit: just realized that this is an admissions thread . . . anyone with more questions can PM me so we don't clog the airways here.

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by cuboxing25 » Wed Feb 25, 2015 5:05 pm

mecarey wrote:
cuboxing25 wrote:
mike0331 wrote:Have you considered applying for a JAG slot? I'd be inclined to think they'd take a qualified applicant from BC considering I've met JAGs from "lesser" schools. At least for ANG.

Mike
They do that but they take very highly competent applicants. I think the Air Forces selection rate is <10%. I've looked into it because Im "gunning" for that career.
Air Force Captain here.

That's a good ballpark selection rate for JAG, as well as OTS (joining as a regular officer). Some people still have this mindset that the military is a good fallback option for a career, but that couldn't be farther from the truth. It's highly competitive - by the numbers, getting in to law school is easier. In addition, anyone trying to join as a "last resort" option rather than a desire to serve will likely be weeded out in the interview process.

That being said, I wouldn't trade my time in the Air Force for anything. Great life, good people, big impact. The level of responsibility I have is out of this world relative to my civilian peers in equivalent positions. There are definite friends/family/stability considerations, because you WILL move every 3-4 years and your spouse's career will be marginalized to a certain extent.

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edit: just realized that this is an admissions thread . . . anyone with more questions can PM me so we don't clog the airways here.
You're definitely right. I think part (though not all) of the reason that admissions number is so low is because they're good at telling who actually wants to be there and who's just doing it because they couldnt get anything else. Im sure a few of those have slipped through the cracks but by and large from what Ive seen JAG (and obviously any officer position) is really difficult to get.

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by mike0331 » Wed Feb 25, 2015 6:07 pm

I figured JAGs are more of a specialized thing, I wasn't sure how many people, especially coming out of law school, actually wanted to do it. I honestly don't know that I would want to do it as active, maybe in the Guard.. I feel like I'd rather be flying or blowing stuff up or something if the paycheck is going to be the same. Just my .02

But anyway yea,

I didn't mean to pollute the thread.

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by sp_crowell » Thu Feb 26, 2015 2:56 pm

LSN shows scholarships started coming out today

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by bob311 » Thu Feb 26, 2015 2:59 pm

sp_crowell wrote:LSN shows scholarships started coming out today
Ahhh cannot wait.

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by Trojan18940 » Fri Feb 27, 2015 2:36 pm

Have any other admits been receiving messages from the Pro Life Club?

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by Bird Lawyer » Fri Feb 27, 2015 2:46 pm

Not me, but that is hilarious. I would immediately withdraw haha.

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Post by sp_crowell » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:14 pm

Trojan18940 wrote:Have any other admits been receiving messages from the Pro Life Club?
Was your PS aggressively conservative? Haha

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Post by mike0331 » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:21 pm

Bird Lawyer wrote:Not me, but that is hilarious. I would immediately withdraw haha.
Nope, and I definitely brought up what are traditionally "conservative issues" in my PS (2nd Amendment stuff).

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by Liz_Lemon » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:24 pm

sp_crowell wrote:LSN shows scholarships started coming out today
Anybody on here getting an offer? If so, how did you receive it, via email?

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by mike0331 » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:44 pm

Liz_Lemon wrote:
sp_crowell wrote:LSN shows scholarships started coming out today
Anybody on here getting an offer? If so, how did you receive it, via email?
Nothing yet, and got scholarships at every other T50 I applied to so I kind of expect one.

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by Trojan18940 » Fri Feb 27, 2015 5:03 pm

sp_crowell wrote:
Trojan18940 wrote:Have any other admits been receiving messages from the Pro Life Club?
Was your PS aggressively conservative? Haha
If writing about Immigrant / LGBT Social Justice is considered Conservative, then yes.

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by supersplittysplitter » Fri Feb 27, 2015 5:12 pm

Trojan18940 wrote:
sp_crowell wrote:
Trojan18940 wrote:Have any other admits been receiving messages from the Pro Life Club?
Was your PS aggressively conservative? Haha
If writing about Immigrant / LGBT Social Justice is considered Conservative, then yes.
maybe BC only sends that email to people with liberal PSs, to try to scare them away? haha

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Re: Boston College C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by RareExports » Fri Feb 27, 2015 5:55 pm

Trojan18940 wrote:
sp_crowell wrote:
Trojan18940 wrote:Have any other admits been receiving messages from the Pro Life Club?
Was your PS aggressively conservative? Haha
If writing about Immigrant / LGBT Social Justice is considered Conservative, then yes.
This is odd.

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