University of Houston (cycle 2012-2013) C\O 2016 Forum

[TexasGE]

To those recently accepted, are any of you part-time applicants?

[potterpirate04]

Wow, congrats to all who got admitted! Looks like they're not giving out rejections yet. Probably gonna hold on till January.

[atreides27]

To those recently accepted, are any of you part-time applicants?

I'm not a part-time applicant.

[mg7]

To those recently accepted, are any of you part-time applicants?

I'm not a part-time applicant.

[nimchow12]

hey guys i'm a 1L UH part time student, and just finished my first semester feel free to shoot me a message or ask any questions!

[lnh819]

My scholarship letter got mailed today! I expect about a third of what Tech offered me but am trying to be optimistic! Does anybody else have their scholarship info yet and can give me an idea of how generous they're being this year?

[Jredelman15]

I have two decision letter mailed dates on my status checker. Is the latter the scholarship packet? I really hope I at least get in-state.

[Jredelman15]

Im also really confused on what tuition is. On LST it says 28k. Here it says 21k. On their website it says 15k. So what is the real answer?

[BigZuck]

Im also really confused on what tuition is. On LST it says 28k. Here it says 21k. On their website it says 15k. So what is the real answer?

http://www.law.uh.edu/admissions/tuition.asp

29K in state. What is confusing you?

[Jredelman15]

RC fail. I didn't add the two semesters together.

[mg7]

I have two decision letter mailed dates on my status checker. Is the latter the scholarship packet? I really hope I at least get in-state.

I also have 2 decision letter mailed dates (12/19 and 12/20), but I also have a scholarship letter mailed date (12/20), so I would check again and see if they updated it for you.

[helpplease]

Received scholarship information in the mail today. 15,000 per year=50% scholarship!!! I am ECSTATIC!! This is going to be so hard to turn down--I've practically decided that I will be part of the incoming class of 2016!

Btw, my numbers were just at/slightly above the median. ~161, ~3.5, but I worked extremely hard on my personal statement, diversity statement and had an excellent resume. Numbers really don't mean everything.

Good luck everyone

[BigZuck]

Received scholarship information in the mail today. 15,000 per year=50% scholarship!!! I am ECSTATIC!! This is going to be so hard to turn down--I've practically decided that I will be part of the incoming class of 2016!

Btw, my numbers were just at/slightly above the median. ~161, ~3.5, but I worked extremely hard on my personal statement, diversity statement and had an excellent resume. Numbers really don't mean everything.

Good luck everyone

Nice, congrats! UH is finally opening up the coffers, that's a pretty good price for a solid school.

I feel legitimately bad for last year's class. When I first applied last year I had basically the same LSAT and significantly higher GPA and got nothing. Then retook and got 5+ points higher and then they offered me the same scholarship you just got. I hope this cycle keeps getting weird for all our sakes.

[helpplease]

Received scholarship information in the mail today. 15,000 per year=50% scholarship!!! I am ECSTATIC!! This is going to be so hard to turn down--I've practically decided that I will be part of the incoming class of 2016!

Btw, my numbers were just at/slightly above the median. ~161, ~3.5, but I worked extremely hard on my personal statement, diversity statement and had an excellent resume. Numbers really don't mean everything.

Good luck everyone

Nice, congrats! UH is finally opening up the coffers, that's a pretty good price for a solid school.

I feel legitimately bad for last year's class. When I first applied last year I had basically the same LSAT and significantly higher GPA and got nothing. Then retook and got 5+ points higher and then they offered me the same scholarship you just got. I hope this cycle keeps getting weird for all our sakes.

Do you think it's because they have less applicants this year or is it the quality of applications that have gone down? I actually retook my LSAT in December and my score comes back next week. I don't think I did much better than before, but I am horrible at gauging my performance on that stupid test, so it is a possibility. Do you think if I got a 164/165 I could bargain for anymore money?

[BigZuck]

Received scholarship information in the mail today. 15,000 per year=50% scholarship!!! I am ECSTATIC!! This is going to be so hard to turn down--I've practically decided that I will be part of the incoming class of 2016!

Btw, my numbers were just at/slightly above the median. ~161, ~3.5, but I worked extremely hard on my personal statement, diversity statement and had an excellent resume. Numbers really don't mean everything.

Good luck everyone

Nice, congrats! UH is finally opening up the coffers, that's a pretty good price for a solid school.

I feel legitimately bad for last year's class. When I first applied last year I had basically the same LSAT and significantly higher GPA and got nothing. Then retook and got 5+ points higher and then they offered me the same scholarship you just got. I hope this cycle keeps getting weird for all our sakes.

Do you think it's because they have less applicants this year or is it the quality of applications that have gone down? I actually retook my LSAT in December and my score comes back next week. I don't think I did much better than before, but I am horrible at gauging my performance on that stupid test, so it is a possibility. Do you think if I got a 164/165 I could bargain for anymore money?

I'm sure the number/quality of the applicants has gone down this year like it has at every school. But in the past their scholarship criteria was bizarre IMO. To get a scholarship that made sense to attend a school of UH's caliber (about a half ride sounds right) your numbers had to be way above and beyond, to the point of being UT numbers. But if you have UT numbers then why would you attend UH if all they are offering you is a half ride? If what has happened to you is representative then their new scholarship strategy makes more sense, at least to me.

[helpplease]

Received scholarship information in the mail today. 15,000 per year=50% scholarship!!! I am ECSTATIC!! This is going to be so hard to turn down--I've practically decided that I will be part of the incoming class of 2016!

Btw, my numbers were just at/slightly above the median. ~161, ~3.5, but I worked extremely hard on my personal statement, diversity statement and had an excellent resume. Numbers really don't mean everything.

Good luck everyone

Nice, congrats! UH is finally opening up the coffers, that's a pretty good price for a solid school.

I feel legitimately bad for last year's class. When I first applied last year I had basically the same LSAT and significantly higher GPA and got nothing. Then retook and got 5+ points higher and then they offered me the same scholarship you just got. I hope this cycle keeps getting weird for all our sakes.

Do you think it's because they have less applicants this year or is it the quality of applications that have gone down? I actually retook my LSAT in December and my score comes back next week. I don't think I did much better than before, but I am horrible at gauging my performance on that stupid test, so it is a possibility. Do you think if I got a 164/165 I could bargain for anymore money?

I'm sure the number/quality of the applicants has gone down this year like it has at every school. But in the past their scholarship criteria was bizarre IMO. To get a scholarship that made sense to attend a school of UH's caliber (about a half ride sounds right) your numbers had to be way above and beyond, to the point of being UT numbers. But if you have UT numbers then why would you attend UH if all they are offering you is a half ride? If what has happened to you is representative then their new scholarship strategy makes more sense, at least to me.

Yeah, I understand what you're saying but I don't think the former was a strategy. I'm pretty sure it was a matter of how much they could afford to give rather than how much they wanted to. If the scholarship they gave me is representative across the board, this will undoubtedly attract much better candidates and increase their ranking in the years to come.

In your opinion, if I do get a higher LSAT score, do you think I should try to negotiate for a bit more money, say $5000 more each year?

[BigZuck]

Of course. Get every last bit out of them that you can.

[mg7]

Still haven't received my acceptance/scholarship letters.. Getting nervous it got sent to my old address.. And congrats on the half ride helpplease!

[nmlf16]

Still haven't received my acceptance/scholarship letters.. Getting nervous it got sent to my old address.. And congrats on the half ride helpplease!

Look on your status checker, it has the address they should have mailed it to. When were you accepted? I was accepted on 12/18 and my checker shows they mailed my letters on the 20th and I still haven't gotten them. Some schools don't actually mail their letters on the date it says they were.

[lnh819]

I'm getting excited to get my scholarship offer now - I'm out of town so I might have it sitting in my box when I get home on Sunday. I have numbers similar to the previous poster who got a half-ride. A half-ride to UH vs. my 2/3rds ride to Texas Tech would actually force me to make a real choice. Congrats to everybody else who is getting accepted and receiving their scholarship offers!

To the poster who is a current UH student - do they have a clinic that deals with some sort of Family Law? I'm thinking about going into that type of law and can't find a clinic related to that on the UH Law website. However, they claimed to have one when I toured back in March so I'm a little confused right now.

[BigZuck]

I'm getting excited to get my scholarship offer now - I'm out of town so I might have it sitting in my box when I get home on Sunday. I have numbers similar to the previous poster who got a half-ride. A half-ride to UH vs. my 2/3rds ride to Texas Tech would actually force me to make a real choice. Congrats to everybody else who is getting accepted and receiving their scholarship offers!

To the poster who is a current UH student - do they have a clinic that deals with some sort of Family Law? I'm thinking about going into that type of law and can't find a clinic related to that on the UH Law website. However, they claimed to have one when I toured back in March so I'm a little confused right now.

Not a current student but they talked about that clinic when I visited last year. Maybe call and ask?

Also I think UH versus Tech is a no brainer. Go to UH!

[nmlf16]

Just got my scholarship letter in the mail today. They only offered 5k/year plus a waiver so I get in-state tuition. Despite that I would still end up with over 100k in debt so I am likely going to decline the offer.

[sjwest]

With a GPA like yours, you really should try to use some of your other scholarship offers to negotiate up. I know a few people that were able to do that last year.

[TheRedBlueBerry]

I got my letter today. In with 10K a year. I may try to use other offers to see if they will give me a little more. Congrats to all who got in!!

[JXander]

I got my letter today. In with 10K a year. I may try to use other offers to see if they will give me a little more. Congrats to all who got in!!

Congrats! What are your numbers?