In at Santa Clara!! Forum

[barry zuckerkorn]

Been "in committee" for about a week now.

I grew up near a Santa Clara Drive ... so I'm holding on to that as my Irrational Ray of Hope Du Jour.

Sounds like a possible LOCI topic

[FunkyJD]

Been "in committee" for about a week now.

I grew up near a Santa Clara Drive ... so I'm holding on to that as my Irrational Ray of Hope Du Jour.

Sounds like a possible LOCI topic

Nah, man, don't say that! Whiskey tango foxtrot. Messing up my chakras.

[barry zuckerkorn]

Been "in committee" for about a week now.

I grew up near a Santa Clara Drive ... so I'm holding on to that as my Irrational Ray of Hope Du Jour.

Sounds like a possible LOCI topic

Nah, man, don't say that! Whiskey tango foxtrot. Messing up my chakras.

Ah, no bad vibes intended, didn't mean LOCI as in a W/L or anything (I emailed schools like crazy before getting any admin letters to at least have a record of my inquires/interest). Judging from you the clever use of French, Sanskrit and call words, you're probably going to be just fine

[barry zuckerkorn]

Scholly increase people: was just shot down, with possibility of further review if funds become available. And I had some pretty compelling reasons, including a GPA hike. Take it FWIW.

EDIT: And since it's Friday, good luck everyone waiting for acceptances!

[sibley]

So I posted before that I finally had a decision rendered, and I assumed I was accepted as the seat deposits were listed. Well... I STILL haven't gotten my letter. But today I got an email inviting me to access their online system (obviously intended to be secondary). No info re: scholarships on it. Still want my letter!

[barry zuckerkorn]

So I posted before that I finally had a decision rendered, and I assumed I was accepted as the seat deposits were listed. Well... I STILL haven't gotten my letter. But today I got an email inviting me to access their online system (obviously intended to be secondary). No info re: scholarships on it. Still want my letter!

Where do you live? It took me about a week to get mine because it had to cross the country. And congrats, with your stats I'm sure you're looking at a nice scholarship.

[FunkyJD]

Been "in committee" for about a week now.

I grew up near a Santa Clara Drive ... so I'm holding on to that as my Irrational Ray of Hope Du Jour.

Sounds like a possible LOCI topic

Nah, man, don't say that! Whiskey tango foxtrot. Messing up my chakras.

Ah, no bad vibes intended, didn't mean LOCI as in a W/L or anything (I emailed schools like crazy before getting any admin letters to at least have a record of my inquires/interest). Judging from you the clever use of French, Sanskrit and call words, you're probably going to be just fine

I read you. Congratulations to everyone who was admitted!

[Italia8183]

Does anyone have any idea when the next round of admissions will come?

[UrbanAchievers]

So I posted before that I finally had a decision rendered, and I assumed I was accepted as the seat deposits were listed. Well... I STILL haven't gotten my letter. But today I got an email inviting me to access their online system (obviously intended to be secondary). No info re: scholarships on it. Still want my letter!

My decision was mailed on 1/22 and just arrived in Western NY today.

In w/ $11k Emery. 173/3.48 Complete as of 1/15.

[sibley]

So I posted before that I finally had a decision rendered, and I assumed I was accepted as the seat deposits were listed. Well... I STILL haven't gotten my letter. But today I got an email inviting me to access their online system (obviously intended to be secondary). No info re: scholarships on it. Still want my letter!

My decision was mailed on 1/22 and just arrived in Western NY today.

In w/ $11k Emery. 173/3.48 Complete as of 1/15.

I just got it in Roch=D
Same, 11k Emery. Felt like it was a little low (W&L gave me more than twice that), but considering your stats are a good generation higher than mine and we got the same thing I'm liking it.

[UrbanAchievers]

.

[sibley]

So I posted before that I finally had a decision rendered, and I assumed I was accepted as the seat deposits were listed. Well... I STILL haven't gotten my letter. But today I got an email inviting me to access their online system (obviously intended to be secondary). No info re: scholarships on it. Still want my letter!

My decision was mailed on 1/22 and just arrived in Western NY today.

In w/ $11k Emery. 173/3.48 Complete as of 1/15.

I just got it in Roch=D
Same, 11k Emery. Felt like it was a little low (W&L gave me more than twice that), but considering your stats are a good generation higher than mine and we got the same thing I'm liking it.

I felt the same way, so i checked out the scholarship figures on LSN. $11k per year appears to be the highest merit-based offer to non-URM students. According to ABA data, they do hand out higher tuition (2.9% of students receive full tuition), but I'm not sure if that data includes need-based financial aid and private grants.

You're in Rochester? I'm in Rochester...

You're in Rochester? Are you AT Rochester?

[UrbanAchievers]

.

[sibley]

PMed.

Anyone get a scholarship over 11k non-urm?

[superflush]

My decision was mailed on 1/22 and just arrived in Western NY today.

In w/ $11k Emery. 173/3.48 Complete as of 1/15.

hm, I'm surprised that you got the same as me (with you having much higher numbers).

I just got it in Roch=D
Same, 11k Emery. Felt like it was a little low (W&L gave me more than twice that), but considering your stats are a good generation higher than mine and we got the same thing I'm liking it.

Are they just lowballing everyone on the east coast?

This brings up another point, which is I don't know if anybody has had any success negotiating scholarships with SCU. A lot of people are going to have better offers from higher ranked schools (but may still be interested in SCU) ... also the top25% requirement is pretty ridiculous. I don't know if there is any room to negotiate amount and try to get that top25% requirement changed to something more reasonable.

[UrbanAchievers]

I definitely feel "low-balled". I don't mean any offense to people that really want to go to SCU, but it'll be a sad sequence of events is this offer from SCU is the best opportunity I have.

[superflush]

I definitely feel "low-balled". I don't mean any offense to people that really want to go to SCU, but it'll be a sad sequence of events is this offer from SCU is the best opportunity I have.

You're in much more of a position than I am to feel that way. ... and I still need to wait for my other acceptances to roll in before I have other scholarship offers, but I strongly feel that I will have higher $ amounts from higher ranked schools, and probably with less restrictive requirements.

I wanted to get a dialogue going about if anyone has had success negotiating scholarships with them.

[twert]

I definitely feel "low-balled". I don't mean any offense to people that really want to go to SCU, but it'll be a sad sequence of events is this offer from SCU is the best opportunity I have.

i feel the same way.

[anothernancydrew]

I definitely feel "low-balled". I don't mean any offense to people that really want to go to SCU, but it'll be a sad sequence of events is this offer from SCU is the best opportunity I have.

i feel the same way.

Agree. At first, I was pleased to just get a scholarship. But then, I got better offers from better schools, and now I'm just a little confused. Do they just expect to negotiate offers or do you think they are really doing a $33,000/total for non-URMs?

I saw that someone, a bit further up this page, got turned down when trying to negotiate, but anyone else give it a try? Or would the above poster care to share a bit more information about his/her attempt?

[TWoodWil]

I definitely feel "low-balled". I don't mean any offense to people that really want to go to SCU, but it'll be a sad sequence of events is this offer from SCU is the best opportunity I have.

i feel the same way.

It's not just that they're giving out less than more competitive schools, it's that they're giving out less with a pretty high cost of living. An 11k a year scholarship is basically just enough to cover room and board. And as a private school there's no chance of a chance of having thousands of dollars knocked off by 2L or 3L like at a public school. Sure, there's a chance that you'll perform high enough that they'll increase your scholarships for 2L and 3L but that isn't likely.

The official data shows that SCU isn't too friendly with aid (only 37.6% of student get grants/scholarships).

[superflush]

Agree. At first, I was pleased to just get a scholarship. But then, I got better offers from better schools, and now I'm just a little confused. Do they just expect to negotiate offers or do you think they are really doing a $33,000/total for non-URMs?

I saw that someone, a bit further up this page, got turned down when trying to negotiate, but anyone else give it a try? Or would the above poster care to share a bit more information about his/her attempt?

Okay, so this was on 2 pages prior:

Anyone who is thinking of negotiating for more money: you have to appeal the financial aid committee by filling out an appeal form.. might be on the website, or email them. I know of someone who has tried, and wasn't successful as a 0L. If you have compelling reasons, might work, otherwise think about applying for the myriad of other scholarships SCU has.. their page has a scholarship for students "in the bottom half of their class and have financial need"... sounds like a sweet deal.

I'm not sure what this means, but I don't have "financial need" ... so I don't know where that puts me with negotiations. I thought it was the case that often when you have a higher scholarship from a higher ranked or similar ranked school, you can leverage that (ie, you have a 25k scholarship from Cornell, when UCLA only gave you 10k, and you try to get more $ from UCLA)

I think they are trying to stand on the fact that they have a desired location, and that they'll pick up students who would otherwise be going to higher ranked schools, but they want this location.
Also, they don't have as big of an endowment as some other schools. But you would think if they wanted to grab a hold of some of their applicants, they would know they need to give more money. They aren't competing with some higher ranked schools who are giving more money (only thing is, those schools aren't in the same area).

[superflush]

It's not just that they're giving out less than more competitive schools, it's that they're giving out less with a pretty high cost of living. An 11k a year scholarship is basically just enough to cover room and board. And as a private school there's no chance of a chance of having thousands of dollars knocked off by 2L or 3L like at a public school. Sure, there's a chance that you'll perform high enough that they'll increase your scholarships for 2L and 3L but that isn't likely.

The official data shows that SCU isn't too friendly with aid (only 37.6% of student get grants/scholarships).

Well, yea, that goes hand-in-hand with what people have as options. People are going to have higher scholly offers from better schools in other areas (midwest, etc.) .. where of course the COL is lower.

[valley splitter]

I'm going to try asking for money this week. I don't know how successful I might be, but I was told by current students that if I provide a compelling reason (not sure what one might be) they are happy to raise scholarship amounts.

[barry zuckerkorn]

I definitely feel "low-balled". I don't mean any offense to people that really want to go to SCU, but it'll be a sad sequence of events is this offer from SCU is the best opportunity I have.

yea "low balled" is a very nice, lawyerly way to put it, Dude. 11k with your stats? Foxtrot Underwear Charlie Kilo Echo Delta, brother.

[LvingLegend]

I don't think UrbanAchiever should be worried. He would probably be able to pick up a Dean's Fellow with those stats which is full ride plus money for books.