William & Mary 2011 Forum

[iwanta170]

Received the admit envelope today and got a pretty significant scholarship. My numbers are 165/3.8x and I'm in-state. I'm surprised I received money because of my LSAT being at their median.

[Gemini]

Received the admit envelope today and got a pretty significant scholarship. My numbers are 165/3.8x and I'm in-state. I'm surprised I received money because of my LSAT being at their median. If I don't ultimately get into UVa or a T14 I think I may go here

Wow, congrats!!!

[Capitol A]

Does anyone have any insight as to how open W&M is to negotiation of scholarship money? I know the TLS school profile does not make it sound too promising, but that profile also says that only 28% of students get scholarship, while the W&M view book places that number at 65%. What does everyone think?

[HeavenWood]

Does anyone have any insight as to how open W&M is to negotiation of scholarship money? I know the TLS school profile does not make it sound too promising, but that profile also says that only 28% of students get scholarship, while the W&M view book places that number at 65%. What does everyone think?

Glancing on LSN, it seems people at and above median get some sort of $, so ~50% + URM scholarships could very well equal 65%.

[Capitol A]

Does anyone have any insight as to how open W&M is to negotiation of scholarship money? I know the TLS school profile does not make it sound too promising, but that profile also says that only 28% of students get scholarship, while the W&M view book places that number at 65%. What does everyone think?

Glancing on LSN, it seems people at and above median get some sort of $, so ~50% + URM scholarships could very well equal 65%.

So, any insight on negotiation? The reason I'm asking...I am strongly leaning towards attending W&M, but would like it (obviously) to be as affordable as possible. I'm expecting to get decent money from George Mason, and I'm hoping that I can use an offer from another VA state school to negotiate at least a little with W&M. Please forgive my ignorance if this is not realistic because of the difference in rank, but I'm hoping its possible.

[thelaststraw05]

So, any insight on negotiation? The reason I'm asking...I am strongly leaning towards attending W&M, but would like it (obviously) to be as affordable as possible. I'm expecting to get decent money from George Mason, and I'm hoping that I can use an offer from another VA state school to negotiate at least a little with W&M. Please forgive my ignorance if this is not realistic because of the difference in rank, but I'm hoping its possible.

Two things:

1) Don't expect much money from Mason, they just don't hand out much money. When I went and talked to them, they pointed out that a very very small portion of the class gets money. According to LSAC, just 15% of full-time students received grants/scholarships and 75% of those grants/scholarships were less that 1/2 tuition.

2) William & Mary is much better ranked and more generous with financial aid. It would likely be much easier to negotiate aid if you have aid from a higher ranked school or peer-ranked school. Washington & Lee would likely be a better school for the purposes of negotiation aid.

[RPK34]

Received the admit envelope today and got a pretty significant scholarship. My numbers are 165/3.8x and I'm in-state. I'm surprised I received money because of my LSAT being at their median. If I don't ultimately get into UVa or a T14 I think I may go here

Congrats! I'm dying to get my admittance packet.

edit: Just got it. Got in state tuition plus an extra 7k a year.

[bailey1089]

did the packets come regular mail or fedex/ups delivery?

thx!

[Law Sauce]

My packet came a little while ago, but it was priority mail.

[masterthearts]

Received the admit envelope today and got a pretty significant scholarship. My numbers are 165/3.8x and I'm in-state. I'm surprised I received money because of my LSAT being at their median. If I don't ultimately get into UVa or a T14 I think I may go here

Would you pick Georgetown (ranked 14) over William & Mary?

[dpk711]

Received the admit envelope today and got a pretty significant scholarship. My numbers are 165/3.8x and I'm in-state. I'm surprised I received money because of my LSAT being at their median. If I don't ultimately get into UVa or a T14 I think I may go here

Would you pick Georgetown (ranked 14) over William & Mary?

no

[justadude55]

why not?

[dpk711]

why not?

I just love DC...
btw, I'm accepted to both

[iwanta170]

Received the admit envelope today and got a pretty significant scholarship. My numbers are 165/3.8x and I'm in-state. I'm surprised I received money because of my LSAT being at their median. If I don't ultimately get into UVa or a T14 I think I may go here

Would you pick Georgetown (ranked 14) over William & Mary?

I'd probably have to think about that one for a while. Hard decision! Maybe I'd lean Georgetown but I'm not sure

[justadude55]

why not?

I just love DC...
btw, I'm accepted to both

your reasoning doesn't make sense.

[HeavenWood]

why not?

I just love DC...
btw, I'm accepted to both

your reasoning doesn't make sense.

Sarcasm?

[LeDique]

Just got my packet out of the mailbox. Fellowship + 6k extra.

[dpk711]

why not?

I just love DC...
btw, I'm accepted to both

your reasoning doesn't make sense.

why not?

[T6Hopeful]

Got the snail mail version of my acceptance today, Grad Fellowship + stipend + 10k a year = 23k/year. Not too shabby.

[dpk711]

just received the admit package from W&M with a solid $36,000 scholly...

[SortOfObsessed]

just received the admit package from W&M with a solid $36,000 scholly...

+1

Question for those who were accepted with fellowships, I didn't pay attention to fellowships as I was applying to schools, is this something you can apply for after you're accepted? Or even in your first year or something?

[dpk711]

just received the admit package from W&M with a solid $36,000 scholly...

+1

Question for those who were accepted with fellowships, I didn't pay attention to fellowships as I was applying to schools, is this something you can apply for after you're accepted? Or even in your first year or something?

you should update your profile so that it shows that you got accepted to W&M

[SortOfObsessed]

just received the admit package from W&M with a solid $36,000 scholly...

+1

Question for those who were accepted with fellowships, I didn't pay attention to fellowships as I was applying to schools, is this something you can apply for after you're accepted? Or even in your first year or something?

you should update your profile so that it shows that you got accepted to W&M

I keep forgetting TLS has one. I've been tracking on LSN instead. Maybe I'll just link to LSN, make my life easier...

[tttlllsss]

just received the admit package from W&M with a solid $36,000 scholly...

3-yr total?

[lawschoolnonsense]

for those who received fellowships, did anyone get the Institute for Bill of Rights Law fellowship?