GA State c/o 2018 Forum

[metalhaart]

I don't know anyone personally who has been waitlisted but you should checkout LSN if you haven't already.

Does anyone have an opinion on letting admissions know you got a scholarship somewhere else? Is this super tacky? I don't know if its something everyone does or if it would be weird.

That's actually a pretty popular scholarship negotiation technique. You could say something along the lines of, "I would really love to go to GSU and am grateful for the offer to attend, but I got a scholarship offer from Similarly/Higher Ranked School, and it's important to me to minimize my debt. I would appreciate if GSU looked at my file for merit scholarship consideration." Obviously less casually. I have been told to talk about offers in terms of percentages instead of dollar amounts, like Similarly Ranked School is offering 25% of tuition coverage or something.

[applicant4321]

does anyone know if the facebook page for new students has been set up yet? They mentioned that they were working on it in an email, but I think they will only tell people about it once they send in their seat deposit... not sure

[CTuch]

I sent in my deposit earlier this month and haven't heard anything about a Facebook page.

[applicant4321]

ok, they wrote about it in the "Georgia State Law Updates" email saying they were working on one, so I guess they haven't invited anyone to it yet.

[kal218]

Has anyone tried to negotiate their scholarships? I got 8k for the first two years and a GRA position, full tuition, and a stipend for the last year. I'm really excited, but the stipulation is I have to keep a 3.0 to maintain the scholarship. I would really like to take that down to a 2.7 or something lower. Any ideas of how to do this? Has anyone else tried?

Asking them to lower expectations seems counter productive to asking for more money.

[metalhaart]

Has anyone tried to negotiate their scholarships? I got 8k for the first two years and a GRA position, full tuition, and a stipend for the last year. I'm really excited, but the stipulation is I have to keep a 3.0 to maintain the scholarship. I would really like to take that down to a 2.7 or something lower. Any ideas of how to do this? Has anyone else tried?

Asking them to lower expectations seems counter productive to asking for more money.

That 3.0 stip is way to high, though, considering GA State's median is between 2.9-3.1. It would basically be a coin flips chance to lose it all. It seemed like the best move to negotiate that down first. In any case, I see negotiating a stip as recognizing the damning effect of the GPA curve, not so much asking them to lower their expectations of me. I can't imagine any school would impose a 3.0 stipulation because they expect everyone to keep that scholarship. I did negotiate my scholarship with GSU, and they were amenable to discussing more money and lower stips, so I would encourage all of you to negotiate, too.

[CTuch]

Has anyone heard any updates regarding the ALS Fellows scholarship? Last I heard decisions would be made in April but I went through some old boards and some were made as early as March 30th.

[scruffy556]

For those of you asking about a facebook page, it appears to be up.

Looking forward to meeting all of you next year. Y'all are going to get a kick out of the new building, it's amazing.

Let me know if you guys have any questions for a (soon to be) rising 3L

[Prjctmgr2115]

Anyone had any luck or know of anyone changing from part time to full time? At the the time I applied, I indicated interest in part time only. However, circumstances have changed. I did not know if this was possible or even worth asking. Woul appreciate any input

[GaIP2011]

I have been unable to find the Facebook page. Can someone PM me the link? Thanks!

[nch2092]

Just withdrew... no scholly $ to put back in the pot but I hope someone on this forum gets pulled from the WL to take my spot