GW 2011 Applicants Forum

[maglialoro]

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[narayan1121]

Important note: Students who are awarded GW Law merit-based scholarships do not have financial need and are not eligible for GW Law need-based grants. Merit award recipients who require additional funds may be awarded student loans only.

A concern of mine is once I fill out GW fin aid form, have I totally just signed away any chance of merit aid (even though it is very unlikely to get some anyway)?

I called and spoke to the Financial Aid office. I was told that if there wasn't a merit-based aid offer in your acceptance packet, then there is no merit-based financial aid for you....

[Flips88]

Important note: Students who are awarded GW Law merit-based scholarships do not have financial need and are not eligible for GW Law need-based grants. Merit award recipients who require additional funds may be awarded student loans only.

A concern of mine is once I fill out GW fin aid form, have I totally just signed away any chance of merit aid (even though it is very unlikely to get some anyway)?

I called and spoke to the Financial Aid office. I was told that if there wasn't a merit-based aid offer in your acceptance packet, then there is no merit-based financial aid for you....

Not necessarily true, but pretty much 99% accurate. The FinAid advisor I emailed told me: "It is always possible that a high number of admitted applicants to whom we have offered merit scholarships will decline our offers and that we will have funds available to make additional awards. However, in the five years that I have been at GW Law, this has not happened. "

[wonkymonkey]

I was told the same thing and my LSAT and GPA are in their 75th or above range.

[Flips88]

I was told the same thing and my LSAT and GPA are in their 75th or above range.

As Cee Lo says:

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[DeeCee]

I was told the same thing and my LSAT and GPA are in their 75th or above range.

As Cee Lo says:

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LOL. Yeah, unfortunately this is why I'm leaning towards withdrawing (I'm on the WL). Because even if I got in (small chance), I'd still have to pay sticker. And GW to me is not worth sticker, even if they are one of my top choices.

[Puttanesca]

Has anyone who went complete by early December not heard yet? I applied on 11/24, went complete on 12/01, and haven't heard a thing. By the looks of LSN, pretty much everyone who went complete around the time that I did has gotten a decision. Don't know what's up with that.

[Puttanesca]

Has anyone who went complete by early December not heard yet? I applied on 11/24, went complete on 12/01, and haven't heard a thing. By the looks of LSN, pretty much everyone who went complete around the time that I did has gotten a decision. Don't know what's up with that.

No one???

[fedexmalcom]

waitinglisted! I really want to get in. The first round should be around April.
Hope those accepted to T14 would make their decisions before April.

[danparkuss]

Submitted 1/12 -> Went complete 1/19 -> In 2/15

3.31/171

[champsound]

Submitted 1/12 -> Went complete 1/19 -> In 2/15

3.31/171

how do they contact you? I have the same submitted and complete dates, but I've heard nothing.

[bostonlawchick]

Submitted 1/12 -> Went complete 1/19 -> In 2/15

3.31/171

Same numbers, submitted mid December, complete early january... Not a peep. Grr.

[danparkuss]

via email. strange because their financial aid office contact me stating:
"Congratulations on your admission and welcome to the GW Law School. I am your assigned financial aid counselor, who will guide you through the GW Law financial aid process."

with a entire process for FAFSA.

at first i didnt know what to think of this email but upon some research, it seems this happens.
ill update once the packet arrives.

[Flips88]

via email. strange because their financial aid office contact me stating:
"Congratulations on your admission and welcome to the GW Law School. I am your assigned financial aid counselor, who will guide you through the GW Law financial aid process."

with a entire process for FAFSA.

at first i didnt know what to think of this email but upon some research, it seems this happens.
ill update once the packet arrives.

Rearrange these words into coherent sentences please

[FiveSermon]

via email. strange because their financial aid office contact me stating:
"Congratulations on your admission and welcome to the GW Law School. I am your assigned financial aid counselor, who will guide you through the GW Law financial aid process."

with a entire process for FAFSA.

at first i didnt know what to think of this email but upon some research, it seems this happens.
ill update once the packet arrives.

Rearrange these words into coherent sentences please

lol

[kcdc]

Has anyone else heard today??

[Puttanesca]

Submitted 1/12 -> Went complete 1/19 -> In 2/15

3.31/171

Same numbers, submitted mid December, complete early january... Not a peep. Grr.

Submitted 11/24, complete 12/01, and not a peep. I wonder if they lost my application. Should I call the admissions office?

[longhornlaw]

Withdrew from WL today. Best of luck to everyone else who's still waiting!

[Gotti]

I don't think so. Also, it's important to note that for GW, you must provide parental info for financial aid from GW, which is particularly annoying. So sometime before next Wednesday I have to add parental info to the FAFSA.

Yeah, I'm seriously considering withdrawing for this reason, because it means all the other schools will consider my parents info, which could make a huge difference in the aid I get at the other schools that receive the fafsa. Also did anyone find it ridiculous that the financial aid director referred to herself as "Mrs.?" Maybe that's the California in me but seriously?

Wait no...fill out the schools that DON'T require parental info on your FAFSA first and submit that non-parental FAFSA to those schools, then go back and remove all those schools that don't require parent info and add the ones that do require it and resubmit. This way, the schools that don't require parent info won't see parent info and the schools that do will see it. But it's the same FAFSA...you're just submitting it twice to different people

This isn't how it works...I checked with the Fafsa people. They submit corrections (added parental info) to all the schools you have ever listed, not just the ones listed when you make the corrections.

Hey guys I just talked to FAFSA...just wanted to let you know that this isn't true.

They told me that once the schools are removed from your list, they do not get updated with new information

[JJDancer]

This isn't how it works...I checked with the Fafsa people. They submit corrections (added parental info) to all the schools you have ever listed, not just the ones listed when you make the corrections.

Hey guys I just talked to FAFSA...just wanted to let you know that this isn't true.

They told me that once the schools are removed from your list, they do not get updated with new information

But then the nonparental info school that I remove won't get my updated 2010 info, right?
Since the first Fafsa I plan on submitting is 2009 based estimates...?

[Gotti]

This isn't how it works...I checked with the Fafsa people. They submit corrections (added parental info) to all the schools you have ever listed, not just the ones listed when you make the corrections.

Hey guys I just talked to FAFSA...just wanted to let you know that this isn't true.

They told me that once the schools are removed from your list, they do not get updated with new information

But then the nonparental info school that I remove won't get my updated 2010 info, right?
Since the first Fafsa I plan on submitting is 2009 based estimates...?

Correct. If you want schools to get info, they have to be on the school list when you submit

[LttleBlakDress]

This isn't how it works...I checked with the Fafsa people. They submit corrections (added parental info) to all the schools you have ever listed, not just the ones listed when you make the corrections.

Hey guys I just talked to FAFSA...just wanted to let you know that this isn't true.

They told me that once the schools are removed from your list, they do not get updated with new information

But then the nonparental info school that I remove won't get my updated 2010 info, right?
Since the first Fafsa I plan on submitting is 2009 based estimates...?

Correct. If you want schools to get info, they have to be on the school list when you submit

Except I swear to you that this is not what they said to me. When I asked on the FAFSA chat assistance page a week ago and again today. Not inspiring my confidence in this process.

[chritabug]

In via email. Applied 1/20, complete 2/1.

[columbia86]

In via email. Applied 1/20, complete 2/1.

Congrats!

[Puttanesca]

Just got the acceptance email! It took a while for GW to get back to me (I applied 11/24 and was complete on 12/01), but I'm still happy to be in!