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Just got the letter.

5K/year with a 3.15 GPA.
Honestly, with my numbers coming in (151/3.41 URM) I was surprised I got accepted and even more surprised I wasn't offered sticker. W&L is still high on my list.

edwardt1988 wrote:40K/yr, which is very tempting. Unfortunately I can't really leverage other schools like BU/ GW for more money based on this.

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skri65 wrote:

edwardt1988 wrote:40K/yr, which is very tempting. Unfortunately I can't really leverage other schools like BU/ GW for more money based on this.

Anyone think 30K at W&L will be leverage to receive any money at all from a school like BU or BC?

I think it might. I don't think it will be the full 30k but it might get you to about half or something. I hoping that my 40k will get WUSTL and W&M to bump up scholly.

Got letter today.

$25,000/year stip at 3.15. Don't think that I am going to end up in Lexington but I am hoping to use it to leverage GMU.

JayJones78 wrote:Just got the letter.

5K/year with a 3.15 GPA.
Honestly, with my numbers coming in (151/3.41 URM) I was surprised I got accepted and even more surprised I wasn't offered sticker. W&L is still high on my list.

Just to add to this:
Is there any point calling them and asking for more money? Or should I wait until I see if other peer schools offer me more? (Unlikely I think).

rabbitrun wrote:

skri65 wrote:

edwardt1988 wrote:40K/yr, which is very tempting. Unfortunately I can't really leverage other schools like BU/ GW for more money based on this.

Anyone think 30K at W&L will be leverage to receive any money at all from a school like BU or BC?

I think it might. I don't think it will be the full 30k but it might get you to about half or something. I hoping that my 40k will get WUSTL and W&M to bump up scholly.

I think I might be able to use this to get a bit more from W&M. They are already giving me 75K, however.

BU is giving me 60K, so I'm hoping to get 75K out of them, but I don't know if this offer from W&L will do the trick.

JayJones78 wrote:

JayJones78 wrote:Just got the letter.

5K/year with a 3.15 GPA.
Honestly, with my numbers coming in (151/3.41 URM) I was surprised I got accepted and even more surprised I wasn't offered sticker. W&L is still high on my list.

Just to add to this:
Is there any point calling them and asking for more money? Or should I wait until I see if other peer schools offer me more? (Unlikely I think).

Last year, the answer was that they don't negotiate at all (and especially not before the first deposit deadline), but after the first deposit they may be willing to go up some depending on how much money they've committed. In short, I wouldn't count on it.

wvuchip wrote:

JayJones78 wrote:

JayJones78 wrote:Just got the letter.

5K/year with a 3.15 GPA.
Honestly, with my numbers coming in (151/3.41 URM) I was surprised I got accepted and even more surprised I wasn't offered sticker. W&L is still high on my list.

Just to add to this:
Is there any point calling them and asking for more money? Or should I wait until I see if other peer schools offer me more? (Unlikely I think).

Last year, the answer was that they don't negotiate at all (and especially not before the first deposit deadline), but after the first deposit they may be willing to go up some depending on how much money they've committed. In short, I wouldn't count on it.

Understand. As I said I honestly expected to pay sticker

got the letter today and awarded 35k a year, automatically renewable if keep 3.15GPA. I was struggling between W&L and W&M for a while, now with W&L 35K and W&M 12k the answer should be very clear.

jing87 wrote:got the letter today and awarded 35k a year, automatically renewable if keep 3.15GPA. I was struggling between W&L and W&M for a while, now with W&L 35K and W&M 12k the answer should be very clear.

Congratulations!! That's really good! Are you going to ASW?

I got in with 40k per year, top 40% gpa stip. best offer so far but I am mostly meh.

JayJones78 wrote:

jing87 wrote:got the letter today and awarded 35k a year, automatically renewable if keep 3.15GPA. I was struggling between W&L and W&M for a while, now with W&L 35K and W&M 12k the answer should be very clear.

Congratulations!! That's really good! Are you going to ASW?

What is ASW?

jing87 wrote:

JayJones78 wrote:

jing87 wrote:got the letter today and awarded 35k a year, automatically renewable if keep 3.15GPA. I was struggling between W&L and W&M for a while, now with W&L 35K and W&M 12k the answer should be very clear.

Congratulations!! That's really good! Are you going to ASW?

What is ASW?

Admitted Students Weekend

JayJones78 wrote:

jing87 wrote:

JayJones78 wrote:

jing87 wrote:got the letter today and awarded 35k a year, automatically renewable if keep 3.15GPA. I was struggling between W&L and W&M for a while, now with W&L 35K and W&M 12k the answer should be very clear.

Congratulations!! That's really good! Are you going to ASW?

What is ASW?

Admitted Students Weekend

Thant open house thing? I think I will go. I never went to Lexington before and isn't the school gonna reimburse travel expense.

JayJones78 wrote:

jing87 wrote:

JayJones78 wrote:

jing87 wrote:got the letter today and awarded 35k a year, automatically renewable if keep 3.15GPA. I was struggling between W&L and W&M for a while, now with W&L 35K and W&M 12k the answer should be very clear.

Congratulations!! That's really good! Are you going to ASW?

What is ASW?

Admitted Students Weekend

Thant open house thing? I think I will go. I never went to Lexington before and isn't the school gonna reimburse travel expense.[/quote]
They give you $150 and then another $150 if you end up attending W&L

I got 30k a year.

I'm happy with it, I may end up going to ASW, but it's just hard to compete with other offers.'especially since this is mostly non negotiable

I realize this might be the wrong thread but please bare with me,

To any current W&L students, how many people in your classes are shooting for NYC biglaw? I have looked at the recent employment data and seen that about 10-20 people get it every year but am wondering if this is partially self selection or if most want it but only the top students get it? Currently W&L is my highest ranked option and I would love to attend for a number of reasons but NYC is the end goal for me. Realistic?

Has anyone who was waitlisted sent a LoCI yet? I've drafted mine, but it's the first one I'm sending and I don't want to do something out of line. I read Ken's LoCI thread, but it hasn't been used for a while, anyone know if we should snail-mail or send via email? I met with Dean McShay and talked with him for about 10 minutes at an LSAC forum and he's certainly very accessible, but it is obnoxious to email it directly to him? Thanks in advance!

crossingfingers wrote:Has anyone who was waitlisted sent a LoCI yet? I've drafted mine, but it's the first one I'm sending and I don't want to do something out of line. I read Ken's LoCI thread, but it hasn't been used for a while, anyone know if we should snail-mail or send via email? I met with Dean McShay and talked with him for about 10 minutes at an LSAC forum and he's certainly very accessible, but it is obnoxious to email it directly to him? Thanks in advance!

I did the interview of which he spoke on the waitlist letter. I would definitely recommend that. Some of the questions were a bit tricky, but I could tell that it definitely made a difference.

JXander wrote:

crossingfingers wrote:Has anyone who was waitlisted sent a LoCI yet? I've drafted mine, but it's the first one I'm sending and I don't want to do something out of line. I read Ken's LoCI thread, but it hasn't been used for a while, anyone know if we should snail-mail or send via email? I met with Dean McShay and talked with him for about 10 minutes at an LSAC forum and he's certainly very accessible, but it is obnoxious to email it directly to him? Thanks in advance!

I did the interview of which he spoke on the waitlist letter. I would definitely recommend that. Some of the questions were a bit tricky, but I could tell that it definitely made a difference.

Thanks! I intend to, but I'm going to do my best to get out there for one of the preview days, where they do an interview as well. I'm in California, so it's a long ways, but I really want to do everything I can to get in. If I can't make it, I'll set up a phone interview, but I wanted to try and make it back there first. What kinds of tricky questions? Is it more like a job interview than most of these other schools are? Best of luck riding out this waitlist!

Full tuition scholarship!! $42,425!!

sl5uw13 wrote:Full tuition scholarship!! $42,425!!

Out of curiosity, what are the stips? And I'm assuming it stays full tuition, even if tuition increases. It just seems weird that they have a $40k scholarship in addition to a full ride.

Oh and congratulations!

kuttlefish wrote:

sl5uw13 wrote:Full tuition scholarship!! $42,425!!

Out of curiosity, what are the stips? And I'm assuming it stays full tuition, even if tuition increases. It just seems weird that they have a $40k scholarship in addition to a full ride.

Oh and congratulations!

meh, not sure about if it stays the same. it is I suppose the 40k scholarship that this year equals the amount of full tuition. the stips are 3.25, top 60%

dip_spLitter wrote:I realize this might be the wrong thread but please bare with me,

To any current W&L students, how many people in your classes are shooting for NYC biglaw? I have looked at the recent employment data and seen that about 10-20 people get it every year but am wondering if this is partially self selection or if most want it but only the top students get it? Currently W&L is my highest ranked option and I would love to attend for a number of reasons but NYC is the end goal for me. Realistic?

That's more or less the number of people who can get it, though there is a fair amount of self-selection to other areas. W&L doesn't send a ton of people to biglaw.

sl5uw13 wrote:Full tuition scholarship!! $42,425!!

+1

Makes things interesting as far as where I will be next year.


Are you taking it or are you still looking at other schools?