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After completing my cycle, all you need to know is an applicants results will be SO MUCH BETTER applying in September than applying in January or later.

Depends on your personal financial situation, but I would personally send out all my apps to see what offers I receive. If you do get 168+ you'll likely get in to quite a bit of the T14 but money will be the primary concern.

Make sure you request fee waivers and negotiate scholarships at every school you're offered admission to.

Noted.

If you score well enough to make HLS a possibility, I would definitly apply next year if you don't get in this year/dont apply this year. For HLS, applying earlier rather than later is a very large advantage...

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Hope you don't mind if I throw my info in this thread as well.

I applied late - Submitted my apps online between Feb 1 and Feb 6. Took the LSAT back in December 2010, but this is my first cycle submitting apps. Graduated from undergrad in 2009, a year and some change in full time work experience after undergrad and some pretty substantial resume gaps as well. My only great 'soft' is that I was a policy debater in college and qualified to the National Debate Tournament. So, TL;DR is older applicant, mixed softs, February submit.

LSAT: 176
GPA: 3.32

Responses so far:

In at William & Mary, $24k/yr aid package (in-state tuition + $10k scholarship + $4k assistantship).

In at Minnesota, no word on $

In at UT Austin [in-state], no word on $

In at Northwestern, no word on $ (NU doesn't start giving out money till March)

In at George Washington, $20k/yr merit aid, still waiting to hear about need aid

Still waiting to hear from: pretty much the rest of the T14 below HYS; USC and UCLA; some safeties.

Solistus wrote:Hope you don't mind if I throw my info in this thread as well.

I applied late - Submitted my apps online between Feb 1 and Feb 6. Took the LSAT back in December 2010, but this is my first cycle submitting apps. Graduated from undergrad in 2009, a year and some change in full time work experience after undergrad and some pretty substantial resume gaps as well. My only great 'soft' is that I was a policy debater in college and qualified to the National Debate Tournament. So, TL;DR is older applicant, mixed softs, February submit.

LSAT: 176
GPA: 3.32

Responses so far:

In at William & Mary, $24k/yr aid package (in-state tuition + $10k scholarship + $4k assistantship).

In at Minnesota, no word on $

In at UT Austin [in-state], no word on $

In at Northwestern, no word on $ (NU doesn't start giving out money till March)

In at George Washington, $20k/yr merit aid, still waiting to hear about need aid

Still waiting to hear from: pretty much the rest of the T14 below HYS; USC and UCLA; some safeties.

You're going to get $12k/yr at UT just FYI

WokeUpInACar wrote:You're going to get $12k/yr at UT just FYI

Is that just a prediction, or do they have a more rigid/standardized approach to aid offers than other schools?

Solistus wrote:

WokeUpInACar wrote:You're going to get $12k/yr at UT just FYI

Is that just a prediction, or do they have a more rigid/standardized approach to aid offers than other schools?

Mostly the latter... The GF and I, along with several other in-state splitters on LSN with 170+ LSATs and <3.4 GPAs have all gotten the same amount. It's *possible* you'll get 15k but I'm not sure if they would differentiate between say a 172 and your 176.

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