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3.89/164
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:21 am
by ganggreen
Got the W&M acceptance email 4 days after my application status changed to complete. My question is: what are my chances of $$? Does the quick turnaround suggest they liked my application or not necessarily?
The answer will come in the admission packet ("in the mail"), but I leave for home in 2 days. So there's a chance I may have to wait a month to find out while it sits in my campus mailbox... hence the forum post lol.
Re: 3.89/164
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:09 pm
by Yukos
Tough to tell from LSN. Someone with your LSAT and a GPA .07 lower got $30,000, but two people with slightly higher GPAs got waitlisted (NB: one of those waitlisters is probably a flame or something, since she's supposedly a 3.92/164 URM who got rejected from ASU and ND, and her account name seems to be an advertisement for a blog). I think you're just going to have to wait it out, sorry.
Source:
http://wm.lawschoolnumbers.com/applican ... ,8&type=jd
Re: 3.89/164
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:28 pm
by auburnbelle89
ganggreen wrote:Got the W&M acceptance email 4 days after my application status changed to complete. My question is: what are my chances of $$? Does the quick turnaround suggest they liked my application or not necessarily?
The answer will come in the admission packet ("in the mail"), but I leave for home in 2 days. So there's a chance I may have to wait a month to find out while it sits in my campus mailbox... hence the forum post lol.
I feel like W&M is less predictable than some of the others, but FWIW, I have a point higher GPA/point lower LSAT and got $14k a year (I'm OOS). Good luck! I know the waiting will be rough, but you could be coming back to nice surprises from break (at least this is what I tell myself).
Re: 3.89/164
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:29 pm
by 20130312
auburnbelle89 wrote:ganggreen wrote:Got the W&M acceptance email 4 days after my application status changed to complete. My question is: what are my chances of $$? Does the quick turnaround suggest they liked my application or not necessarily?
The answer will come in the admission packet ("in the mail"), but I leave for home in 2 days. So there's a chance I may have to wait a month to find out while it sits in my campus mailbox... hence the forum post lol.
I feel like W&M is less predictable than some of the others, but FWIW, I have a point higher GPA/point lower LSAT and got $14k a year (I'm OOS). Good luck! I know the waiting will be rough, but you could be coming back to nice surprises from break (at least this is what I tell myself).
+1, higher LSAT lower GPA here
Re: 3.89/164
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 11:47 pm
by ganggreen
Ended up with $12k/year (OOS). That's ok but I'd probably rack up over $100k worth of debt in 3 years... If I can't negotiate, maybe they'd be open to me deferring? A year of work would help a lot.
Re: 3.89/164
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 11:48 pm
by luxxe
ganggreen wrote:Ended up with $12k/year (OOS). That's ok but I'd probably rack up over $100k worth of debt in 3 years... If I can't negotiate, maybe they'd be open to me deferring? A year of work would help a lot.
With that GPA, the year would be much better spent retaking the LSAT and getting more scholarships at lower ranked schools/getting into better ones. A few more points could get you a full-ride at schools like that or easily into the T14.
Re: 3.89/164
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 11:50 pm
by Mr. T6
It sounds like your GPA and LSAT are fairly competitive for money, but you really should negotiate even if they do not provide you, up-front, with a scholarship.