Penn Law ED? Forum

MattM · Post by **MattM** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 10:32 am

Should I apply ED to Penn as a splitter or not?.....I looked at myLSN and splitters who apply early decision have more favorable chances at Penn applying ED than regular decision. I am a current GPA Splitter at 3.55

My question is: Is the type of $ I would be likely to receive from Penn negligble given that I am at their 25% GPA ...so applying ED?RD to Penn wouldn't affect me too much from a financial perspective?. ( my parents are helping pay for law school)

UnicornHunter · Post by **UnicornHunter** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:32 am

MattM wrote:Should I apply ED to Penn as a splitter or not?.....I looked at myLSN and splitters who apply early decision have more favorable chances at Penn applying ED than regular decision. I am a current GPA Splitter at 3.55

My question is: Is the type of $ I would be likely to receive from Penn negligble given that I am at their 25% GPA ...so applying ED?RD to Penn wouldn't affect me too much from a financial perspective?. ( my parents are helping pay for law school)

The point of applying RD is that you can apply to multiple schools and then take the best offer/use it as leverage to get better offers from other schools.

So it's not clear that you'll be able to get significant amounts of $$$ from Penn if you apply RD. You might though. But it's stupid to limit yourself to one school before the process even begins

UnicornHunter · Post by **UnicornHunter** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:33 am

TheUnicornHunter wrote:
MattM wrote:Should I apply ED to Penn as a splitter or not?.....I looked at myLSN and splitters who apply early decision have more favorable chances at Penn applying ED than regular decision. I am a current GPA Splitter at 3.55

My question is: Is the type of $ I would be likely to receive from Penn negligble given that I am at their 25% GPA ...so applying ED?RD to Penn wouldn't affect me too much from a financial perspective?. ( my parents are helping pay for law school)
The point of applying RD is that you can apply to multiple schools and then take the best offer/use it as leverage to get better offers from other schools.

So it's not clear that you'll be able to get significant amounts of $$$ from Penn if you apply RD. You might though. But it doesn't make sense to limit yourself to one school before the process even begins.

MattM · Post by **MattM** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:40 am

What if Penn is your first choice ( I like the location, family is from there, job opportunities I would get from there)?

....what does the amount of $ from Penn I would get look like if I apply RD versus ED is my question

BigZuck · Post by **BigZuck** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:46 am

I don't know that you can ever really call yourself a splitter with a 3.55.

I take it you have a 170+ LSAT? Just apply broadly within the T14 and see what happens

Kratos · Post by **Kratos** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 1:38 pm

MattM wrote:What if Penn is your first choice ( I like the location, family is from there, job opportunities I would get from there)?

....what does the amount of $ from Penn I would get look like if I apply RD versus ED is my question

Then write a really compelling Why Penn essay. As others have said, ED limits your options and takes away any leverage you have over the school which would dictate them giving you scholly $$$ because then you are committed. And nobody can answer the question about the amount of $ since they 1) don't know your LSAT and 2) aren't on the admission committee.

MattM · Post by **MattM** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 2:59 pm

^ How much would LSAT play a role in $$ decisions?

I thought I was already sunk for scholarships and financial aid already being at their 25% GPA

Kratos · Post by **Kratos** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 4:36 pm

MattM wrote:^ How much would LSAT play a role in $$ decisions?

I thought I was already sunk for scholarships and financial aid already being at their 25% GPA

Dude do some basic research on the application process. Obviously LSAT plays a huge role in scholarship determinations as it is one of the two largest metrics schools look at in the admission process. You still haven't told anyone what your score was so how can anyone answer your question? Regardless, ED is a stupid move.

MattM · Post by **MattM** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 6:50 am

But doesn't GPA play a large role as well in scholly decisions? I have seen posts on here where a 3.2X and 170+ is told they will get little money even though they scored in the top 2% of LSAT takers

MattM · Post by **MattM** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 7:03 am

no LSAT yet for me.....retaking in December ( or waiting for next cycle).

I'm looking at a 170-172 for Penn, and the minimum score I would probably keep is a 168 ( for UT Austin).

I've learned from TLS that PT scores are often higher than exam scores as unfortunately not many on here got 170+ on the Sept LSAT so no point of putting my PT scores

Kratos · Post by **Kratos** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 11:49 am

MattM wrote:no LSAT yet for me.....retaking in December ( or waiting for next cycle).

I'm looking at a 170-172 for Penn, and the minimum score I would probably keep is a 168 ( for UT Austin).

I've learned from TLS that PT scores are often higher than exam scores as unfortunately not many on here got 170+ on the Sept LSAT so no point of putting my PT scores

Great info ab your chances here

03152016 · Post by **03152016** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 8:16 pm

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Hutz_and_Goodman · Post by **Hutz_and_Goodman** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 8:18 pm

ED would be insane.

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