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Penn Law ED?
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 10:32 am
by MattM
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)
Re: Penn Law ED?
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:32 am
by UnicornHunter
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 $$$ from Penn if you apply RD. You might though. But it's stupid to limit yourself to one school before the process even begins
Re: Penn Law ED?
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:33 am
by UnicornHunter
TheUnicornHunter wrote:MattM wrote:Should I apply ED to Penn as a splitter or not?.....I looked at myLSN and splitters who apply early decision have more favorable chances at Penn applying ED than regular decision. I am a current GPA Splitter at 3.55
My question is: Is the type of $ I would be likely to receive from Penn negligble given that I am at their 25% GPA ...so applying ED?RD to Penn wouldn't affect me too much from a financial perspective?. ( my parents are helping pay for law school)
The point of applying RD is that you can apply to multiple schools and then take the best offer/use it as leverage to get better offers from other schools.
So it's not clear that you'll be able to get significant amounts of $$$ 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.
Re: Penn Law ED?
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:40 am
by MattM
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
Re: Penn Law ED?
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:46 am
by BigZuck
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
Re: Penn Law ED?
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 1:38 pm
by Kratos
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 $$$ because then you are committed. And nobody can answer the question about the amount of $ since they 1) don't know your LSAT and 2) aren't on the admission committee.
Re: Penn Law ED?
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 2:59 pm
by MattM
^ How much would LSAT play a role in $$ decisions?
I thought I was already sunk for scholarships and financial aid already being at their 25% GPA
Re: Penn Law ED?
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 4:36 pm
by Kratos
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.
Re: Penn Law ED?
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 6:50 am
by MattM
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
Re: Penn Law ED?
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 7:03 am
by MattM
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
Re: Penn Law ED?
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 11:49 am
by Kratos
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
Re: Penn Law ED?
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 8:16 pm
by 03152016
Re: Penn Law ED?
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 8:18 pm
by Hutz_and_Goodman
ED would be insane.