174/3.9 at a top 20 school. What are my chances of getting a full ride at Top 10 law schools? Forum

[rachelql]

Basically what I am asking in the topic.
Also, I wonder if being a Chinese student would hurt my chances.
Any comment or rec for scholarship program would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much!!

[NoLieAbility]

No shot. You might get some money at Vandy or WUSTL, but I wouldn't count on it.

Retake.

[rachelql]

No shot. You might get some money at Vandy or WUSTL, but I wouldn't count on it.

Retake.

Thanks! How much would I need for scholly?

[NoLieAbility]

176 or GTFO

[rachelql]

176 or GTFO

Sorry, what's GTFO?
Also, I was wondering if you know anything about the scholarships NYU provides.
Thank you!

[Ericwa]

I think you can get a full ride from top 10, and very likely a HYS acceptance.

[rachelql]

I think you can get a full ride from top 10, and very likely a HYS acceptance.

Hi! Thanks for the faith! I was wondering if you had any scholarship in mind when replying?

[Clemenceau]

Scholarships are hard to predict, especially full rides.

Your numbers put you in the running for full rides at every school in the country that offers them. Craft a good application and see what happens. You'll do well.

[rachelql]

Scholarships are hard to predict, especially full rides.

Your numbers put you in the running for full rides at every school in the country that offers them. Craft a good application and see what happens. You'll do well.

Thanks so much!! I see some light now.

[RaceJudicata]

Scholarships are hard to predict, especially full rides.

Your numbers put you in the running for full rides at every school in the country that offers them. Craft a good application and see what happens. You'll do well.

Thanks so much!! I see some light now.

Does Northwestern still do early-decision full rides? If so, take a shot at that. Otherwise, you are golden at top 4-10, and a chance at HYS

[Kinky John]

Does Northwestern still do early-decision full rides? If so, take a shot at that. Otherwise, you are golden at top 4-10, and a chance at HYS

No, that's bad advice in this case.

[rachelql]

Scholarships are hard to predict, especially full rides.

Your numbers put you in the running for full rides at every school in the country that offers them. Craft a good application and see what happens. You'll do well.

Thanks so much!! I see some light now.

Does Northwestern still do early-decision full rides? If so, take a shot at that. Otherwise, you are golden at top 4-10, and a chance at HYS

Thanks! I'll def go take a look at NU.

[rachelql]

Does Northwestern still do early-decision full rides? If so, take a shot at that. Otherwise, you are golden at top 4-10, and a chance at HYS

No, that's bad advice in this case.

Thank you! Would you mind elaborating a bit? Just desperate to know more about this stuff...

[Kinky John]

Does Northwestern still do early-decision full rides? If so, take a shot at that. Otherwise, you are golden at top 4-10, and a chance at HYS

No, that's bad advice in this case.

Thank you! Would you mind elaborating a bit? Just desperate to know more about this stuff...

Because you would probably get the same/more money RD

[rachelql]

Does Northwestern still do early-decision full rides? If so, take a shot at that. Otherwise, you are golden at top 4-10, and a chance at HYS

No, that's bad advice in this case.

Thank you! Would you mind elaborating a bit? Just desperate to know more about this stuff...

Because you would probably get the same/more money RD

Ok thanks! I know this is a bit of an irresponsible question, but do you think I'd have a shot at the NYU full rides?

[CanadianWolf]

Your numbers--174 LSAT & 3.9 GPA--suggest that you have a strong chance of being admitted to every T-14 law school if admission was based upon numbers alone. You should get serious scholarship consideration & generous offers from Chicago, Columbia, NYU, Penn, Northwestern, Virginia, Michigan, Duke, Cornell & Georgetown. Harvard, Yale & Stanford offer need based financial aid.

Applying early decision to Northwestern should yield a full tuition scholarship option & is a reasonable option for one targeting Chicago law firms. Your numbers could also yield full tuition scholarship offers from the Univ. of Chicago, Columbia & NYU (but NYU may require public service type essays & a stated commitment to public interest work after law school, although I am not certain about this.)

[CanadianWolf]

Additionally, being a Chinese student & of Chinese descent, unlike many undergraduate schools, may actually enhance your chances for admission among top law schools.

P.S. Are you willing to share your undergraduate school via PM ?

[Skool]

Ok thanks! I know this is a bit of an irresponsible question, but do you think I'd have a shot at the NYU full rides?

Maybe... But you'd have to say more about your background.

[joon]

Additionally, being a Chinese student & of Chinese descent, unlike many undergraduate schools, may actually enhance your chances for admission among top law schools.

P.S. Are you willing to share your undergraduate school via PM ?

Why specifically Chinese? Or did you mean asian in general?

[CanadianWolf]

This was in response to the original post in this thread (OP is a Chinese student).

[Hikikomorist]

Additionally, being a Chinese student & of Chinese descent, unlike many undergraduate schools, may actually enhance your chances for admission among top law schools.

P.S. Are you willing to share your undergraduate school via PM ?

Where are getting this idea?

[CanadianWolf]

Building diverse classes are a common goal of adcomms.

[Clemenceau]

Just to clarify a common misconception: the Northwestern ED scholarship is NOT a full ride.

It's $150k. That's alot, but with the way tuition costs have been going, you could easily end up paying 30-40k in tuition with that scholarship.

That's why it's a bad idea for op to ED nu. He/she could very well end up with a ruby or darrow anyway, which are more valuable scholarships and don't require a binding application.

[Mack.Hambleton]

Building diverse classes are a common goal of adcomms.

Which is why they don't prefer over represented students..

[CanadianWolf]

@Mack: Are you suggesting that Chinese students are over-represented in US law schools ?