When To Expect Fee Waivers After October LSAT Forum

Hannibal · Post by **Hannibal** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 1:35 pm

Now I feel like an idiot for giving up on Friday.

hulahoop · Post by **hulahoop** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 1:42 pm

hidden columbia today as well. 173, 3.9

lzyovrachievr · Post by **lzyovrachievr** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 4:15 pm

Hannibal wrote:Now I feel like an idiot for giving up on Friday.

Good thing I'm lazy!

5823 · Post by **5823** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 12:34 am

wwaideli · Post by **wwaideli** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 2:05 am

UC-Davis is coming later this week according to the response I got from requesting a waiver. ...If anyone else is waiting on a free backup school in California. Hasting's was not so friendly with regard to my request.

"UC Davis Law School is not administering a fee waiver program. We will, however, honor waivers granted by the Law School Admission Council.

Applicants who have been granted an LSAC fee waiver need do nothing more than file the electronic application for admission. The UC Davis application fee waiver is granted automatically.

We will also grant a fee waiver if you are a current or recent participant in AmeriCorp or the Peace Corp.

Later this week we will search the Candidate Referral Service database to select potential candidates for merit fee waivers. Those emails are sent directly to the prospective applicant. If you have registered with the Candidate Referral Service, please let us know so that we can consider you during our search of that database."

The application fee is not waived for International and transfer applicants.

glitched · Post by **glitched** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 3:26 pm

Just literally got columbia email. Sorry I'm on a phone so o didn't read earlier posts about this. I'm october lsat only.

NYC_7911 · Post by **NYC_7911** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 3:32 pm

leeronalda wrote:Just literally got columbia email. Sorry I'm on a phone so o didn't read earlier posts about this. I'm october lsat only.

Yep, just got my Columbia fee waiver. Based on LSAT only. YAY!

fastforward · Post by **fastforward** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:41 pm

Anyone know of any unusual fee-waiver requirements for Texas?

birdlaw117 · Post by **birdlaw117** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:04 pm

fastforward wrote:Anyone know of any unusual fee-waiver requirements for Texas?

Yes. They make you do a one-mile run. If you can finish under 7 minutes, fee waiver. If not, double the fee.

ArghItsBlarg · Post by **ArghItsBlarg** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 3:50 pm

birdlaw117 wrote:
fastforward wrote:Anyone know of any unusual fee-waiver requirements for Texas?
Yes. They make you do a one-mile run. If you can finish under 7 minutes, fee waiver. If not, double the fee.

I imagine this is in conjunction with the "Test of Valor" section they recently added to the LSAT

birdlaw117 · Post by **birdlaw117** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 4:22 pm

ArghItsBlarg wrote:
birdlaw117 wrote:
fastforward wrote:Anyone know of any unusual fee-waiver requirements for Texas?
Yes. They make you do a one-mile run. If you can finish under 7 minutes, fee waiver. If not, double the fee.
I imagine this is in conjunction with the "Test of Valor" section they recently added to the LSAT

Indeed. Speaking of, what shape was your ring in at your test site? Mine was a pentagon... Kind of awkward. Good thing it was just experimental this year.

Blindc1rca · Post by **Blindc1rca** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 6:00 pm

damn it. i still haven't gotten columbia. 3.85/170. a lost cause?

lzyovrachievr · Post by **lzyovrachievr** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 1:23 pm

Blindc1rca wrote:damn it. i still haven't gotten columbia. 3.85/170. a lost cause?

....Probably. Sorry. There were many people that had similar stats and better that still didn't get a waiver after the June LSAT and they still haven't. (3.85/173, 3.7x/170)

edgarfigaro · Post by **edgarfigaro** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 4:08 pm

Still don't understand how I got a Columbia waiver with my GPA, let alone getting 2 emails.

lzyovrachievr · Post by **lzyovrachievr** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 4:21 pm

edgarfigaro wrote:Still don't understand how I got a Columbia waiver with my GPA, let alone getting 2 emails.

It may not have anything at all to do with your GPA. Truthfully, people like to think it's solely done by LSAT, but even then there are people with the same numbers that get them and people that don't.

It's also possible that CRS is an imperfect tool. So, we're not positive how Columbia searches for people, but they often leave out people with high GPAs, high LSATs, low GPAs, and low LSATs. The basic pattern is if your stats are good, you'll get a waiver, with a bit of randomness thrown into the equation.

rbahdi · Post by **rbahdi** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 8:31 pm

I received additional hidden fee waivers from Columbia and Cornell sometime this past week.

dabomb75 · Post by **dabomb75** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 5:27 am

email fee waiver from Northwestern a couple of days ago

jonc4 · Post by **jonc4** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 3:58 pm

Has anyone gotten a waiver from Penn? I signed up for CRS after scores were released, so I'm worried I'll have to wait for the December round.

conroyc · Post by **conroyc** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 2:55 am

wwaideli wrote:UC-Davis is coming later this week according to the response I got from requesting a waiver. ...If anyone else is waiting on a free backup school in California. Hasting's was not so friendly with regard to my request.

"UC Davis Law School is not administering a fee waiver program. We will, however, honor waivers granted by the Law School Admission Council.

Applicants who have been granted an LSAC fee waiver need do nothing more than file the electronic application for admission. The UC Davis application fee waiver is granted automatically.

We will also grant a fee waiver if you are a current or recent participant in AmeriCorp or the Peace Corp.

Later this week we will search the Candidate Referral Service database to select potential candidates for merit fee waivers. Those emails are sent directly to the prospective applicant. If you have registered with the Candidate Referral Service, please let us know so that we can consider you during our search of that database."

The application fee is not waived for International and transfer applicants.

Has anyone received a waiver from Davis yet?

gerbal · Post by **gerbal** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 3:10 am

Is anybody still waiting on UChicago? Is it a lost cause at this point?

birdlaw117 · Post by **birdlaw117** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 4:24 am

gerbal wrote:Is anybody still waiting on UChicago? Is it a lost cause at this point?

I don't know if it is a lost cause, but it is definitely better to get your app in now and pay the $$ rather than sit around waiting for two more weeks and let 50 people take your spot. Just my opinion though.

overunderachiever · Post by **overunderachiever** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:16 pm

Might be a stupid question but...they give out merit-based fee waivers? And if you can, how can you tell the difference between a merit-based one and a "random" one?

Dany · Post by **Dany** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:29 pm

overunderachiever wrote:Might be a stupid question but...they give out merit-based fee waivers? And if you can, how can you tell the difference between a merit-based one and a "random" one?

"Merit" based simply means they found you through CRS. The only other option is "need" based, which can come through LSAC or the school itself.

"Merit" based fee waivers are also given to applicants with lower numbers to encourage them to apply, simply so the school can reject them and lower their acceptance rate. So essentially there aren't any random ones per se, but if both your numbers are below their 25ths and you are not a URM, it's probably not a legitimate merit-based fee waiver.

overunderachiever · Post by **overunderachiever** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:32 pm

^Thank you!

Dany · Post by **Dany** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:44 pm

No problem - I hope it made sense! It's just merit vs. need with merit being somewhat of a misnomer.

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