Effect of LSAC fee waiver on application?

mbmeowww

I have an LSAC fee waiver and I can't seem to find a satisfactory answer as to whether the schools see this or take it into account when evaluating applications in re: economic disadvantage, etc. I know that many schools of course provide the application fee waiver, but from what I can tell that is an automatic process, not something determined by an actual human. Does anyone know?

sabrinamartinez623

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ALLCAA123

They don't take it into account. I wouldn't look too much into it- a fee waiver is just a school's way of goading you to apply (they might like your numbers, or they just need some gullible applicant to apply so that the adcoms can reject them, thus boosting their USNWR rating by claiming that they're more "selective").

On the question of economic disadvantage, every school prefers that you talk about it in one of your essays, or maybe in the 'demographics' section when applying.

Best of luck!