Splitter odds at Scholarship

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• stepharizona Alum Member

  December 2017 3197 karma

  Splitters have really difficult to predict scholarship cycles. Hop on lawschoolnumbers.com and see what people with similar stats have achieved. You'd be surprised. I'd apply anywhere you're LSAT is over the 75% and see what happens.
• Alex Alum Member ⭐

  December 2017 23929 karma

  @klkForver said:
  So I scored a 169 LSAT, but due to a really low GPA from a long time ago(2.8). My more recent academic GPA was a 3.3. Would I be in the running for heavy scholarships at schools with average LSAT of 157?

  Yeah you'd be in the running for scholarships for sure from a school with a 50%tile 157 score. Your GPA may be low, but many schools with low numbers can use you to boost their LSAT-%tiles
• goingfor99th Free Trial Member

  December 2017 edited December 2017 3072 karma

  You will probably receive a near-full tuition scholarship, depending on the school. Lower ranked schools will salivate over your LSAT score.
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  Paul Caint Alum Member ⭐

  December 2017 edited December 2017 3521 karma

  I had a friend who had a ~2.9/177 and got a full ride from UVA.

  I'm guessing you could get the same from a lesser-ranked school - somewhere where you are far above their 75th percentile LSAT.
• klkForver Member

  January 2018 16 karma

  Thanks for the advice guys. I'm applying to UNH, and if they give me a huge scholarship, I'll go there because it is highly ranked for patent law and gets top students there into the bigtime.
• klkForver Member

  January 2018 16 karma

  One factor that is interesting is that I'm applying in January. My application is in, but I took the December LSAT's. It looks like UNH gave out all its big scholarships to people who applied really early:
  http://newhampshire.lawschoolnumbers.com/applicants?order=asc&sort=status
• michaelrayhuerta Alum Member

  January 2018 11 karma

  @klkForver said:
  One factor that is interesting is that I'm applying in January. My application is in, but I took the December LSAT's. It looks like UNH gave out all its big scholarships to people who applied really early:
  http://newhampshire.lawschoolnumbers.com/applicants?order=asc&sort=status

  Do you know, under the $$$ section on law school numbers, is that the award amount for the entire 3 years?
• klkForver Member

  January 2018 16 karma

  @michaelrayhuerta said:

  @klkForver said:
  One factor that is interesting is that I'm applying in January. My application is in, but I took the December LSAT's. It looks like UNH gave out all its big scholarships to people who applied really early:
  http://newhampshire.lawschoolnumbers.com/applicants?order=asc&sort=status

  Do you know, under the $$$ section on law school numbers, is that the award amount for the entire 3 years?

  Yes, and so far, it looks like anything over 100K goes to applications from October.
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  stepharizona Alum Member

  January 2018 3197 karma

  I'm currently at a 166 highest and low mid 3 GPA and have been averaging a 66-75% scholarships to the T20+ slightly better in the 30s and a Full to a State college in the 40s, that has a 163 75% 161%. I'm at the 75% or above median and below the 25% GPA at all of these schools. And according to LSN my numbers Fall right in line with others and in only one acception do I think my softs made any type of difference in money.

  A few 7Sagers have been sub 3 and 170+ and received at least 50% to Full at T8s and up. Based on merit, not other programs.

  I'm hoping to push to 170+ finally in Feb. Tonsee what else can happen.

  I've yet to not be admitted and receive an offer that matches in LSN. So start there, compare your numbers and it's an accurate snapshot, at least from my experience.
• 10000019 Alum Member

  January 2018 3279 karma

  @stepharizona said:
  I'm currently at a 166 highest and low mid 3 GPA and have been averaging a 66-75% scholarships to the T20+ slightly better in the 30s and a Full to a State college in the 40s, that has a 163 75% 161%. I'm at the 75% or above median and below the 25% GPA at all of these schools. And according to LSN my numbers Fall right in line with others and in only one acception do I think my softs made any type of difference in money.

  A few 7Sagers have been sub 3 and 170+ and received at least 50% to Full at T8s and up. Based on merit, not other programs.

  I'm hoping to push to 170+ finally in Feb. Tonsee what else can happen.

  I've yet to not be admitted and receive an offer that matches in LSN. So start there, compare your numbers and it's an accurate snapshot, at least from my experience.

  Your stats gave me hope since I'm pretty close to you. Hopes shattered when I looked your LSN profile. Your 'softs' are incredible!
• stepharizona Alum Member

  January 2018 3197 karma

  Don't be shattered...

  Stats are what really matter... for better or worse...

  I can flat out tell you they haven't made a difference at scholarships... only the full ride may have been influenced... and that's a maybe.
• klkForver Member

  January 2018 16 karma

  Nice to hear from you, stepharizona. One thing that has made me mildly pessimistic is the I sent my application to UNH on the 12th(I was late because my boss didn't write the rec sooner) and still haven't heard back. On lawschoolnumbers, most people heard pretty quickly. I've got lots more applications out there though.
• OlamHafuch Alum Member

  January 2018 2326 karma

  @klkForver said:

  @michaelrayhuerta said:

  @klkForver said:
  One factor that is interesting is that I'm applying in January. My application is in, but I took the December LSAT's. It looks like UNH gave out all its big scholarships to people who applied really early:
  http://newhampshire.lawschoolnumbers.com/applicants?order=asc&sort=status

  Do you know, under the $$$ section on law school numbers, is that the award amount for the entire 3 years?

  Yes, and so far, it looks like anything over 100K goes to applications from October.

  This is false.
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  klkForver Member

  February 2018 16 karma

  Ok, so my admissions are in and I got $26,000 per year from one. I'm pretty happy about that because the school has a great job placement program.
• splitter_saga Free Trial Member

  February 2018 60 karma

  @"Paul Caint" said:
  I had a friend who had a ~2.9/177 and got a full ride from UVA.

  I'm guessing you could get the same from a lesser-ranked school - somewhere where you are far above their 75th percentile LSAT.

  would you consider +3pts over the 75th "far above"?
• Paul Caint Alum Member ⭐

  February 2018 3521 karma

  @splitter_saga I would!
• stepharizona Alum Member

  February 2018 3197 karma

  @splitter_saga said:

  @"Paul Caint" said:
  I had a friend who had a ~2.9/177 and got a full ride from UVA.

  I'm guessing you could get the same from a lesser-ranked school - somewhere where you are far above their 75th percentile LSAT.

  would you consider +3pts over the 75th "far above"?

  GPA seems to still be playing a role. I've yet to get another full ride, even from schools I'm +4 than. One thing for sure is LSN seems really reliable for knowing where you'll fall and where the cut offs are for $$$$ levels. I've yet to get an offer that didn't fall in line with what others had reported.