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  cooljon525-1-1 Alum Member

  November 2019 917 karma

  I'm doing around 6 or 7 schools including 2 safeties
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  AudaciousRed Alum Member

  November 2019 2689 karma

  I did 6. It depends on what you think is right for you. You want a few safeties and a couple reaches, at least. Maybe a few that are on the upper end of reach to later use for negotiation purposes? You don't have to go overboard and do like 20+, but don't sell yourself short, either. I had fee waivers for every application I made, so it only cost about $270 in fees for that ("only" )
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  Kgorman3 Free Trial Member

  November 2019 12 karma

  thanks so much for the input! @AudaciousRed how do you go about getting a fee waiver?
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  AudaciousRed Alum Member

  November 2019 2689 karma

  @Kgorman3 said:
  thanks so much for the input! @AudaciousRed how do you go about getting a fee waiver?

  Many times, the school will waive the fees automatically and mention that in an email or letter. When you go in to do an application, it'll usually tell you at the disclosure of the fees when you begin whether or not there is a fee waiver on file or not. You still have to always pay the stupid LSAC fee of $45, but not having to pay an additional school fee is quite nice. All of the waivers I had were unsolicited... they just did it and sent me notice that they did. You can ask for them, though, from some schools. Some wont give you a fee waiver unless you're poor. Stanford is one of those schools.
  This is a bit dated, but roughly, this kind of shows what a fee waiver looks like: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=129078

  Now days, it doesn't mention a CRS waiver, but it does reflect that the school has no charges. If you dont see a waiver mentioned or the school amount is 0, then you dont have a waiver.
• Kgorman3 Free Trial Member

  November 2019 12 karma

  @AudaciousRed Great, thank you very much for your help!!