is it normal that some school application fees are $0 on LSAC??

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• nicole.hopkins Inactive Sage Inactive ⭐

  September 2015 7965 karma

  Yes, some schools are free (Baylor, etc).
• lpadr009 Free Trial Member

  September 2015 379 karma

  @nicole.hopkins said:
  Yes, some schools are free (Baylor, etc).
  

  
  wow this is awesome!!!!!!!! w00t
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  Pacifico Alum Inactive ⭐

  September 2015 8021 karma

  Perfectly normal, just don't forget you still have to pay the dark lords at LSAC for each application.
• NYC12345 Alum Inactive Sage

  September 2015 edited September 2015 1654 karma

  @lpadr009
  After you take the LSAT you will start receiving fee waivers from schools based on your numbers.
• c.janson35 Free Trial Inactive Sage Inactive ⭐

  September 2015 2398 karma

  Yup, no fees and fee waivers are an incentive to apply! It's good for the schools and good for you
• Pacifico Alum Inactive ⭐

  September 2015 8021 karma

  Just don't forget those fee waivers are for the school's application fees and not the dark lords' application fees... Getting a fee waiver from them is much more difficult...
• lpadr009 Free Trial Member

  September 2015 379 karma

  thank you all! @alexandergreene93 omg that is so great! @Pacifico @c.janson35 are you guys referring to the $170 dark lord CAS fee?
• Pacifico Alum Inactive ⭐

  September 2015 8021 karma

  no... they charge a $30 fee for each law school report they generate, which you will need to send to each school: http://www.lsac.org//jd/applying-to-law-school/cas/law-school-reports/?view=1
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  NYC12345 Alum Inactive Sage

  September 2015 1654 karma

  @lpadr009
  You can also contact admissions offices directly for merit-based fee waivers after receiving your score.
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  Pacifico Alum Inactive ⭐

  September 2015 8021 karma

  You should also check their websites to see if you fall in any of their fee waiver categories (e.g.- TFA, military, etc.) or try scoring some at law school fairs or LSAC forums.
• NYC12345 Alum Inactive Sage

  September 2015 1654 karma

  @Pacifico
  You will probably get waivers from just about every school, since you are a veteran.
• Pacifico Alum Inactive ⭐

  September 2015 8021 karma

  Yeah that's partly why I'm applying to a lot of schools that are big longshots, moreso because they'd be free to attend with the GI Bill, but every little bit helps. I need to get on my email game and submit those requests ASAP.
• leonsmoney Member

  September 2015 edited September 2015 280 karma

  @Pacifico I'm a veteran as well and found this list on TLS of all the schools that offer fee waivers for vets. Hope it's accurate I didn't realize there was a $30 fee per school payable to LSAC. I was going to apply to all of the free ones, but I'll definitely narrow this list way down now...
  
  Schools that waive application fees for Vets' (not all inclusive):
  Lewis and Clark
  ASU
  Buffalo
  Cincinnati
  Colorado
  Denver
  UCONN
  FIU
  Hawaii
  Notre Dame
  Tulane
  Richmond
  Widener
  William and Mary
  UVA
  NYU
  Chicago
  Georgetown
  University of Washington
  Berkeley
  George Washington
  Emory
  Vanderbilt
  Wyoming
  Montana
  Penn State
  UMASS
  
  No Waiver:
  Columbia
  Michigan
  Cornell
  Harvard
  Yale
  Stanford
  Duke
  
• Pacifico Alum Inactive ⭐

  September 2015 8021 karma

  I'm pretty sure some of the schools on the no list will still do it if you ask them, they just don't advertise it... An email request never hurt anyone...
• ddakjiking Inactive ⭐

  September 2015 2116 karma

  Times are tough and schools want as many people to apply as possible. I get so many emails each day from schools saying my application fees have been waived. hehe