George Washington 2015-2016 Applicants Forum

[Holodigm]

I was accepted a few days ago of the wait-list with a $20,000 scholarship/yr. I immediately sent in an email trying to negotiate for a bit more aid. I have deadlines coming up so I did not want to waste time. They emailed back within a day saying that I was one of two people they had offered money to in that round of and that I got the larger amount. They said I could expect maybe $5k more a year, but that they wouldn't be able to offer that until after the May 2nd deadline.

I'm really torn. GW is my current top choice, but it's so damn expensive. W&M is offering a $30k/yr scholarship and UIUC a full ride. I withdrew from Indiana and Minnesota since I could care less to work in either market and UIUC offered better prospects for Chicago.

My heart tells me GW, but my wallet says don't do it.

Funny, I was accepted a few days ago and got $25k/yr. Something seems off.

[griffinz]

Would either or both of you mind sharing your stats? Congrats & Thx!

[werdrd]

Would either or both of you mind sharing your stats? Congrats & Thx!

+1

[berkeleytransfer]

GW tells me they have no money, but they offer waitlist applicants 20-25k per year. I don't understand this at all unless they were YP'd.

Edit: Never mind, they have better numbers (LSAT) than me.

[reddspartan]

Would either or both of you mind sharing your stats? Congrats & Thx!

166 3.67 I don't think I was YP'd since I'm around their medians.

[Holodigm]

Would either or both of you mind sharing your stats? Congrats & Thx!

+1

170, 3.67. They reached out to me after WL and I asked if I was still interested, then got accepted a day or two later. I feel pretty confident I was YP'd.

[reddspartan]

Would either or both of you mind sharing your stats? Congrats & Thx!

+1

170, 3.67. They reached out to me after WL and I asked if I was still interested, then got accepted a day or two later. I feel pretty confident I was YP'd.

Are you planning on attending? I would be paying mostly through loans, though my parents say they will throw in about $12k a year, so between that and the scholarship, my CoL is basically covered. Still a lot of debt though.

[Holodigm]

My debt is gonna be six figures no matter what. I won't lie and say GWU is my #1, but I'm genuinely willing to consider any school.

[proteinshake]

GW just increased my scholly to 138K but I will be withdrawing! hopefully that'll clear a bunch of money to you deserving waiters!

[BDMPKT]

Has anyone successfully renegotiated (beyond the initial form) a scholarship? PM please

[scarlett25]

Just got a scholly bump to 141k but I've already committed to another school- good luck to anyone still waiting to hear about merit aid!

[michlaw89]

*cricket chirping*

[BDMPKT]

*cricket chirping*

Quite down over there.

[michlaw89]

*cricket chirping*

Quite down over there.

*cricket quietly chirping*

[berkeleytransfer]

I put my deposit down before GW's 2015 graduate employment statistics came out and was quite surprised by how much they dropped. Does anybody know why GW took such a big hit in terms of their employment score (66%)? Their part time/short-term placement increased dramatically as well. I'm worried that this will be a new trend for upcoming years. Considering that GW had been very consistent in recent year in terms of employment, did anything happen to GW that could explain this?

[michlaw89]

I put my deposit down before GW's 2015 graduate employment statistics came out and was quite surprised by how much they dropped. Does anybody know why GW took such a big hit in terms of their employment score (66%)? Their part time/short-term placement increased dramatically as well. I'm worried that this will be a new trend for upcoming years. Considering that GW had been very consistent in recent year in terms of employment, did anything happen to GW that could explain this?

Thats definitely something I'm interested in knowing. I quickly compared 2014 to 2015 and the formats are slightly different. Also, the school-funded positions decreased from about 13% to 8%. In 2015 there were fewer graduates so I wonder if having a smaller sample size somehow played into a skew in fields or types of jobs people are interested in.

[berkeleytransfer]

I put my deposit down before GW's 2015 graduate employment statistics came out and was quite surprised by how much they dropped. Does anybody know why GW took such a big hit in terms of their employment score (66%)? Their part time/short-term placement increased dramatically as well. I'm worried that this will be a new trend for upcoming years. Considering that GW had been very consistent in recent year in terms of employment, did anything happen to GW that could explain this?

Thats definitely something I'm interested in knowing. I quickly compared 2014 to 2015 and the formats are slightly different. Also, the school-funded positions decreased from about 13% to 8%. In 2015 there were fewer graduates so I wonder if having a smaller sample size somehow played into a skew in fields or types of jobs people are interested in.

Ya they had a smaller class in 2015 compared to previous years which is a good thing in my view. An interesting note is that their big law placement (100+) saw a decent increase from 28.5% to 32%. I wonder why their big law placement increased, but overall they took such a big hit. Government placement also dropped by 6% when it had been extremely consistent for the previous 3 years. This is somewhat concerning considering they also dropped in terms of rankings. I know the rankings don't mean a lot since they tend to fluctuate, but I'm wondering if employment was the main reason for the drop?

[bartletforlsat]

I put my deposit down before GW's 2015 graduate employment statistics came out and was quite surprised by how much they dropped. Does anybody know why GW took such a big hit in terms of their employment score (66%)? Their part time/short-term placement increased dramatically as well. I'm worried that this will be a new trend for upcoming years. Considering that GW had been very consistent in recent year in terms of employment, did anything happen to GW that could explain this?

Thats definitely something I'm interested in knowing. I quickly compared 2014 to 2015 and the formats are slightly different. Also, the school-funded positions decreased from about 13% to 8%. In 2015 there were fewer graduates so I wonder if having a smaller sample size somehow played into a skew in fields or types of jobs people are interested in.

Ya they had a smaller class in 2015 compared to previous years which is a good thing in my view. An interesting note is that their big law placement (100+) saw a decent increase from 28.5% to 32%. I wonder why their big law placement increased, but overall they took such a big hit. Government placement also dropped by 6% when it had been extremely consistent for the previous 3 years. This is somewhat concerning considering they also dropped in terms of rankings. I know the rankings don't mean a lot since they tend to fluctuate, but I'm wondering if employment was the main reason for the drop?

Looking at Georgetown and GW side by side on LST and they're more similar than not (though Gtown has the nod in big law placement by 8.6%). Maybe the class of 2015 was just a weird group for the two resident DC schools?

Edit: and I believe they went down on LST because their JD-bar passage required numbers went down.

[dony_tanza]

Just withdrew - hopefully that frees up a spot and some funding for others.

[WaitWaitDontSay]

Any WL movement?

[pixel]

Can anyone who got the ED Presidential scholarship PM me your stats? Curious for next cycle.

I second this!

For anyone accepted via the ED Presidential Merit Scholarship, I would really appreciate learning your stats! Totally wondering what the chances are for getting this.

[Cardinal143]

Hey for anyone who tried to negotiate scholly offers- who did you e-mail? Please reply or feel free to PM- thanks!

[onlycookie]

Hey for anyone who tried to negotiate scholly offers- who did you e-mail? Please reply or feel free to PM- thanks!

Try emailing Dean Sim

[Cardinal143]

Hey did anyone apply to the public interest fellowship and hear anything?

[darkchildnana]

Hey for anyone who tried to negotiate scholly offers- who did you e-mail? Please reply or feel free to PM- thanks!

I emailed Dean Sim and she initially said no but then i emailed her again a few weeks later and they bumped me up by 2,000 per year. not much, but something! good luck!