hatemyjob (2022-2023)

No problem - I'm glad SOMEONE is asking questions - I do it all the time on LSN, and I hope that my profile can help people in a similar way. Anyway: no, I didn't fill out anything at NYU (or any school, for that matter) re: finances / financial aid. If that's what they are using to determine merit $$$, then I'm really bummed. After your post, I did some research - it seems that people with numbers lower than mine are getting merit $$$ offers, and have been for a few weeks. I'm guessing that I haven't heard anything from them (I haven't) because I didn't fill in that form, which I'm regretting now. In my opinion, they never clearly conveyed that those forms were a prereq for receiving merit offers. Just like UVA really changed my decision process by offering me $$$ -- doesn't mean I'm going to UVA, but it does mean that I'm really going to give them a strong look (they do a great job of recruiting) -- the same would be true, but only more so, if I got a $$$ offer from a school of the caliber of Columbia/NYU/Chicago. Basically, if any of those three threw money my way, I don't think anything short of an offer from Har/Yal would be able to sway me away from whatever school was offering the $$$. Even with an offer from H/Y, it would be hard to say no. The combination of great school + $$$ is a strong one! (Looking at your profile, the 25k offer is the one I've been hearing about a lot in the last few days. 25k @ NYU be a big deal to me, even with the obvious cost-of-living factor.)

Thanks very much for the NYU financial info. I really had no idea about it until I talked to you; this is why I like to use LSN/LSD, because there are so many knowledgable and nice people :) (Of course, there are the few scattered assholes as well, but I think that's unavoidable?) I'm in a similar situation - I hadn't bothered to fill in any financial forms because I assumed parental income would disqualify me. Seems now that that might not be the case if NYU is using it as a screen for merit offers. I'm going to try to get the requisite docs in order before the deadline. In terms of UVA: I keep hearing the same thing about how happy people are there. UVA has really done an EXCELLENT job of recruiting this cycle, at least in my experience - both in terms of $$$ and materials. Far above any other school I've gotten into, although Columbia comes close. Just the other day, I got a ?semi?-personalized email from a professor at UVA (also a UVA law alum) who really took the time to discuss my app, the school, etc. It isn't making me say "I'm going to UVA for sure", but it is making me take a long look at the school (to the extent that I'm going to travel there this April) whereas, when I first applied, I really put in the application as an afterthought. Yale is driving me nuts. The whole last week, I felt like a deadman walking, waiting for that letter. Am I happy it hasn't come: absolutely. However, I'm being careful not to read too much into it. I have 'survived', but I have a feeling that this has more to do with when I sent in my app (late Jan/early Feb) unfortunately, rather than with them getting ready to give me the famous Yale phone call. Most people on LSN in my time period are still pending, other than the few scattered autorejects (

Was out of town for a while! IMO, don't be too pessimistic about Harvard. On the one hand, it is assholish of them to still have you pending. On the other hand, you wern't touched by the April waves of rejects OR waitlists. This could be a very good thing. My law school life gets more complicated daily. I have deposits in at two schools, am trying to negotiate for money, and just found out today that I was accepted off the Chicago waitlist. I'm also in play on my remaining waitlists. :) Hell, your lasting at Harvard thus far might bode well for all us late admits / waitlists. But it's definitely still an evolving thing. Anyway, I think you are set regardless of anything else: you are an NYU admit. Have you visited NY? I'm thinking of doing so this month.