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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These are real-life examples from the past 3 years, as LSAT scores have soared with online test administration and undergrad GPAs have soared during remote learning

One of my kids had perfect GPA and LSAT and strong academic achievements, but had literally never held a job - got in everywhere except Yale, [b]received multiple Top 6 full-ride offers[/b]

The other had near-perfect GPA, a high 160s LSAT, and 3 years work experience in a US Attorney's Office, including as senior paralegal on a very high-profile trial, with a glowing letter of recommendation from the attorney on that case - shut out of the Top 14

If that real-world legal experience didn't make up for an LSAT <170 I can't imagine what undergrad part-time job would. It's all GPA and LSAT[/quote]

Which top 6 law schools give merit full-rides? I didn't know full-rides were a thing for very highly ranked schools.[/quote]

It’s not -signed Harvard law grad [/quote]

You’re factually wrong - parent of kid who declined Harvard Law for one of the below

UChicago: Rubenstein Scholarship (full ride + $20k annual stipend)
Columbia: Hamilton Fellowship (full ride)
NYU: AnBryce Scholarship (full ride) and Root-Tilden-Kern (full ride for people with plans to public interest careers)
Stanford: Knight-Hennessy Fellowship (full ride)

Why would you come here and make errors of fact based on nothing but your own outdated assumptions?

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Those are one~off speciality scholarships for rare individuals. PP is correct that  top law schools don’t give merit because they don’t have to. My kid is applying to Harvard and I fully expect to have to pay $108k a year for three years. [/quote]

UChicago literally gives full ride scholarships plus $20k annual stipends to 10% of its students- search Rubenstein Scholars

As said above, every school other than Harvard and Yale offer merit scholarships [/quote]

Those are designed to attract students to Hyde park who would otherwise go to Harvard, Yale or Stanford[/quote]

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