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Law School Waitlist and Scholarship Support
Guidance after you apply: waitlist letters, scholarship reconsideration requests, and comparing offers.
If you are waitlisted
A waitlist is not a rejection. Read the school’s waitlist instructions first. Some schools ask you to confirm your interest, some invite updates, and some do not want additional materials. If a school allows it, a letter of continued interest tells the committee that you still want a seat and gives them something new to consider.
Letters of continued interest
A letter of continued interest, sometimes called a LOCI, is short and specific. A strong one usually includes:
A clear statement that you remain interested in the school
Updates since you applied, such as new grades, work experience, or a higher LSAT score
What you would contribute, tied to details of the school
A statement that you would attend if admitted, only if that is true
Timing matters. Waitlist offers often come after seat deposit deadlines, when admitted applicants commit to other schools. Sending several letters can work against you, so one well-timed letter is usually better than many.
Scholarship reconsideration
Some schools will review a scholarship offer when you have a competing offer or updated materials, and others will not. The offer letter often says which. If the policy is unclear, a short, polite email asking whether the school considers reconsideration requests is reasonable. A request should be specific about what has changed or which offer you are comparing.
Comparing offers
Scholarship terms can include conditions, such as a minimum GPA to keep the award. We help you compare offers on total cost over three years and on the conditions attached, not only on the first-year amount.
How we work with you on it
We help you decide whether to send a letter, write it, plan its timing, and prepare reconsideration requests and offer comparisons. The decisions are yours. Our role is to help you present your case clearly.
Planning your school list with scholarships in mind starts earlier. See our guide to school list and strategy.
LAW SCHOOL ADMISSIONS
Waitlist and scholarships
What to Expect
In a free consultation, we review your background, GPA and LSAT, and school list. Support after decisions then follows three steps.
Review Your Offers
We read your decisions, waitlist instructions, and scholarship terms, and note each school’s deadlines.
Plan & Draft
We decide which letters or requests to send and when, and you draft with our written feedback.
Compare & Decide
We help you compare offers on total cost and conditions so you can make your final decision.
LAW ADMISSIONS ADVISOR
Law applicants work directly with Robert Farbman, an incoming 1L at Harvard Law School and a graduate of Cornell University, where he earned a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations.
Robert has worked on successful applications to Harvard, NYU, Cornell, Northwestern, Georgetown, Duke and UC Berkeley. He scored in the 99th percentile on the LSAT and recently went through the law school application process himself.
He has years of experience teaching students, guiding writers as an undergraduate law review editor, and mentoring incoming transfers to Cornell. His internships at Cornell spanned legal research abroad, corporate financial compliance, and federal agency work.
