End of Cycle Recap (February Applicant)
I went through about 3 different dark nights of the soul during this whole application process but I just received a scholarship offer from Berkeley and am going to commit! Berkeley was my first choice from the moment I started thinking of law school and my acceptance there was the second decision I received (two days after initial aid offers went out so no merit aid). I had high hopes for reconsideration... which proceeded to be crushed as waitlist after waitlist rolled in with zero further acceptances let alone scholarship offers. So I begged Berkeley for $75,000 on the reconsideration request deadline (thinking they'd probably reject it since I had no competing offers and I'd have to R&R) but they were magnanimous enough to offer me 80% of that. I'll still have to take out more in loans than the number I confidently told my mother was the MAXIMUM I would consider borrowing right after my LSAT score came out, but hey, at least there's LRAP.
Another piece of information for anyone applying late in future years: my friend (3.9high, 17high) also applied in January/February and she was offered a full tuition scholarship at Northwestern. So I think the moral of the story here is that it's a good idea to apply to Northwestern.