Fee Waivers

[acinva]

<p>Now that the October scores are out, many people are getting fee waivers. Why is it that some people with lower stats are getting waivers from very prestigious law schools while those with high stats (lsat & gpa) are not getting them from these schools?</p>

[sybbie719]

<p>Did you sign up for the Candidate Referral Service (CRS) through the LSAC? Think of it as when you to the SAT and you checked the box for colleges where you fit the profile to send you information- same concept. If you did not check the box to sign up for CRS, they don’t know that you are interested in hearing from the law schools.</p>

<p>If you did, do they have your current e-mail address? It is important to update your file at the LSAC if you have a change in address, phone #, e-mail, etc.</p>

<p>This is how students usually get fee waivers.</p>

<p>from the LSAC</p>

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If you create an account with LSAC for any purpose, including registering for the LSAT, the LSDAS, a law school forum, or even simply purchasing publications from LSAC, **you have the opportunity to authorize the release of information about yourself to eligible law schools and organizations. Law schools use LSAC’s Candidate Referral Service (CRS) to search for potential applicants. A school may, for example, indicate an interest in men or women who belong to minority groups, reside in certain states, have undergraduate grade–point averages or LSAT scores within specific ranges, or have combinations of these and other characteristics. By registering for CRS, you authorize the release of all of your biographic, academic, and employment information, as well as information you have provided about your law school preferences, to eligible law schools for use in the recruitment and admission processes. **</p>

<p>After reviewing information about you provided by CRS, a law school may contact you with information about its programs, or a school may invite you to apply.
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<p>there are also “hidden” fee waivers, which you will not know are there until you are ready to check out and submit your application, then you will get a message stating that the fee for this school has been waived.</p>