Suggest schools for high ACT but otherwise mid law hopeful

If you are likely NMSF, then the odds are in your favor of being NMF. In that case, you simply cannot beat the package currently offered by Alabama. You can try, but you cannot. NMFs are offered four years of housing free, five years of tuition (which can be applied to law school), four years of a stipend, and a study abroad stipend. In effect, you pay for the meal plan you choose. So, there’s that.

You could look at Oklahoma and Texas Tech (both excellent options). Texas A&M would offer in-state tuition plus a scholarship for NMF status. A&M would still be about $20K+ a year depending on housing.

So, if you are hunting merit, those are excellent options.

Arizona State gutted its merit for '22. Do not expect it to come back. For '22 Arizona kept its merit aid, whether that remains for your class is unknown. The rumor is it will not. Allegedly the decision will be made in October/November (after you would have applied, naturally).

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