I will definately try it out here soon. If I have a t4 school with full tuition scholarship, do you think that would sway a lower t2 school (ranked 95) to offer some financial aid? It can't hurt, and I will keep posted.
More importantly for me, I am on three stubborn waitlists. Should I attach a full tuition scholarship award from a t4? The waitlists are all t2's - 59, 76, and 100 rankings. I know we've talked about negotiating financial aid, but could one negotiate admission as well?
Thanks.
Admissions can be negotiated, but you have to be in at a school they consider a competitor.
Harvard, Yale or Stanford (some other top-10's have competed here, too)
Temple, Kent, Miami, Houston, Cardozo, Brooklyn, or Pepperdine
Penn, Columbia, NYU, NU, UVA, Michigan, or Chicago
Fordham, UIUC, UNC, Ohio State, WUSTL, Cardozo, or UW
Vandy, USC, UCLA, Georgetown, WUSTL, BU or Texas
Hastings, Tulane, Davis or Wisconsin, GMU, or UNC
I think you get it. Scholarships? Nope...won't work. It has to be a school they would at least realistically fear losing you to. Schools know their brands, and they know how much relative prestige they have. if you threaten to go to Cal western over Temple, Temple will tell you, "good luck in your endeavors".