How will waiting-list admission affect my chances of receiving financial aid or finding a place to live?
In most cases, scholarship funds will already have been committed, and you should not rely on receiving scholarship assistance. If you qualify, getting federal or private educational loans should be no problem. You should make sure that your FAFSA and supporting documentation have been received by the Financial Aid Office so that we can begin to process your loan application as soon as you have been accepted. If you are offered admission late in the summer, it is relatively easy to have loan checks issued to another law school reissued to the University of South Carolina. If you are admitted late in the summer and your loan check does not arrive by the start of classes, we are usually able to ask the University to allow you to defer payment on your tuition bill. You will need to come equipped with enough ready cash to rent an apartment and feed yourself until loan funds are disbursed. Off-campus housing in Columbia is usually not difficult to find, and we have resources to assist you w
If you qualify, getting federal or private educational loans should be no problem. You should make sure that your FAFSA and supporting documentation have been received by the Financial Aid Office so that we can begin to process your loan application as soon as you have been accepted. If you are offered admission late in the summer, it is relatively easy to have loan checks issued to another law school reissued to the University of Virginia. Once the Financial Aid Office certifies to our Business Office that you have been approved for student loans, the University will allow you to defer payment on your tuition bill until your loan check arrives, but you will need to come equipped with enough ready cash to rent an apartment and feed yourself until then. Off-campus housing in Charlottesville is usually not difficult to find, and we have resources to assist you with the search.
