Accepted with a 22,000 Deans Scholarship
ACT: 31
GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.4 W
Rank: 10/800
Tons of extra curricular activities, leadership roles, volunteer hours, AP classes, and even a foreign exchange student experience
@freezycool, seems like you and my son have applied and been admitted to some of the same schools: Minnesota, Ohio State, Tulane and now SMU.
Congrats on your scholarship award! You should also run SMU’s net price calculator to see if you might qualify for some institutional need-based grant aid which may make SMU even more affordable for you. Good luck with your college search process.
Daughter accepted
Personalized acceptance letter with grammatical error…No mention of merit aid or major/school.
In state
Female
29 ACT
3.8 UW GPA
Lots of EC’s, leadership, volunteer work, varsity sports, etc.
Very happy for her because of all the hard work she has put in to get to this point, yet somewhat disappointed in SMU given the responses she’s received from other schools. Congrats to all!
Decision: Accepted with Dean’s Scholarship of up to $90,000 for 4 years (can’t find info on this scholarship??)
Major: Premed/Business
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR:700 M:740 WR:680 (2120 superscore)
ACT: 33 composite
SAT II: none
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World (5), AP US history (4), AP Lang (4), AP Chem (2) <-- yes I know, I failed
IB (place score in parenthesis):none
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s, 3 electives
Major Awards: Furman Scholar, Wofford Scholar, National Merit Scholar recognition, AP scholar, National Honors Society, National Latin Honors Society, and I can’t think of the rest right now.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (4 years and president, even though I got elected after I submitted my application), School Ambassador, World Language club officer, Bass fishing club (this really sets me apart from the competition lol, especially since I’m Korean), piano, lacrosse (part of the first program at my school)
Job/Work Experience: Navicent Health Intern/Volunteer
Volunteer/Community service: 40+ volunteer hours every year
Summer Activities:none other than some volunteer venues. We usually travel, so I don’t do anything during summer.
Essays: Essays were all very good, if I say so myself. My common app essay was about my relationship with an exchange student and how it impacted my life.
Teacher Recommendation: I did not look at the recommendations, but I assume they were good.
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Other
State (if domestic applicant): out of state- Georgia, baby!
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): business with premed requirements
School Type: small private school smack dab in the middle of georgia
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: let me put it this way, as to not offend anyone: we can’t possibly qualify for any need based help.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college
Reflection- I feel I am a very unique candidate. I have strong extracurricular like the Bass fishing club, and my college counselor mentioned my love of fishing in her rec.
Strengths: Extracurriculars, ACT, volunteer hours, and leadership
Weaknesses: SAT, and AP chem score
General Comments: I haven’t gotten my letter in the mail yet, but I can’t wait to get it! Hopefully it’s a personalized letter.
@fatherof2boys Congrats to your son! We both have pretty neat places to choose from. I’m probably going to end up chosing between SMU and Minnesota, unless OSU offers me Morrill (which I doubt will happen, but a girl can dream, right?). Is your son considering applying to the Hunt Leadership Scholars program by chance?
@BoBandall I think being on CC, most of us “average” income folks have become pretty desensitized to those high incomes lol. Your online letter- in the portal- which shows up as an update posted on 12/11, will be the personalized one. Now, if they end up personalizing the actual letter too, I’m going to be even more impressed!
Does anyone know if the PS is still a potential availability for someone who got the Second Century Scholarship?
@freezycool I checked my online letter again,and found the personalized part. They complimented me on my essay. it seems I was right that it was a strong paper!
i received my acceptance yesterday but no mention of merit :// ? I have very good stats so i am shocked! is there something that might come with my letter?
Decision: Accepted
Major: Business; Finance
SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (800 M 730 CR 720 W)
SAT II: 720 Math 2; 700 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top ~20%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (3); Environmental Science (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Government, AP Euro, Honors Finance
Major Awards: Nothing much
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis, Economics Club VP, Frisbee Club Team, Debate Team
Job/Work Experience: Part-Time for the past year at a deli
Volunteer/Community service: ~100 hours total
Summer Activities:
Essays: Pretty solid, they definitely couldn’t have hurt my application
Teacher Recommendation: I had 2 written by teachers who are pretty unique, eloquent writers from Biology & USH
Counselor Rec: He knew me pretty well, so it must have been good.
Additional Rec:
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Finance
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >$200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: High SAT, Solid Essays
Weaknesses: Had one poor semester Freshman. year, but no glaring weaknesses.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
General Comments: Really happy to have gotten in here with a Dean’s Scholarship ($22,500 each year), as this likely wouldn’t be a viable option without it. Lived in Irving (~15 minutes away) for 4 years growing up so I’m familiar with the area and like it a lot. I visited the campus last winter and it was gorgeous + I could wear shorts in February! I’ve so far gotten into Ohio State, IU, and Tulane with decent merit awards, but SMU is definitely going to be among my Top 3 or so of places to attend.
Decision: Accepted
Major: Mechanical Engineering (pre med track)
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1750(did not send)
ACT: 27
SAT II:(none)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):93/573
AP (place score in parenthesis): All Classes i could take AP including AP Psych as elective
IB (place score in parenthesis): not at school
Senior Year Course Load: Football AP Chem AP Calc BC AP Lit 4 AP Econ Govt Anatomy
Major Awards:
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (President of an African culture club) Football (Varsity Captain) NHS a few others
Job/Work Experience: over a Year at same place
Volunteer/Community service: 80 plus hours
Summer Activities: work work dont stop
Essays: A1 af i put my soul into it
Teacher Recommendation: For sure good i picked teachers close to me
Counselor Rec: probably good she loves me
Additional Rec: same as teachers
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Texas yall
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: 6A (largest classification in TX)
Ethnicity: African American/Black
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:<60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: I balances school’s rigorous curriculum with all my other activities. I am a busy person and i think the game changer for me was my essay and/or how my grades shot up dramatically from freshman to junior year
Weaknesses: Grades werent CRAZY high and i did not have very high act score (YET i took it again this weekend)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
I showed that i have the will to get things done and i can manage time very well for my age. i still was so shocked/excited i got accepted i was dancing all around at my job (where i found out lol).
General Comments: go ponies
Hello I was wondering how you all received your responses as the website says they will not be posted until dec 31 st?
We received ours online 12/11 and a packet/letter as a follow-up in the mail. Hope this helps. Good luck!
I got more scholarships from COE! 
:)>-
Congrats @fhczsuntao! Has anyone else received any addiotional scholarship notices since the Dec 11 acceptance/scholarship notification?
Got an extra 9k from Lyle a while ago @Musicschool2016 , don’t know if any of the other schools have given anything. Hope I’ve helped
S received official mail yesterday awarding a $5K scholarship for graduating with full IB. That’s in addition to the initial Deans of $22500 plus $7500 for BBA Scholars. I could be off on those numbers slightly, as I am going from memory – but I know the total is $35,000. He was invited to apply for the Hunt also, and did, so I’m hoping the ball keeps rolling.
Does anyone know how President’s works, when they notify, interview etc.? If he’s heard nothing about that one, is it safe to assume he won’t?
Accepted
Major: General Business
Objective:
SAT 1970
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 – Weighted 4.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Physics 1 (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): not at school
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 2, AP Calc AB, AP Stat, Honors English 4, Spanish 5
Varsity Cross Country 3 years-- Senior year Captain
Varsity Lacrosse 4 years
Multiple community service hours
22.5 K - SMU scholarship