<p>I was accepted, I saw it online Friday, and sent in my enrollment deposit yesterday but still haven't received my letter and stuff in the mail. Anyone else have this problem??
Also does anyone know when they send out the financial aid packages??</p>
<p>when I got in EA, it took like 3 weeks for me to finally get something in the mail!</p>
<p>I sure hope they don’t wait 3 weeks to send out the financial aid/scholarship offers. That would be cutting it really close to the decision deadline of May 1 for all the schools. My son was pretty much set on the University of Florida not thinking he’d get in to UNC. But he did get in and now unless they send a great scholarship/financial aid offer there’s no way we’ll be able to afford it. The tuition alone is 5 times as much as UF is for us. What I thought was really nice was someone from UNC called him this evening to talk with him about attending and what his plans were. It’s funny ALL the schools he’s been accepted to have called to speak with him, heck Ohio State even offered to pay to fly him and a parent out there and included lodging for two nights as well, EXCEPT the University of Florida. They are the ONLY school that hasn’t done anything, accept admit him. It makes me wonder…</p>
<p>Financial aid will be online, and you will get an email telling you your package is ready.</p>
<p>@FLnative28… I’m from FL too and I was in the same situation. I honestly think that UF thinks too highly of itself, and personally did not want to be in that environment. UNC is so beautiful, the atmoshpere is wonderful, and the school is ranked much higher than UF. I decided to take the leap and spend the extra money for a wayyy better college experience!</p>
<p>I haven’t gotten anything physical from UNC except for stuff about places to live. I was accepted on Friday in-state. I wouldn’t be concerned. :)</p>
<p>@collegemn - I can see why you would make that choice 
And you are right, I believe it is a better school. But unfortunately for us, it’s so much more money that it’s not feasible. When the UNC student called the other night he and my son were talking for awhile… the UNC student is double majoring in PoliSci and Economics just like my son plans on doing - I don’t think it was a coincidence that he was the one to call him 
My son has every intention of going to graduate school and feels the money will be better spent then and you know what, the UNC guy agreed with him so you never know, Chapel Hill may still be in his future 4 years from now. Good luck there I have no doubt you’ll love it!!</p>
<p>FLnative- My D is going to UNC has great stats etc and I have to say that many other schools have courted her more than UNC has and offered considerably more merit money (she hasn’t been offered any at UNC). I have no idea how the college “courting” works but on some level I am certain that in-state, flagship schools do realize that they are most applicants best academic/cost option. While this doesn’t make the applicant feel particularly loved, in the end it is still a smart and great decision. The way we have chosen to look at the situation is that just getting accepted to UNC as an in-state student is like being awarded a $10-$20K merit scholarship. While UF isn’t ranked as high as UNC it is still a GREAT, well respected, greatly loved school that is selective. If I were in your shoes, my child would be going to UF and we would put the money saved aside for graduate school.</p>
<p>It is just my opinion but with the economy the way it is I think that all flagship state schools are going to continue to become more selective as more students decide to get a very good education at a reasonable cost. I know that living here in NC, getting into UNC carries almost as much prestige as getting into an Ivy! I believe that in FL getting into UF is viewed similarly. Good luck to your son with his decision!</p>
<p>@turtlelover - your insights are right on point. It’s interesting to hear that other parents are finding themselves in the same situation. And I have to agree, the state flagship schools don’t give out much scholarship money because they don’t have to. Like you said, they’re the best deal in town. And yes, getting into UF here is very difficult, stupidly so, if you ask me. They pretty much take only the top 4-5% of the graduating high school classes. My son had a 2070 SAT, a 4.4 weighted GPA with tons of DE & AP and is considered pretty average there. As a matter of fact he didn’t even get into their Honors program, the only one of all the schools he applied to. Thank you for your thoughts and good luck to your daughter at UNC :)</p>
<p>FLnative- thanks for seconding my thoughts. It is my belief that you pretty much need to be in the top 5% here to get into UNC also. They may go as low as top 10% if your school has particularly strong academics or you have some sort of special hook. I have watched the paper for several years as they print around graduation time every year the top 1% of students from the HS’s in our county. I noticed a few trends that I found interesting. First that the majority of the top 1% of the kids go to UNC. I found this interesting because they certainly have multiple school options (I have read their bios and they are awesome, well rounded students). This fact is what I based my hypothesis on that many students/families are choosing a good, reasonable education over traditionally prestigious schools. Due to this trend, Flagship schools will continue to become increasingly more selective as even brighter students choose them over private schools. The second trend that I noticed was that a handful of these top students went to schools that offered significant merit money for bright students. Over the past 2-3 years that I have been watching, very few of these students have gone Ivy schools! I predict the university systems here in the US will change dramatically in the next 10-20 years!</p>