<p>D just got her letter today. She didn't get the Arts Scholarship she applied for - but that's no surprise. She had big conflicts leading up to the finalist weekend and withdrew her name. She did get a Presidential Scholarship - don't know how much though. She's very happy!!</p>
<p>Congratulations to your daughter, woody. I was accepted as well, but with the Arts Scholarship.</p>
<p>Congratulations, kari! Do you think you’ll go?</p>
<p>I really can’t say as of yet. I still have to hear back from 8 more schools and ultimately it all depends on financial aid. Will your daughter be going for sure?</p>
<p>kari91: If you don’t mind me asking, what other schools did you apply to?</p>
<p>Rutgers, SUNY Albany, Skidmore, Bowdoin, Swarthmore, Carleton, Macalester, Colby, Oberlin, and Wesleyan. The majority are extremely far reaches, but nothing’s wrong with taking a chance.</p>
<p>No, she hasn’t made her mind up completely but she does like the school.</p>
<p>Same here - D applied to eight schools but likes H&WS. Got a faculty scholarship too. Her list…Williams, Midd, Davidson, Richmond, Lafayette, Franklin & Marshall, Denison - applied to all RD so H&WS is the only one she has heard from.</p>
<p>Today my financial aid award came and it’s a great amount. Hopefully if and when I get into my other schools, the award will be as generous.</p>
<p>Can you all discuss why HWS stands out?..especially gasdoc…</p>
<p>I think it’s a combination of having the “classic” feel and traditions of coordinate single-sex colleges that share an attractive campus, plus the students seemed happy, and there appears to be a lot of personalized attention. When they visited during the summer they saw more kids in the science labs than other colleges they visited. A kid can excel there, and be well prepared to move on to the next level. </p>
<p>From my point of view, a 30 to 40% discount, given the current economic climate, doesn’t hurt, as I’m currently less interested in paying “sticker price” for an undergrad degree.</p>
<p>Grrr, I got a big envelope today, but it was just generic financial aid info, what a tease.</p>
<p>I was wondering if any of the accepted students on this thread were looking to play sports at HWS? I have a D that wants to play lax in college.</p>
<p>Congratulations!
I applied RD and still waiting for my decision…</p>
<p>congratulations for getting accepted! How long did you have to wait before you heard from them?</p>
<p>Congrats to the students that have been accepted at this wonderful school. Would you share whether you were ED or RD and did you hear from H-WS online or by snail mail?</p>
<p>D applied RD but also applied for a Trustee Scholarship in January - she didn’t get one but did get an acceptance letter notifying she was selected as a Faculty Scholar in mid-Feb. This was by snail mail.</p>
<p>Gasdoc, how was the finanial aid? aside from the faculty scholarship what else did your D get? if you don’t mind…</p>
<p>Just the Faculty Scholarship of 15k per year (60k). We wouldn’t qualify for any need-based aid. She got a Marquis Scholarship at Lafayette (64k plus 4k for study abroad) and a Founders Scholarship (68k) at Denison to compare to other LACs.</p>
<p>I wonder how we’d fare. It’s really difficult when you don’t meet their “need” standards and yet you’re not wealthy enough to afford sticker price. lol.</p>