Just got accepted on Friday and was wondering when those accepted should be receiving our letters. Anxious to see the financial aid package
Financial aid packages don’t get issued until late March. You’ll need to fill out and submit the FAFSA as soon after January 1 as possible.
Doesn’t merit aid get sent out with acceptance though? Like if I got the national buckeye scholarship, when would I be notified of that?
Merit aid (National Buckeye plus possibly also the trustee, provost or Maximus) letter came about 4 weeks after acceptance. For example, last Fall, my son’s portal indicated acceptance on Nov 20, then official acceptance letter came in the mail about a week or 2 later. And the Merit aid scholarship letter came by mail a few days before Christmas. Actually, I recall the merit aid letters (for OOS scholarships) came in batches, with national buckeye and Maximus being first issued, then a few weeks later the national buckeye and provost letters were issued, followed a few weeks later by the national buckeye and trustee letters.
Thanks that timeline is very helpful. On a semi-related note, does anyone know how the National Buckeye scholarship applies to schools that don’t rank? Mine doesn’t and based on the school report we send I could be anywhere from the top 35% to the top 50%. FWIW, they rejected most people from my school that applied, even those with higher stats than me.