<p>My son was accepted last week, applied way back when with the Leadership App but they wanted mid-year grades before the decision. There was no mention of financial aid or merit award with the acceptance. What has been your experience?</p>
<p>My daughter received her merit aid award with her letter of acceptance in the mail. She was accepted in late November. Then, a couple of weeks ago, she received a surprise-an additional merit award. I have no idea what prompted it, we had not contacted admissions. There was no explanation either, just a short note explaining that they were increasing the total for the year. </p>
<p>Despite the merit money, it is still a very expensive school. She really likes it though and is considering it carefully. She is still waiting to hear from a couple more universities, so it will be a few weeks before the final decision.</p>
<p>My son was also just accepted and no merit award mentioned in letter. I hope they offer some! Otherwise, I doubt we could afford it and it’s supposed to be a great school. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.</p>
<p>I broke down and emailed the Financial Aid office. They said his letter would be coming next week. Whew–but another week of waiting.</p>
<p>My son received an invitation to apply with the Leadership application sometime around December 20, and three weeks later received via the postal service an admission letter that included a merit award in the text. After his high school sent the mid-year report in mid-February, he received an offer of additional merit money. I do know of at least one classmate that had a much less successful fall semester (gpa declined a bit) and did not receive that second offer of additional merit money. Because of this, we just assumed the offer of additional merit aid was tied to the mid-year report.</p>
<p>In any case, we’re very happy with the offer.</p>
<p>i got accepted in december, no merit aid 
and i just got my aid package…not enough…i cant go :(</p>
<p>^ I’m sorry to hear that. Where else are you considering?</p>