For Welcome Weekend in January, do you have to be completely committed? I would love to visit with a bunch of accepted students, but I probably will not have my decision made by Welcome Weekend.
Hi, @ncelotto Is your 1310 super-scored or your best composite on one sitting?
@DNapier it was my score in one sitting. I honestly dont know what happened. In the spring I was scoring 1370+ on my practice tests, but then COVID hit and I just lost motivation and basically went into it in September with very little studying in months. But I still got in with $80,000 merit scholarship so Iām so grateful for that. Also they donāt use your SAT when giving the merit scholarship for this year, so that is probably why haha
I think this year, Baylor is not placing a huge weightage on SAT to make scholarship decisions. GPA seems to play a much bigger role!
@ncelotto Thanks for the feedback. Congrats! Even with $80K or $92K, which is the presidential I believe, Baylor is still too expensive for me and my family. We will have to get the additional merit scholarship to make it āfeasibleā.
@DNapier if you could also qualify for some need based scholarship, that can definitely bring the price down!
My son got into Texas A&M last month and some other great schools, my son makes really great grades all high Aās got 5 on his AP classes, in top 10% of big high school which is not easy to get into top 10% of class. Applied early Aug and still heard nothing? Had great recommendation letters and told his essays are great also so not sure why he has heard nothing from Baylor. Any reasons you all can think of? Asked the school and told not to worry he is in a great position and maybe just have not gotten to his app to read yet., which to be honest I thought was odd since he applied in Aug and others are saying they applied in Oct and get in a few weeks later.
For the I2E application, Iām applying to the college of Arts and Sciences and was going to put the honors college choice first and then A&S second. But what do I do for the third option? Do I leave it blank or pick one of the other colleges?
Applied to Baylor and the Honors College on 11/2 on the early action plan. Just heard back today, accepted to both, $92k presidentās scholarship.
I still need the Gettermanās or faculty scholarship to go to Baylor though 
anyone already got acceptance without SAT/ACT scores? I appled EA about 2 weeks ago, still no response yet. getting worried, WGPA 4.3 but no SAT score
@mochiko I got my response in 13 days and I submitted an SAT score, but I know of a few people who did and did not that got their acceptance letter over a month after they submitted
anyone can share GPA for EA?
@mochiko We did EA as well on Oct.29 ( two weeks?), with WGPA 4.23 and Superscored ACT at 33. No response yet either.
I submitted my application in August as RD, but I switched Oct. 14 (official on portal 10/15) to EA. I havenāt heard anything yetā¦ is this a bad sign?
@mochiko @DNapier I did EA. Submitted my application 10/26 I believe and I got a decision back November 5th. I had a 4.07 weighted and SAT was 1310 and I got the Provosts Scholarship ($80,000). So you both should definitely be fine
@lcardova no. Many people I know didnāt hear back for over a month but then got in. Technically Baylor has until January 15th to get the decisions back, so I wouldnāt stress about it at least until like mid December
I think the amount of programs you applied to and how many additional materials you have submitted affect how long your decision takes. I applied EA, applied to the honors program, and two of the additional scholarships, and I had demonstrated interest over the past few months. I did the optional essay on the main application and submitted an SAT score.
I think writing 4 additional essays that are optional, demonstrating interest early on as well as submitting an SAT score was probably why they were able to give me a decision in 9 days.
Hi, thank you for starting the thread. Wanted to reported that my son received the accepted email through the Baylor portal last night! He applied EA by/at the deadline. Baylor was a reach for him, GPA, 3.5, a couple AP classes and a ACT superstore of 30 = M26 S26 E34 R36. As far as I know no merit money.
@newtexasmom of course, and congrats! Unfortunately, Baylor is so expensive. Will you be able to pay for the full cost of tuition? Sometimes scholarship money comes later. The day I got accepted, it said that I qualified for merit scholarship and it was $80,000. Then I got full confirmation of that about a week later. So maybe youāll get some in a week. They give merit scholarship to about 86% of their acceptances. But despite all of that, it is still a hefty cost.
I have seen in the past years posts that some applicants saw an increase in the scholarship amount a few months after they were accepted (march time frame). My D got a 72k scholarship and is very interested in Baylor. As you all know, the school is still pretty expensive after that scholarship and we are not eligible for financial aid. What are the chances that the scholarship numbers can be bumped up? Would contacting admissions office help? Any suggestions?
@norcalfre I would definitely leave it for now. If Iām not mistaken, the reason for them giving more merit aid later on is when accepted students end up declining the offer from Baylor. If those students were given scholarship (and there end up being MANY students who decline), that money may be given to those who are still deciding. Especially in times like these where financial situations are tough, I would bet that they will be giving a bit more money when March and April comes around. I do not think contacting the admissions office would be helpful now. At least doing so will not increase your chances in getting more scholarship. They have a LOT to do now, and Iāve heard from many that the worst thing to do is to just contact them randomly, unless the question is very necessary.