<p>Tiredofsnow - VA Tech is also on the “list.” What made your S and D choose it over Auburn?</p>
<p>Grcxx3, my daughter was looking for universities with vet schools attached when she started looking (h.s. grad 2003). She had been to a vet camp at Texas A&M and had ruled out going undergrad there (we lived in Houston at the time). She wanted Southeast, so we looked at Auburn, Clemson, NC State (as well as UNC), and Virginia Tech. We had previously toured William & Mary and UVa (my H and I are alums there). </p>
<p>I grew up in Virginia and my family is still there. She had accepted Auburn and then got accepted to Virginia Tech in February of her senior year. We all loved the campus in Blacksburg when we toured there, and I think she resonated with the kids there as far as being more casual in dress and a little more laid back than at some of the other schools she’d seen, plus her grandparents on both sides were about 4-5 hours away in different directions (Williamsburg and Asheville, NC). </p>
<p>She graduated a month after the tragedy there. I think that attending graduation that year and seeing the Hokie spirit in action sealed the deal for my son, and VT became his first choice, too (as well as being very comfortable there from our visits over her 4 years). She has stayed in the Blacksburg/Christiansburg area and will be getting married in Roanoke next year. (We currently live in Alaska, hence my screenname.)</p>
<p>response from Univ of Alabama re filling out fafsa if you think you wont qualify for need based aid:</p>
<p>If you would like to apply for federal loans, complete the FAFSA.</p>
<p>If you are only interested in merit based scholarships, there is no
need to complete the FAFSA.</p>
<p>Thank you,</p>
<p>Student Financial Aid</p>
<p>tiredofsnow - I completely understand your screenname. DH tried to convince me to go to Alaska instead of Houston (not that I wanted Houston either…but choices were getting slim!), but I firmly declined! Just a southern belle “wimp”!!!</p>
<p>DH went to field camp at VA Tech and knows the area a little. I would like to visit there but I am just not sure how we are going to work it in. </p>
<p>parent56 - thanks for that update!</p>
<p>hmm just thought of a question i should have asked…wonder if you choose not to file fafsa based on current circumstances…what happens if you need to at some point in next 4 years? can you just file then ie prior to junior or senior year or would you have a problem because you hadnt filed previously?</p>
<p>^^
interesting thought… Circumstances DO change, especially these days.</p>
<p>auburn’s response: so probably best to file regardless </p>
<p>It is not necessary to file the FAFSA, however, several of the
scholarship programs do require us to certify that the student has filed
for federal aid and desire to know that award that could have been made
to the student.</p>
<p>I know this thread is a little dead but I thought I would let anyone who still watches it know.</p>
<p>If your student’s weighted GPA is weird or different from the 4.0 scale, all you have to do is have your school calculate it the way you want, get an official signature and send it to Auburn. They’re giving you the best possible chance to get a scholarship. Weight it to your advantage, and send it in :)</p>
<p>^^^
Thanks. My son’s school uses a base 4.0 scale, with an extra point for pre-AP, AP, G&T, etc. So I think we’re good with that. And his test scores are in the range needed to - not for the top scholarship, but the middle one.</p>
<p>The Auburn webpage has the following:</p>
<p>“Students may begin applying for admission August 1, 2009 at [Apply</a> - Apply for Admission](<a href=“http://www.auburn.edu/apply]Apply”>Undergraduate Admissions | Office of Undergraduate Admissions). Applicants with excellent academic credentials can be admitted by Early Action beginning in October… Early Action decisions are strictly academic, based on a combination of high school GPA and the ACT or SAT score of the applicant; other factors are not considered. Students who meet the Early Action criteria will be accepted on a weekly basis from October 15 to February 15.”</p>
<p>Does anyone know what the “Early Action criteria” are? I couldn’t find any other reference to this.</p>
<p>I found this on an Auburn University Admissions Facebook page.
<a href=“http://www.facebook.com/pages/Auburn-AL/Auburn-University-Admissions/21843895966[/url]”>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Auburn-AL/Auburn-University-Admissions/21843895966</a></p>
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<p>^^^
Thanks - never thought about the Facebook page! Based on 2009, I’m guessing DS’s 3.9 (weighted) and 1330/1600 should be no problem for 2010! Good to know! He was talking about retaking the SAT, but I think I’d rather have him do the ACT for a change.</p>
<p>Wonder how they determine their criteria? Do they wait for the first batch of applications to come in (prior to October) and see what they have? Interesting.</p>
<p>I’m a fan of the FB page and from what I can tell, they take the applicants from their pool that fulfill their “magic number” without having to look at any EC’s/essay/etc. I know that sounds really basic, but what I’m trying to say is that they’ll probably bump it up a little (at least on SAT) because I’ve heard that they’re trying to raise their prestige a little. I’m sure your daughter will be more than fine, Grcxx9.</p>
<p>I’m just happy that I don’t have to wait until March 1st to find out where I’ll be spending my next four years ;)</p>