<p>Suzukimom--That personal attention means a lot. One reason my daughter ended up at Wooster is the enthusiasm the school seemed to have for her--including the soccer coach. Three years later, absolutely no regrets.</p>
<p>He is leaning toward Wooster now. However, the plot thickens as he got accepted at a very selective college in our area. It's an honors SUNY school, Geneseo, and the tuition is hard to beat. They only chose 880 to accept out of 11,000 applications. </p>
<p>Question - does anyone know if COW has a admitted students preview day?</p>
<p>SUZUKI
COW acceptance here along with SUNY Geneseo, Bing and UBuffalo. State tuition has to be taken into consideration for us. COW and other small schools we applied to are all good.
We are waiting on merit award info from Miami of OH, but I hear it is notoriously poor for OOS.
We will not be considered for need-based aid so we have to depend on merit awards or in-state tuition to compare costs. Our house is worth less, taxes will go up and all expenses, and we would like to retire in comfort.</p>
<p>Crazed - we aren't considered for need based aid either which is why Geneseo looks attractive. Since he got the Wooster scholarship, he'll pay a couple thousand more to attend COW. As his four years progress though, I know his out of pocket costs will increase as tuition increases are a given. </p>
<p>Which seems to be a better school in your opinion? COW of SUNY Geneseo?
We live very close to the UB campus, btw.</p>
<p>accepted in late january with a four year $60000 scholarship!!!!!!
financial aid still to come, applied for theatre scholarship too</p>
<p>our D was accepted to Woo and recently received a weak finaid
package. Probably will not be attending. We had another child
graduate from cow and were very satisfied with the ed, but the
finaid has really gone down over the years. Lots of loans and gapping.
We were disappointed.</p>
<p>speedo, I am so disappointed to hear that as well! I read last year that in their strategic plan that they wanted to cut back 5% on their financial aid while still getting students to attend who have the same stats as in past years. I also noticed that a lot of CC posters have been saying they, or their child has been waitlisted. Perhaps they can see who will matriculate with gaps, and then if there are unfilled seats they can offer spots to those that they have W/L'd and they can keep their yield at a certain level while discounting less.</p>
<p>nem</p>
<p>If that's their strategy then it's pretty foolish this particular year.
People are going to be waiting to the last minute to make a decision.
Wooster is a long way for us and we have other options, but we
were surprised by how much their finaid has gone down. They appear
to be giving out large merit awards in the hopes of landing wealthier
students. For middle class and lower income kids, COW is probably
no longer an option. I am surprised that they didn't adapt their policies
this year to attract more kids - they may well end up with a lot of
empty beds.</p>
<p>Very very sad for the middle and lower income students! That plan was put into place before the economy took a nose dive, so now all bets are off. I have no idea as to whether their strategic plan has been changed, or if they are using that plan. I think that in this economy private schools really won't know who is and is not going to show up until classes begin. Frankly, I read that there are fair % of students whose parents pulled their kids out of privates (not talking about Wooster, just private schools in general) midyear to put them in state schools. Those kids are lucky, bc it was easier to transfer last January than it will be for the fall! I think that if you have the money, and you want to transfer to a higher ranked private college as a transfer, you will have an easier time this fall than in the past. There should be some empty seats waiting at some very nice schools.</p>
<p>I'm not sure I agree with you speedo, on Wooster's "large merit awards in hopes of landing wealthier students." Of course they'd love to have students from affluent families--families who could afford to pay most if not all of the tuition. But if you give these able-to-pay students huge merit awards, then you defeat your purpose. My daughter got a large merit award from Wooster three years ago (she's a junior now). We're quite middle class, by the way. Her merit award probably had more to do with her 32 ACT, 4.35 weighted GPA, her AP Scholar with Distinction honor, her terrific letters of recommendation, and the fact that she made the effort to write an additional essay in applying for the College Scholar Award. How many here have applied for that award? If you haven't, you should. It takes a little extra effort, but it's worth between $18,000 and $24,000 a year. Good luck! :)</p>
<p>Is seems that Wooster has broken their 21 days promise. Did anyone else get that email and does anyone know if they are sending our their decisions any time soon? Thanks.</p>
<p>Dark2:
i submitted my application on October 31st of last year, and was also told that i would know within 21 days. Then, they asked as a formality to see my first trimester grades...understandable. so we sent them. another month goes by, we call them. turns out it must have gotten lost in the mail because they said that they definitely sent it. call them and tell them you haven't gotten it yet, because to wait this long is ridiculous.
p.s. though, the deadline for the 21 day thing was like december 1st you are aware, correct? i just can't believe that so many letters have gotten lost in the mail!</p>
<p>Matt,
I applied on 11/14. I understand that they want my midyear grades that were sent to them in mid-January. I should have heard back some time in late Feb. Even if they meant 21 days after Febuary 15th, it's been 24 days and I live fairly close to Ohio. I understand that admissions is busy work, but if you put yourself on the line by promising something, you should stick with it.</p>
<p>yeah, i'll bet you anything that it was lost in the mail like mine, they don't seem to be the most organized of people...</p>
<p>Haha that's just my luck, it's happened with two other schools that I applied to. I actually just found out that someone from the same neighborhood heard back some time this week. If I don't get anything tomorrow, should I call them? Thanks.</p>
<p>def call them</p>
<p>When do internationals hear of their decision? As in when do we get notified?</p>
<p>My application has been completed for 28 days, but there has been no sign of decision.
How did they inform you that you were accepted? Did they keep their 21 days promise?
( I am an international student)</p>
<p>Our son received a letter about a month after his application materials were received. We live in the US though. I think it would be worth a call. Perhaps the mail is slower to get to you since you are out of the US.</p>
<p>the 21 day promise is for people who complete their application prior to december 1st...</p>