<p>Wow! Congratulations to your son, jym626! :)</p>
<p>Mammall,
Great news! I understand UMich isn’t finished giving out money yet, so maybe there will be more!</p>
<p>Congrats to all. My s has a 3.15 GPA, 27 ACT, 1760 SAT’s, SATII Lit 650 and Spanish 780, 2 APS and 1 honors class, lots of EC’s (drama, music) and theatre outreach in Mexico last summer.
Earlham: 8000 a year Cunningham Scholarship
Hood: 10,000 a year Trustee award
Hampshire: 3000 a year Faculty award.</p>
<p>Still waiting on Ithaca, Allegheny, Ursinus, Goucher, U of Oregon and Southern Oregon U.</p>
<p>Can anyone refer me to a thread about when exactly it would be helpful to negotiate with the schools based on other offers?</p>
<p>D’s just received an acceptance to Brandeis w/4-yr full ride MLK scholarship offer. We couldn’t be more thrilled! D had a decent SAT (2040), 4.6 weighted GPA, all Honors/AP classes. Significant EC’s w/tons of leadership, community service, work experience, significant national, state & local awards, and publication.</p>
<p>Congrats to all other posters as well!</p>
<p>D is now a Vanderbilt Cornelius finalist. Starting to get overwhelmed by the looming decision this spring.</p>
<p>Mammall,
WOW! The $$$ keeps rolling in!</p>
<p>Outstanding results, folks. Give your kids a hug for me.</p>
<p>Awww, curmudgeon – you’re going to have to change your handle to “Teddy Bear.” (LOL)</p>
<p>It’s just so…so…so…beautiful…<these are=“” happytears=“”>.</these></p>
<p>“Sappy” the Teddy Bear (the poster formerly known as curmudgeon).</p>
<p>Edit: Read my post on the USA Today Thread. I’m not dead yet. ;)</p>
<p>Congrats to you and your D SupermomIA, and to all you supermoms and superkids !</p>
<p>D recieved $15,000/yr from Quinnipiac, $12,000/yr from Northeastern and $8750/yr from Loyola Maryland. 3.8 weighted 2040 SATs, very good ECs Every little bit helps!!</p>
<p>Vanderbilt Finalist? When was she contacted and for what school at Vandy..</p>
<p>Just an update from schools I’ve gotten money from so far</p>
<p>University of Maryland Baltimore County- $5,000/yr
St. Joseph’s University- $15,000/yr
Washington College- $15,000/yr</p>
<p>4.71 weighted/3.9 unweighted, 2030 SATs, good ECs, 4/262 Class Rank</p>
<p>S applied Regular Decision to all schools. Has only heard back from University of Missouri-Columbia (Mizzou for the searchers).</p>
<p>Mizzou: Accepted. </p>
<p>Merit Aid:<br>
$2k Bright Flight
$2k Excellence Award (34 ACT but only a 3.6 unweighted GPA in a very tough school - figures)
$1700 college scholarship (Ag school since he declared a Biochem major)</p>
<h2>Invited to apply for the $1750 Discovery Fellowship. </h2>
<p>$5700 w/o Fellowship
$7450 w/ Fellowship</p>
<p>I think USC offers NMF awards if you list it as your first choice. Almost all NMSF become finalists. I received my letter a couple of weeks ago. But most of the schools to which I have applied are need blind and I don’t have those packages yet. My early admission school also does not announce its financial aid package until April 1…I was offered scholarships if I applied to Texas A & M but it wasn’t a school I wanted to attend so I didn’t apply.</p>
<p>I’d like to follow up on an earlier post. This is our first time through the college admissions maze and I too would like to know others’ experiences with asking for an increase in the merit award. I don’t want to make this a bidding war and would certainly only do it for the school that ends up being our #1 choice, but have people had success with it? When <em>do</em> you approach admissions? (Or do you? My son will be playing a sport–is it appropriate to have a talk with the coach?) (BTW–we’ve only heard from OWU so far. $15k/year, which we were thrilled with until I started reading about all of the $20k, $22k, $25k, . . . awards.)</p>
<p>Since my parents don’t post here, I’ll post these on my/their own behalf:
So far I’m shooting 100%, 12/12 acceptances. 2 more to go</p>
<p>Stats: 3.6 W GPA/30 ACT/From Nebraska/Tons of community service/decent ECs</p>
<p>American University - (no word on scholarships yet)
University of Nebraska - $1,000, one-time
Loyola New Orleans - $18,000/year or $72,000/total. Being considered for a Cardoner Fellowship ($1,000/year scholarship)
Loyola University Chicago - $12,500/year or $50,000/total.
Tulane University - $17,000/year or $68,000/total.
Seton Hall University - $17,500/year or $70,000/total. 3rd alternate for the Chancellor’s Scholarship (Full ride).
Indiana University Bloomington - $2,000/year or $8,000/total. I feel like I REALLY got shortchanged here.
University of Miami - no word on scholarships yet
Southern Methodist University - $10,000/year or $40,000/total.
University of San Diego - $10,000/year or $40,000 total Presidential Scholarship.
Colorado State University - no word on scholarships, but did receive a $5,000/year or $20,000 total out of state grant.
Seattle University - $14,000/year or $56,000/total.</p>
<p>American University -accepted - $27,000/year Presidential Scholarship
UNC Chapel Hill - accepted, no word on scholarship or financial aid yet
Maryland (College Park) - accepted Honors - no word on scholarship yet
Still waiting for acceptances and $ for:
Duke
Emory
NW
Delaware
Hopkins</p>
<p>University of Missouri - $5,500 per year, Honors
Indiana University - $8,000 per year, Honors invite
Ohio University - In-state tuition + $4500, so approx $14,000 a year
University of Maryland - $8,000 per year, Honors Humanities. **WILL ATTEND 
**
University of Wisconsin - Expecting $400 per year, Honors</p>