<p>Not to be picky, afadad (well, I guess I am being picky) – and congrats on the AFA $$$, but I think the Tulane merit award was probably 24K, not 25K. That said, we are greatly enjoying the full tuition scholarship plus the NMS merit $$ from there. This year alone its worth about $37,500, and will go up with any increase in tuition (the tuition part, not the NM mart). YAY for merit scholarships!!</p>
<p>Oh missypie…not your post!!! There was some porn spam that must have been deleted!!! That was why I almost spit!!! LOL! Sorry!</p>
<p>We, too, cast our net broadly, as we are a full-pay family, a little concerned about our advancing age and diminishing retirement funds and home equity. My son was not sure about the size of the school, nor the location. At times, he wanted to be far away and other times he wanted to be nearby. So we tried to cover all of the bases–which was time consuming and expensive, but has paid off. I think DS applied to many of the same schools as missypie’s son. My son has received merit money from 8 schools which have accepted him and which offer merit money. He has received from near 1/2 to 3/4 tuition from each school, and 4 invitations to “presidential” scholarship weekends, either for full rides or in one case, full tuition. </p>
<p>We know that at one of the schools that offered 3/4 tuition he did not advance to the full ride scholarship round. And we heard yesterday that he also did not qualify as a scholarship finalist at one of the highly selective schools to which he applied. I think there’s one more scholarship app out there that we are waiting to hear back on from a highly selective school. I’d be surprised if he got that one. </p>
<p>Once he makes decision, I’ll post his stats, the schools and the merit money so that next year’s crop will have that info.</p>
<p>Rachacha,
3 of my son’s schools are CTCLs in the south.</p>
<p>MiamiDAP – My son was admitted to honors programs at 3 schools which offered him merit money.</p>
<p>I’m not a parent, but I would like to ‘pay it forward’ for all the advice I’ve received re: merit scholarships…</p>
<p>awards: University of Pittsburgh-full tuition, no invite for interview for full ride
University of Miami- 3/4s tuition and invite to singers (highest possible scholarship received on acceptance; next stage TBD)</p>
<p>stats:
SAT: 2250 (800 CR/720 M/730 W)
SAT II: 800 (USH), 750 (Lit), 720 (Chem), 690 (History), 670 (Biology-M)
APs: USH-5, Lit-5, and three more senior year
NMF, multiple awards ranging from regional to national (no intel, though!)
3 strong positions of leadership in school
(I didn’t include GPA because it varies a lot between schools; i didn’t include essays because it is so subjective)
<em>from NY</em></p>
<p>gadad-
“A student on a full ride is not at the school to be stimulated by extraordinary peers - s/he is there to be extraordinary and provide stimulation for the other students”</p>
<p>At some of the larger schools with honors programs, I think there will be at least a few extraordinary peers.</p>
<p>Anon–
Are you going to Miami this weekend? If so, we’ll see you there.</p>
<p>something strange is going on with my posts…</p>
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<p>What does that mean?</p>
<p>Some schools invite students to campus to interview for their major merit scholarships. This student didn’t get invited to do so, although s/he may have received or will receive other merit aid.</p>
<p>gadad-
“A student on a full ride is not at the school to be stimulated by extraordinary peers - s/he is there to be extraordinary and provide stimulation for the other students”</p>
<p>As oppose to what? Being endebted as a follower! Honors Program and debt free. I believe this student has been given the chance at true leadership!</p>
<p>“A student on a full ride is not at the school to be stimulated by extraordinary peers - s/he is there to be extraordinary and provide stimulation for the other students”</p>
<p>Incorrect statement according to my D’s experience (college sophomore in Honors, so far manged straight A’s, classes are</p>
<p>Hey , I’m new here, Got two Homeschooled kids 14\15. Looking at colleges. I’m scared to death!!!</p>
<p>My niece (Ms. Artsypants) has been …very successful. She is interested in technical theatre and Holocaust Studies. Her “unique” profile and engaging personality is (somewhat) defying statistics and she is in at NYU Tisch (waiting on FA, I hope she beats the odds there) and has received nice merit awards at Wagner, Pace, and Drew. Still waiting on Barnard and Boston U… I’m a proud uncle. She is kicking :eek:.</p>
<p>Curmudgeon, that’s amazing. Congrats on your successful help!</p>
<p>It’s all on her. She did it her way and I just get to cheer.</p>
<p>Curm – WOW!!! Major congrats to Ms. Artsypants! She’s got the talent, but I’m sure you were the guiding hand to help her make it all a reality…</p>
<p>Smith College, to which my D has applied RD, has just emailed her to inform her that SC will notify her of their decision on March 20, instead of April 1, which is the date listed on SC’s website.</p>
<p>What does this mean? Has SC decided to accept her somewhat early, or has SC determined that they don’t want her, so they prefer to take her application off the table?</p>
<p>I think it only means that they have determined that they will be able to release all their decisions on March 20, a bit earlier than April 1. I think a lot of colleges are asked “when will you tell us?” over and over again. Smith sounds like they put out the announcement to help cut down on the anxiety.</p>
<p>It looks like Smith Admissions has a facebook page. There they state that the decisions will be put online 3/20, with snail mail to follow.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>