<p>S got his acceptance letter on Tuesday (in a distressingly slim envelope). Don’t think he’s heard about merit money yet, though may just be a failure to check his e-mails. </p>
<p>Uncivil, I would recommend going forward with the interview if you have not had a chance to visit and you are not coming from a great distance. Unless your S would want to visit classes, in which case you might want to change it to a weekday. At Ursinus, the interview also serves as the info session with as much opportunity to hear highlights and distinctives of Ursinus from the admissions person. I imagine you and your S would have a different set of questions and concerns now that they are wooing you. In our case, S chatted for 40 minutes or so with a lovely admissions staff person, then I joined them with my many questions. We saw campus while students still away on winter break, so am sure he will want to go back and see it a bit more lively with actual students present as he makes his decision.</p>
<p>Thanks to all for your suggestions re the interview and for your good wishes! I called Ursinus yesterday and they were very clear that they still wanted to interview my S, so, of course, we’re going. Good to see the place, even on a Saturday. Hopefully he has absorbed enough about the school from the website to have a good interview… the other schools he interviewed at (Clark and Drew) he visited first, THEN interviewed. So, fingers crossed, guarded optimism!</p>
<p>Ursinus was DS’s first college visit, and he hadn’t signed up for an interview, but the ad reps suggested it while he was there, so he did it. We were there in August, so not students around, but he got enough of a feel for the campus. Right now it’s high on the list, but waiting on more decisions (including Clark, where he toured and did info session but didn’t interview).</p>
<p>Pkdof13, did your son happen to mention if there was any particular emphasis to the interview? I realize that’s probably a silly question, if he’s anything like my son who just says “it went fine” or “we talked about basketball.” Did your son apply regular decision to Clark? I think regular decision applicants like my son don’t hear until March, seems like a long time to wait.</p>
<p>thanks for asking NEMom1 and pkdof13!! He says his interview went well… not being in the room I have no way of knowing but everything seemed fine when I was invited in for the Q&A session. It did seem like a friendly place … I was impressed, the campus seemed empty (COLD out) but the buildings we visited were beehives of activity… wrestling match, theater rehearsal, busy gym. Both of us liked the school, the finances may be the deciding factor for us… no word about merit aid yet - acceptance letter received less than a week ago so fingers crossed. My son plans to go back and sit in on classes if it looks like it will be financially do-able.</p>
<p>my son just received his merit scholarship 20k and financial package, now I just wish he would consider it over Penn State! With the academic scholarship and the college fund scholarship-it will be less expensive that a state school! Just now waiting on financial packages from PSU/PITT and waiting on acceptance to Univ of Penn.(only 12pct acceptance rate)</p>
<p>Our daughter is likely to attend. A nice merit award, and although she is on the fence regarding pure science or engineering, UC provides an option for students who start at UC and decide to go into engineering: First three years at UC following by two at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING. Automatic admission if she maintains a 3.3 GPA at UC. You end up with a BA from UC and a BS in Engineering from Columbia.</p>