Accepted with 60% tuition scholarship
1510 SAT, 34 ACT, 99W GPA
Decent EC’s with no leadership, lots of volunteer work
Lots of AP classes, few IB classes, rest were honors and a couple dual enrollment
Congrats to everyone who got in, and if you didn’t get the result you wanted, don’t give up! Lots of great schools out there
Deferred with a 3.6 gpa, 28 act, 5 AP classes.
Lots of volunteer hours, have a job, also have been on Varsity track for 4 years, as well as Varsity crew.
Have earned Art awards/honors as well as academic awards/honors.
Applied as an Undeclared Arts& Science Major and said my possible interest is in Science Field.
Had teachers and college advisor look over my supplement. I thought it was good. Hoped I would make it in EA. But maybe in regular!!
I was also deferred with a 3.6 and a 1210 SAT and tons of extracurriculars and church related activities/programs.
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Hmmmm, sitting on the confused bench as well.
D accepted, pre-engineering 3-2 program, no merit…
GPA 3.96uw / 1540 sat / 790 bio m 790chem 770 math 2 sat2 all submitted
Rigorous courseload at very competitive high school (max ap allowed for school, 5 on every exam)
Student gov’t, varsity captain, gs gold award
Legacy…(big time if your count the aunts, uncles and cousins) but no official campus visits, if they track that.
Perhaps they see it is a safety. I would have thought some merit would be offered. We did not apply for financial aid. I guess I’m just a bit surprised no merit was offered.
Oh well, she’s already been accepted to a school that admits <7% of applicants.
Accepted EA with 3.79 weighted gpa, 1360 SAT, 29 ACT, 4 total APs, Score of 5 on AP exam of intended major, 3 mission trips, 200+ hrs of community service, leadership position in 2 groups, one varsity sport, 2 honor societies, recommendation from the church. NO MERIT
@Momtogirls curious - did your D get merit at the school she was accepted to that admits <7% of applicants?
@xaviermom2017 Unfortunately not, that school only awards need based aid and we don’t qualify for that.
Since she’s full pay at both places, the choice is obvious. The cost difference is about $5000.
That being said, she has been awarded merit aid at a school that has a 30% acceptance rate. Although a nice merit number, but the other school wins out.
The low admit acceptance was a surprise, in general her list included many schools, including pc, that we expected some merit aid. Even though we have the ability to pay $65,000, that doesn’t mean we won’t shop around for the best deal, most other things being equal. The surprise acceptance trumps most schools, but had that not happened, we would be doing a financial comparison. Depending on the rest of the results, we may still do it. There are two other schools which she really liked that have similar name recognition.
Personally, given her stats, me being an alum, and being from a family with A LOT of members at pc or also alums, I thought she would have received some merit. Her cousin, who is a senior, receives merit aid and her stats were no where close to my daughter’s. No hard feelings, just very confused.
Whoops, that got long, sorry.
Best of luck to all future friars!
(I highly recommend a FULL year abroad in Freiburg)
@emilytbs55 I’m so sorry to hear this. Please don’t be disheartened. You are not alone. You sound like a wonderful person that has a lot to offer. I’m sure you will shine wherever you attend. QU is a great school! That was my D second choice. Best of luck!!
D deferred. We’re pretty private people so I’d rather not list out stats and accomplishments but I’ll just say this was very surprising. She has been accepted to multiple more selective schools in the same general constellation as Providence, one with the highest level of merit they offer if that provides context. She really liked PC and wrote a heartfelt, very specific essay about why she wanted to attend.
One theory, one question and one comment for the CC community:
Theory: Just a hunch but it sure seems like most of the strong EA applicants that were deferred (or accepted with no merit despite being at the top of the applicant pool?) were female. PC has traditionally been female-heavy - feels like they are taking strong steps to diversify.
Question: Can anyone comment on likelihood of receiving merit aid after being deferred? I assume the chances are low but sheesh it sure seems like PC has deferred a bunch of strong applicants who are going to get substantial merit aid at other schools, likely at other more selective schools. To come back in April and admit these kids full-pay is probably a ‘pass’ for most families.
Comment: I wonder if colleges realize the impact of deferral on students’ mindset. Sure there are some that put their ‘all’ into getting admitted RD, but there are lots that internalize this as a rejection, feel a little hurt, and move on. Have a niece who loved Wesleyan and Vassar last year. Was deferred at both and subsequently offered admission to both (actually might have been wait list, can’t recall) - but she had moved on and ended up somewhere else that was originally lower on her list.
Congratulations to all the accepted and best wishes to all the deferred that are still rooting for a Yes in the spring.
^ Meant to put that in the “Parents with kids applying to Providence” thread - sorry about that.
Saint68 - good comments and agree with you. PC are taking a risk here by deferring so many strong candidates. Our admissions counselor thinks they are hoping to gain NE Ivy rejections candidates in RD round so are saving spaces and $$ for them. Depending on how this plays out will determine how many of the EA deferrals they come back to offer places & $$ to. Agree my D has now de-prioritized PC with the deferral (when it was top 3) as she has acceptances from other good schools - Fordham, Pitt, Rutgers. Going to be a busy Spring trying to work out what to do.
Deferred from CT on to RD apps!
S was accepted EA from Catholic school in MA. No merit $. 34 ACT, 4.21 weighted GPA, 5 AP and honors classes, good EC with leadership, average essay
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Accepted w/ scholarship 
34 ACT, 4.0 GPA, 9 AP classes, strong EC with leadership
@Momtogirls I totally understand your confusion with these schools and merit awards. It’s hard to tell what these schools are looking for these days. My D actually applied to other schools that some might consider “more difficult” to get in or “more selective” but in comparing everything - most importantly the right fit for her (class size/distance etc) - PC came out on top and despite offers at other Universities with heavy scholarship awards the decision to file ED was made to show a level of priority interest and commitment. The Insta account indicated over $6,700 EA/ED apps for a class of 1,000 students. I’m sure most candidates were situated similarly on a holistic level with respect to qualification, with the exception of a small percentage of course. I can only guess that ED apps were given some preference this round solely due to interest level? I would be curious to know how many ED students were deferred and what the percentage was in apps in terms of ED v. EA. In any event, sounds like your D has some great offers and will be in a position to weigh many pros and cons of the various invitations received! My S was denied his first choice last year, not even deferred and quite honestly, he eventually ended up at a school to which he hadn’t even applied and the way things are going, it appears to have been the best thing for him! We went from pure disappointment to frenzy to happy. This whole college thing is a rollercoaster!!
I’m not sure if this helps but I know that PC also takes serious consideration into leadership and community service when giving merit money. They give their bigger scholarships to the top 1, 2, or 3 in high school classes and then smaller scholarships to kids who have very good stats and very good EC’s and leadership. It’s really a holistic decision.
Any international applicants get their “electronic” decisions yet?
Saint68 , I heard they chase yield which is why there can be some weird results (well, that happens every year with every school to a certain extent). Mine had both SAT and GPA above the 75% of last year’s acceptance, although not as high as your daughter. Her background really seems like a good fit with PC - perhaps she didn’t do an effective job of communicating it to them in her application or when she went on her interview. (she should have told them the hoops she had to jump through just to get there for that second visit to interview). I have also been wondering about whether a deferred candidate who is ultimately admitted would be likely or not to get merit. My daughter is still very interested in the school, but if it’s the same cost as other somewhat more competitive schools that have a similar vibe that she got into and is WAY more expensive without merit , than the other similar schools she got into that offered merit…well, it doesn’t make sense. She may not agree with me, but I’m interested to hear if we should assume no merit and move on accordingly (assuming she even gets in)
My daughter was accepted no merit, was surprised, she is top 3% class, 1490 SAT and 4.1 GPA, very involved with EC. She got accepted EA at BC, but thought she could get a good scholarship to PC, guess not. PC’s loss! Must be a girl thing.