Thought I will start a thread as we are getting close to the ED and EA deadline. S19 will submit his application today.
Student Gender: Male
Home State: Colorado
Date Applied: 29 October 2018
Have you visited the campus?: No
Major: Biology (Premed)
Applying to the Honors Program or University Academic Scholars Program (UASP)?: Yes, UASP
ACT / SAT score: 33 ACT (single sitting)
GPA: 3.7 UW (School does not do weighted)
Hello! I applied for Miami via the Common App a couple of days ago and I’m really excited. Best of luck to your son!
Student Gender: Female
Home State: Florida
Date Applied: October 24th, 2018
Have you visited the campus?: Not yet (will be visiting on 11/4)
Major: Psychology (Premed)
Applying to the Honors Program or University Academic Scholars Program (UASP)?: Yes, both programs and Presidential Fellows
ACT / SAT score: 1530
GPA: 3.9 UW, 6.4 W (based on county weighting, may be different for university calculations)
I’m very excited to receive my decisions in the upcoming months, good luck to all!
Student Gender: Female
Home State: Ohio
Date Applied: 27 September 2018
Have you visited the campus?: Yes
Major: Marketing/Creative Writing (English) double major
Applying to the Honors Program or University Academic Scholars Program (UASP)?: Yes, UASP, Honors, and Presidential Fellows Program!
ACT / SAT score: 35 ACT
GPA: 4.4 weighted, 4.0 unweighted
Really hoping I get in, definitely one of my top choices!!! Best of luck everyone!!
Student Gender: Female
Home State: Ohio
Date Applied: 1 November 2018
Have you visited the campus: No, but I will soon!
Major: Microbiology and Pre-Med
Applying to the Honors Program or University Academic Scholars Program: Yes, and Presidential Fellows Program!
ACT Score: 31
GPA: 3.8UW, 4.21W
My D applied. December 1 can’t come soon enough. Good luck to everyone.
My son applied.
Home State: NY
SAT Superscore: 1500, 1480 best one sitting
GPA: 106
Applied to Honors, Presidential and Academic Scholars.
Just noticed that portal says “Status: Complete” today. Not sure if that was there previously. Also he received an email about what his preferred name is from admissions.
Anyone else?
Yes same status. I wonder if the responses are all at one? ED responses are supposed to hear back 12/1. And EA in December ?? When my son heard back EA a couple,years ago, it was before Christmas.
Looking at last year’s thread, I think EA started getting informed around 12/21 online and then merit showed up in the mail about a week later.
My son applied in October. His status said “Status: Complete” as soon as all of his required documents were accounted for. According to Miami’s website, ED should hear by 12/1, people who applied by the 11/1 EA deadline should hear by 12/15 and people who apply by the 12/1 EA deadline should hear by 2/1.
http://miamioh.edu/admission/high-school/application/deadlines/index.html
I’m not sure if they’ll hold all of the notifications till the prescribed deadline or not. My son heard from another one of his colleges much earlier than he expected. It and Miami are his top 2, so he’s anxious to hear from this one as well.
@kiminohio thanks for that. That’s a week earlier than I expected. Will merit still come in the mail about a week later?
I am not sure about merit aid. This is our first go-around. I only saw info about ‘financial aid’ being available by mid-March. It did not specify if merit aid and need-based aid would be issued separately.
@kiminohio last year ea decisions came out 12/21 online and the first person received their merit package in the mail on 12/28.
The link you posted certainly seems to indicate that the decisions will be earlier this year.
I’m hoping that they stick to the table on their website and we’ll be good. It’s our understanding that the table is set in stone as long as you get accepted, but I guess I could be wrong about that. Our daughter superscored a 33 after her last act, so she was very excited about that. GPA is a 92/100, so I don’t see any way that’s not higher than a 3.5/4. I just hope no surprises there.
Student Gender: Female
Home State: Ohio
Date Applied: October 4th, 2018
Have you visited the campus?: Yes
Major: Strategic Communications
Applying to the Honors Program or University Academic Scholars Program (UASP)?: Yes, Honors
ACT / SAT score: 33 ACT (single sitting), 34 superscore
GPA: 4.282 W, 3.795 UW
Anyone notice that the merit levels, at least for OOS went up?
https://miamioh.edu/admission/merit-guarantee/index.html
I looked at the wayback machine and confirmed that 33+ was showing at $18K minimum in mid October.
It’s also quite clear that you are guaranteed the minimum amount.
@lexluthor5 Yes, it looks liked they upped it by 2k. That’s a nice base, I’m hoping that we get a little more and then it becomes more financially feasible. I know one of the other schools that my son applied to we got a letter with a much higher merit award than was listed on the website. I went and checked and all of a sudden the top award was what my son got.
My son applied - it’s on his Top 3 (according to him):
Student Gender: Male
Home State: Ohio
Date Applied: October 29th
Have you visited the campus?: Yes
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Applying to the Honors Program or University Academic Scholars Program (UASP)?: No to both
ACT / SAT score: 29 ACT superscore / 1350 SAT
GPA: 4.1 W, 3.7(ish) UW
AP’s. Calc AB (3), AP CS (4)
taking Calc BC and AP Physics this year
3 years varsity letter soccer, president (and co-founder) of robotics club, NHS, member of Spanish club
Community service including 4 years volunteering as a soccer coach for special needs kids
Work experience - 8 years as a soccer referee, 1 year lifeguarding
Good luck to all the ED applicants. Just Heard: decision letters being mailed Thursday Nov 29. Portals will have the decisions 12/1 at 12:00am EST.
@Materof2 , ty for that info. Any word on EA decisions?
Admissions website says Dec. 15th for EA
I imagine re EA, they will follow suit as with ED, with portal decisions coming out earlier prior to email.
With ED portals will have decisions on 12/1 at 12:01am; and with EA i imagine it’s 12:01am on 12/15.
***Miami is, however, MAILING decision envelopes for ED on 11/29. So, I imagine depending on the mail, applicants living close to Oxford MAY hear as early as 11/30 via US Mail.
I wish all of you and your students the very best of news.