@Snowy11 Where do your grades and ECs fall? Only submit your scores if it strengthens your application. If your grades and ECs are above average, skip the scores. If they are below average, submit the scores.
@PH My grades are pretty good. 3.83 unweighted/ 4.86 weighted. Top 11% in a class of almost 800. Captain of lacrosse team 2 years, Boys State Delegate, NHS, Young Men’s Service League. Not sure if those activities matter though.
I’d recommend submitting the scores. You may not get one of the early acceptances that the highest scorers are getting this month, but the vast majority of acceptances are coming out in February. With your GPA, leadership, and class rank, scores square in the middle of the range should mean you will be accepted with that group. Good luck!
If I don’t submit scores, does anyone have recommendations for what should be put in the statement they ask for? It asks what you are proud of. To me, being able to maintain my leadership role on the lacrosse team, maintain a job, and keep up with my philanthropy hours while maintaining strong academic performance. Not sure if that is good enough.
@Snowy11 those are great stats. You could go either way, but I would suggest skipping the test scores as they don’t strengthen your application. But falling at the 50th percentile doesn’t weaken your application either.
@snowy11 I think that is excellent, and authentic.
@SCdadof3 do you mind sharing your sons scores? @Snowy11 do you mind sharing what the middle 50% was? My son applied late august, OOS, top 6% in school with graduating class of 990, varsity lax, SAT 1440 and lots of volunteer hours and clubs. He really wants Clemson or UF, but I think he would be super happy at Clemson!!
There are several schools of thought on this. I asked the same question about my daughter’s Penn State app as she is slightly above 50%. Most people thought she should submit (which she did already - we were considering changing to TO). Line of thinking is it’s better to confirm you are capable with a score firmly in the middle of their typical accepted class. Otherwise, admissions might feel you’re hiding very low scores. I can see both sides of this argument tho. We asked ourselves whether we thought admissions would assume the TO kiddos would have scored higher if able to test, or would they assume they had a lower score and chose not to send it? In the end we assumed the latter and left her scores. Good luck with your decision.
FYI - D also applied to Clemson with scores that fall slightly above the listed 50% for 2020. We are OOS tho, so her score may work against her.
Are you in-state or OOS?
She’s in with an academic scholarship! In-state, School of Nursing!
My daughter is IN with a scholarship!
Major is Food Science and Human Nutrition
UW GPA 4.0/WGPA 5.07
Applied test optional (though SAT would have fallen in lower portion of mid 50%)
Not a ton of ECs because she attends a residential high school for the arts and there aren’t a ton of ECs offered. She did have a few strong ones though.
@Hdseward - son’s stats are 1510 (superscore), 4.0/5.15 gpa, top 6% of class.
Did any OOS letters say “will be eligible/offered in state tuition”…rumor that some did? Was just curious if anyone had gotten…
Where have you seen that rumor (I know that the have the ability to do that)? I would be thrilled if Clemson started offering in-state tuition to OOS students. My daughter is a top 1% student, and she loves Clemson. However, the merit aid makes Clemson extremely expensive for OOS students, especially when my daughter can attend GA Tech tuition-free. She’s only a junior so we have another year, but as of right now, Clemson is at the top of her list!
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My daughter received admission on 11/5. (high stats, awards, etc) It mentioned scholarship but no mention of IS tuition. Someone else mentioned that they knew of someone who had also gotten letter recently and it mentioned offering IS tuition. I wouldn’t be surprised if there was some “confusion”, but wondered if anyone else had heard that.
Congrats to everyone who has heard; welcome to the Clemson family! Please do not panic if they have not heard; remember the vast majority will not hear until mid February. Good luck!!
@2NCKids there are some diversity scholarships that offer more than the standard auto merit scholarships.
https://www.clemson.edu/financial-aid/types/scholarships/clemson-diversity.html
@burghdad oh no; poor thing. I know how much the ceremony means to them. Glad to hear she’s doing better! D20 is making the best of the whole covid environment. She just completed her Eureka forum and is loving her honors classes. Good luck to D18 with Law school apps and to D21 with her decision!
I am going to reach out to the financial aid office in a minute because they actually mention an out-of-state tuition waiver on the web site. It’s new verbiage that was not there last year. They also mention merit scholarships of $500 - $7,500 (the absolute dollars seem lower than in recent years, but the mention of an OOS tuition waiver could be a huge improvement).
Has anyone who applied test optional been admitted in these early rounds?
@NJEngDAD: post #26 & #95 were test optional.
@ashley41 BTW #26 was a chance me
@NJEngDad: My bad…nice catch!