<p>Aid. :( Mt. Holyoke gave me reaaaally bad aid; now I have to wait for Smith's, I guess.</p>
<p>Define "really bad"?</p>
<p>They want me to pay $40,000 a year and my family makes less than that in a year. :|</p>
<p>I'm in! Smith is really a top choice for me, but I need to see where else takes me.</p>
<p>I'm in as well! But, like everyone here, I need to wait it out for the aid before I get too excited. I got into MHC with a $20,000 scholarship + an honors tutorial, etc. so that may be a determining factor, as I didn't get a STRIDE. </p>
<p>Still, though! I got into Smith!</p>
<p>Woot! Accepted! but can't afford it so hmm maybe MHC will be better with aid.</p>
<p>@keai: Did you get fin aid already?! Damn. I really want mine, since that's pretty much what will determine if I go to Smith or not...</p>
<p>Accepted!!! Yay!</p>
<p>I got in too!!!!!!</p>
<p>I am SO EXCITED! I can't wait to get the financial aid letter.</p>
<p>ajlangs,</p>
<p>I guess FA info will be in the mail. It said the packet should arrive by March 27. Maybe earlier, since I'm intl. Fingers crossed...</p>
<p>Congrats to you all! Anyone interested in posting stats to aid us future applicants? It would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>Accepted
High School: Private
High School Type: sends many grads to top schools
GPA - Unweighted: 3.58
SAT I Math: 680
SAT I Critical Reading: 800
SAT I Writing: 800
ACT: 32 (don't think I sent this though)
SAT II Literature: 750
SAT II Math Level 1 (IC): 680
ECs: I've been very dedicated to choir and voice since ~5th grade. I've been in one college opera and was a very active member of my school's FIRST robotics team last year.</p>
<p>Essay: I wrote about my battles with depression/mental illness and how I hope to study philosophy and cognitive neuroscience to teach/help others and hopefully reduce societal stigma of mental illness.</p>
<p>Other: I've only taken 2 APs and 1 honors language course, but that's because I will have only completed by junior year. I'm technically going to be a high school dropout, and will skip my senior year and instead go to college.</p>
<p>Hope that helps! I'm not sure if my data is as useful because of my unusual situation. Personally, I'm still kind of stunned that I was accepted, but very, very happy.</p>
<p>Whoa, excellent scores and I bet that essay floored them...
I'd post mine but I'm international so the situation is probably different...</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>High School: Public in Texas, but, all things considered, a good school
Ethnicity: White/Jewish
GPA (UW): 3.67
Course Load: I'm full IB Diploma (as well as AP; at my school, every IB class means you get to take the AP exam for it as well; fun times); my schedule isn't very diverse due to IB requirements (prior to Diploma I did IBMYP as well), but I've taken six years of French, two of Spanish, and have been involved in both orchestra and newspaper for a l-o-n-g time (heh)
SAT (M:CR:W): 2080 (630:750:700)
SAT IIs: Took over 5; they ranged but were around 700+, for the most part
ACT: 29 (ARGH. I blame the math section!)
APs: All 5's (+ taking 4-5 more this year)
IB: 5 Psych SL, taking 3 HLs (French, English, History) this year and 2 SLs (Math, Biology)
ECs: Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper (was previously Photo Editor, photographer, and staff writer), 3rd chair violin in orchestra, President of a science club whose name I can't give you because its unique to my school (=P), Historian of both Orchestra and French Club, and I'm in a few other clubs as well</p>
<p>Outside of school I'm a freelance photographer and I do a lot of work shooting concerts. I also volunteer at my local Mexican American Cultural Arts Center (I'm 100% white, but I like the Center a lot) and the rest of my time I allocate to political campaigns. I gave up half my junior year to campaign for Hillary Clinton, and I don't regret that decision one bit, regardless of the outcome. :) In all, I'm a fairly mediocre applicant numbers-wise, so I'm incredibly grateful for Smith having confidence in me! It's a great school. =D</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone! </p>
<p>I got into Smith with a STRIDE, which is absolutely awesome! :) Don't know how the FA will work out though--the STRIDE is a lot of money, but I'm not sure if they'll award me anything for need. If MHC's FA is anything to go by, I won't get anything (although I got a scholarship there, too!). </p>
<p>My stats:
GPA: 98.1 (through jr year)
Class Rank: 1/183
SAT I: CR 720, M 670, W 740 (2130)
SAT II: Math I 690, World History 710, English Lit 740, US History 800
APs: US History 5, AP Lang&Comp 5; this year taking AP Calc AB, AP Physics, AP Literature</p>
<p>ECs: Managing Editor of my school paper for 2 years, first violin in regional youth orchestra for 4 years (concertmaster for 2), school a cappella group (by-audition-only) for 4 years (this year I'm group director), Amnesty International, NHS, peer tutoring, church youth group...other stuff I'm probably forgetting...</p>
<p>I wrote my essay about this camping experience I had and how I saw it connect to a quote from Thoreau that I love. Recs came from my APUSH and AP Lang teachers from last year, both probably excellent (I hope). And I had a great interview at Smith.</p>
<p>Congrats to all of you. Usually there's a section on Bannerweb under student information that is for financial aid and you can probably look there to see if you got a pell grant or something. The detailed aid packages will be in your mailed packets though.</p>
<p>I can't see anything about my aid package online. :( I guess I'll have to wait for the packet...</p>
<p>Yeah, same. :[ I'm thinking mine will come Monday or Tuesday...uggh. I'm so spoiled with email--snail mail is sloooow!</p>
<p>I can't see anything either... :-(
Oh well, I've already made peace with the fact that March-April is about losing sleep and growing gray hair...</p>
<p>I got a Pell Grant! =D</p>