D got the official acceptance letter today. She applied EA on Nov. 14. and letter was postmarked Dec. 16. It stated “you will be a Presidential Scholar and receive a scholarship acknowledging your academic achievement.” So I’m guessing that is the Presidential Scholarship listed in this link: http://admissions.unh.edu/merit-scholarships but since the wording is a little different, I’m not 100% sure. Per the NPC, we also qualify for a financial aid grant from the school which make the COA very reasonable. Woohoo!
Daughter accepted last week 27th of December via snail mail to Honors College and presidential scholarship (10k). weighted GPA of 4.1 (unweighted at 3.7) and ACT of 29. Also accepted to Honors college at Drexel, and Umass Amherst as pre-med. Awaiting RD at Northeastern and Brown. Many EC’s and mentoring with local physician; class rank in top 10%.
Gosh, we are still awaiting EA decision, is anyone else waiting? Wonder if my daughter should call. Her application was submitted before the deadline but it took a month for the ACT scores to send via disc or something like that. Anyway, says her application was complete on December 15th so I would assume they would notify soon. Any advice?
I didn’t even apply for EA but applied regular instead and I have already gotten my decision. I was admitted through the UNH portal a couple of days ago.
**Decision: Accepted **
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1970 (660 math 660 writing 650 reading)
[ *] ACT: 29 (30 english 30 reading 28 science 27 math) but waiting on the December scores…
[ *] SAT II: 730 math I, 620 math II
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3 (trash… but straight 3.5-3.7 since last semester sophomore year. Freshmen year killed my gpa…hoping the strong upward trend helps.)
4.0 GPA from a community college where I got a math credit from
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Doesn’t rank
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Two science courses and an honors math, along with regular classes (for first semester)
[ *] Major Awards: No major awards… but honor roll, athlete scholar, varsity letter
Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Hoping this makes up for poor GPA
[ *] Job/Work Experience: No paid jobs
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
Research/computer work for head of otolaryngology department at Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital. Chose me to lead patient data management project, and he wrote me probably my best recommendation. My essays all revolve around this work. Probably among the most important parts of my app
Volunteered at a food pantry for a long time
Sports (4) varsity and JV
Science olympiad
Piano
Debate
Student gov
Get tutored in Arabic/Turkish, proficient (also fluent in Farsi)
[ *] Essays: Pretty damn good essays, hired a past Dartmouth admission counselor current Dartmouth Med student to help write them.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 9/10 (one of them pretty much asked me to write a rec for me)
[ *] Counselor Rec: She said she emphasized my “diversity”… I’d probably say 7-8/10
[ *] Additional Rec: 10/10 from the head of otolaryngology at the hospital. Obviously haven’t read it, but I’m sure it’s really good
[ *] Intended Major: Biology, Pre-med
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NH
[ *] School Type: Prestigious public (#1 public in NH)
[ *] Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *]Legacy: Harvard University, Dartmouth College
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (if Middle Eastern counts…), proficient in several languages and fluent in Farsi. Dunno what else.
Do you all live in NH? Thanks! Congratulations!
@busyBBee, No, my daughter is OOS/international.