<p>ACCEPTED with the Presidential Scholarship!!! Go Phoenix!!!</p>
<p>A deferral was made on my D’s admission decision until March 1st. The email asked for first semester grades because:</p>
<p>“We recognize your academic strength and potential for success in college. Many excellent students have been asked for additional material. Senior year grades were not considered in the evaluation process. Therefore, when you submit your first semester or first marking period grades, the Committee can substantiate continued strong academic performance.”</p>
<p>Good luck to all those accepted to Elon.</p>
<p>S was admitted - no academic $ - 1060/1550 SAT 3.63GPA</p>
<p>Elon is his first choice and will be attending</p>
<p>D was deferred for Elon and deferred for MT program</p>
<p>@College0304 As I said before, Elon likes students who are likely not using Elon as a safety. They have a track record of deferring some of the students with the highest numbers because they want to accept students are more likely to enroll.</p>
<p>My daughter received an acceptance email this morning and we paid the deposit as Elon is her 1st choice. </p>
<p>My sense is that Elon is dialed in on accepting the students that absolutely want to go there. Seems like they are trying to restrict acceptances slightly and increase their enrollment yield by focusing on fit.</p>
<p>Best of luck to the Elon class of 2018.</p>
<p>I get the feeling that a lot of the tier two-type schools are taking this tact. Demonstrated interest seems to be at an all time high. The schools have built in several clever ways to indicate an applicants interest. At one time, a visit was all you needed to show high interest. Now schools are adding “optional” essays and questions. Traveling to hundreds of high schools and local fairs where they can keep track of who shows up. Admissions counselors can now track emails and phone calls. </p>
<p>However, these schools will always have to take chances on high stat kids because snagging more of these kids raises their middle 50% scores which raises their USNWR grade which attracts more and better students which lowers their acceptance rates and raises their yield which improves their USNWR ranking and on and on. It’s a vicious cycle that all schools are caught in.</p>
<p>My daughter was deferred to regular decision. They would like for her to submit her first semester grades from senior year for further consideration. She has an unweighted GPA of 3.52 and ACT score of 27. 2 AP courses junior year and 3 AP as a senior.</p>
<p>We are on the West Coast and have not visited. We did go to an Elon reception in our hometown. I’m guessing that there will be little or no scholarship money awarded if she does get in.</p>
<p>Hotforteacher…my D felt strongly about attending Elon and had lots of communication with them. We visited the campus this past summer and it was a great visit and discussion. She has very strong EC’s…high GPA at a competitive private HS. She completed the essay as well as the personal statement. Her GC told her the personal statement was the best she’s ever seen. However, my D’s standardized test scores were just below Elon’s mid-range. I suspect that’s the basis for the deferment. So I guess even if you show strong interest it really comes down to one or two things. In my D’s case the test scores. She has decided not to continue with this process since most, if not all, merit aid will be gone by the time a final decision is made. She’s already been accepted at 5 other schools so it will come down tk which one provides the best FA package. </p>
<p>Best of luck to everyone!</p>
<p>Does Elon reject any of the EA applicants or just defer some of them? D was admitted w/o scholarship 1220/1860 SAT, 29 ACT (30 superscored), top 10% of class, 4.0 gpa.</p>
<p>D was accepted EA with the Presidential Scholarship. She is now 3 for 3 with 3 more to go in the RD round. It appears we will have a very busy spring break visiting schools on the admitted students weekend so she can make the final evaluations and decision (all subject to the financial side, of course).</p>
<p>D deferred to RD, pending grades. She still has to audition in February.</p>
<p>Daughter accepted from Tennessee~ not a highly represented state. Visited Elon in junior and senior years. Strong private high school with gpa in excess of 3.85 with honors & AP work. ACT 30 …Daughter played soccer and other EC’s
…I would judge her as a highly involved student, but not uber involved. With so many talented students applying to Elon, I, as a parent, was prepared for her to be deferred to RD. As an observer, I feel my D made a wise choice to add an additional science course in her junior year (AP Chem & Anatomy and Physiology). This very well might have showed her ability to manage a progressive volume of material ~ considering the typical freshman to sophomore progression…math, science, English. Otherwise, I felt there were a plethora of students with similar skill sets applying to this very popular and distinctive university. I could be wrong…it is just this Dad’s opinion. Overall, I would be proud to have my daughter attend this university as I was impressed by so many of the students who I came in contact with while on our two visits.</p>
<p>We are from Tennesse as well. I know at least one other girl at my D’s HS who was accepted with the prez.</p>
<p>My Daughter was thrilled to be accepted to Elon under EA! We are from Maryland. She received the Presidential Scholarship as well. Really great news!!</p>
<p>D. accepted EA Dec. 19th - 31 ACT, 3.9 GPA UW, AP scholar, plays club (since 4th grade) and varsity soccer - captain. Received Presidential scholarship.</p>
<p>@lynjobes My scholarship was very clearly listed on OnTrack, in the email, and in the letter I received today. If it is not mentioned on the letter or email, you most likely did not receive one.</p>
<p>How much is an engagement scholarship? I got a presidential</p>
<p>Engagement is $3,500 per year plus a $2,000 one time grant to study abroad (or other “Elon Experience”. Total value is $16,000 across four years.</p>
<p>Doesn’t sound like Elon gives out a lot of merit aid even to top scholars. Unless the parents are funding a big chunk of the bill the students and/or parents must be taking on some debt.</p>