<p>Hello all, I was admitted to the class of 2015, and I was wondering how much $ other students received because I didn't receive much =/ although I'm an above average student. Please post what your grant was and your GPA and any outstanding achievements you had in high school</p>
<p>well to start why dont you post your stats and award so we can see</p>
<p>ok… my total cost of attendance is $44,000
my stats were: 3.3 GPA, a recruit for a varsity sport there, great EC’s, took 2 AP’s, captain of team for 2 years (getting recruited)
major: physics</p>
<p>When are the letters going to be out. I applied rd.</p>
<p>I got $20,441 for total cost, it was basically all merit though ($30,000), which canceled out any grants they would have given me. Here are my stats so you can compare:</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): M:770 CR:630 W:650
ACT: 31 (Math:35 English:31 Science:30 Reading:30)
SAT II: Chemistry:770 Math II:760
Weighted GPA: 4.17
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10% (Done decile with extremely competitive school with about 250 students total in my year, and actual known percent is around top 5%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (4) US History (4)
Senior Year Course Load (grade on midyear report): AP Biology (A-), Honors Band (A), Honors Physics (A-), Honors English (A-), Wellness (A, but B- first quarter haha), AP Spanish 5 (B+, A- first quarter), AP Calculus BC (B+, B first quarter, hardest class at my high school, 50% of the class all got into MIT and I have one of the higher grades), Contemporary Issues (A)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Spanish Club (Founder and President), Jazz Band (Lead Trumpet player), Chemistry Club (Founder and President), Tri-M (Honors Music Society), National Honors Society, Jefferson Forum (community service club), Peer Mentor Core Group (organizes school wide group), all male a capella group, school musicals every year (always getting decent parts to leads)
Job/Work Experience: Internship at a law office in summer of 2010, camp counselor, babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: 1 Summer as Camp Counselor, 4 hours every week at an animal shelter, several hours from community service club (overall hours totaling 600+ and counting)
Summer Activities: Camp Counselor, internship at a law firm, etc.
Essays: Incredible, had a tutor that helped me edit each of them and they were so “me”.
Teacher Recommendation: 3. All spectacular. Only sent 2 and they were the best.
Counselor Rec: She loves me, and said she wrote a great one.
Additional Rec: My band teacher, it was fantastic (he let me read it)
Interview: It was awful, the guy found out I was applying as a safety somehow by manipulating me and then I got all tripped up and then we really just didn’t get along. By far the worst interview I have EVER done. </p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Psychology/Economics
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public (Very competitive)
Ethnicity:White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Not sure, its changed quite a bit in the past year but it’s not too bad, I just have a twin so it’s a little harder on my family at the moment. That said, we can easily afford about $35,000 per year for both me and my brother.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None 
Visited Campus?: Yes</p>
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<p>my son had decent stats, but no laundry list like agoodscreenname. :)</p>
<p>didn’t apply for fin aid, but got a presidential scholarship of $11,000 a year</p>
<p>wow good stats agoodscreenname, they should have given you a full ride lol
i have to pay $44 g =/ BTW did anyone find out if they are a “Union Scholar” ?</p>
<p>My D got accepted yesterday and in the same envelope there was a letter
inviting her to be a “Union Scholar”. This was also with the separate fin aid letter.
D got $15M in Merit aid and Sub Direct loans</p>