<p>If we've already received acceptance a while back (December) when do you think the fin aid will come out? thanks!</p>
<p>I read (and copied) somewhere that finaid notifications would be done on a “rolling” basis starting March 15.</p>
<p>Alright thanks notakid!</p>
<p>Mine’s online right now. I didn’t receive any notification; i just checked and it was there.</p>
<p>wow, for real? can you post the link please?</p>
<p>ugh of course i didnt save my log in info :(</p>
<p>[After</a> You Apply : Applying to UVM : University of Vermont](<a href=“http://www.uvm.edu/admissions/undergraduate/applying/?Page=after.html]After”>http://www.uvm.edu/admissions/undergraduate/applying/?Page=after.html)</p>
<p>Then click the “check your application status online,” then log then click “potential financial aid award.” :)</p>
<p>thank you! now all i have to do is wait for an email back from them about my lost pin and id haha</p>
<p>Thanks for the tip, quinoa423. My son’s was posted also. Remarkably similar to what UNH offered. He’s oos.</p>
<p>My student checked and aid was posted…also very similar to UNH! How to decide? We cannot afford to visit from the Chicago area…any info would be appreciated, either on UVM or how it compares to UNH…</p>
<p>We haven’t visited either UVM or UNH, but hope to before deciding (live in MA). We’ll have to drag our son who is pretty set on UMass. His parents would like for him to give more thought to his options, though the decision will be his. All I “know” about the schools comes from reading college guides and visiting web sites. My son decided to apply to UVM mainly because a history teacher he likes a lot went there, which is not such a bad reason.</p>
<p>Both schools seem pretty solid, but I gather UVM has a slightly better academic reputation than UNH, and I noticed that students at UNH were a bit negative about their profs in the Princeton Review Guide, though there’s no way to know how representative that is. Both have a party school reputation, with drinking and pot-smoking mentioned as widespread in Princeton Guide. Drinking seems to be an important part of the culture at most northeastern schools, which we are not thrilled about. UVM seems to have a fairly large “hippy-type” element. Both schools rate low in diversity. </p>
<p>UVM doesn’t have a football team and just dropped baseball and softball to save money. UVM has 3-credit courses, so you need to take 5 per semester. UNH has 4-credit courses, so you only need 4 per semester. </p>
<p>From all I can tell, the students seem pretty content both places, enjoying a good college experience; and a degree with good grades from either would be well worth having. Beyond that, it’s hard to know how much each school might be likely to provide guidance in choice of major etc. I like it that UConn has a program specifically for undecideds.</p>
<p>Here is the reply I just posted at UNH:</p>
<p>Both are wonderful schools and they have a lot in common, but they also have different personalities. UVM is in a small, vibrant city, but it is a long ways from anywhere. UNH is in a beautiful college town, but it is only 20 minutes from Boston and an hour from Boston. Both have good academics. UNH has football and better fall weekends. Since UVM joined Hockey East, their hockey rivalry has been growing. Both have gorgeous campuses.</p>
<p>You raise some additional points. On UNH’s website I did see that the most popular program is “undecided liberal arts.” Although both schools have a fairly large outdoorsy crowd, I think UVM does have more “hippies,” probably due to the fact that it is in Burlington and does not have football. In the end, I think it comes down to personal preference.</p>
<p>Thanks to both of you for your very helpful answers! I think you might have meant 20 minutes from Portsmouth, for UNH. Very useful posts from both of you, lots of good info.
Here in the Midwest, there is no shortage of party schools! Indiana Univ., U of IL at Champaign ( I have a student there)…as I tell my kids, unless you go to BYU, or Bob Jones Univ., there will be lots of kids partying on Mommy and Daddy’s dime…most def it is everywhere…
.we also have to rule out U of I, where she was accepted, but with far less aid…
wow, this is going to be tough to decide…</p>
<p>Wow. By far the best aid offering for me thus far! Yay!</p>
<p>Sorry about that - I did mean Portsmouth, which by the way is a great town. Portsmouth, like Newburyport and several other old seacoast towns which had become pretty seedy, have been totally restored and are beautiful today. In the end, your choice may come down to seacoast or mountains. Both are beautiful and both are very New Englandy.</p>
<p>One thing to consider in comparing finaid packages would be how confident you can be of getting the same deal in following years. I’ve heard some schools are more generous with grant/scholarship money the freshman year in order to get you to commit. </p>
<p>The “guaranteed” (assuming a 3.0 gpa) money is higher for the UNH package than the UVM one in my son’s case. That’s the four-year merit scholarship part. The rest is subject to change each year.</p>
<p>Hey all,
So, I’d just like to clarify something about credits at UVM. It is true that many UVM classes are 3 credits, but to be a full-time student you need to take a minimum of 12 credits, which would be 4 classes. Also, there are a lot of 4 credit classes. Lab courses in the sciences and intro language classes all tend to be 4 credits, not 3. Plus, while you need to take 4 to be a full-time student, you can take up to 18 credits, which makes for a pretty flexible schedule.</p>