Still checking the mailbox here in MD too. Nothing yet.
We have DS housing #, Honors app submitted, orientation date set, plane ticket bought - yet no swag. lol.
Joining convo. D was accepted, but no packet yet. Live in GA. How do you know whether you received OOS waiver?
To look for the OOS waiver, look for a scholarship letter link that is under the regular admissions letter. I forget the SAT score needed, but I know ACT was 31 and GPA (based on their weighting system) was 4.0.
Congrats to your D!
I have a question about FSU engineering. I’ve heard different things and the engineering school is not ranked very high. Has anyone had any experience with the engineering school there??
@twinmommy The engineering school is not on the FSU campus – the program is a joint program with FAMU. No experience, but my D21 is looking at tech and engineering schools, and for her, UF and UCF are more appealing for CS/Engineering.
@amsunshine i have heard that uf is great for engineering however my dds applied late as we weren’t aware Of the oos bencquisto so we know the chances of them getting into UF are very slim unless UF
needs two more NMF. Lol
@twinmommy - I would also look at UCF. My S19 was an NMF and we toured both UF and UCF for engineering. UCF was quite impressive with their honors college and proximity to engineering companies.
Joining conversation. D accepted with Benacquisto. NMF. We all have the flu but she managed to file the Presidential Scholar application on time last night…with a 102 fever. That application is a bear!
Still haven’t received any packet in the mail. We live in Fla.
So, for those who didn’t get the Honors App done. My daughter didn’t do it in time and emailed the college. They responded that since she is directly admitted so no application was necessary (Since she was a NMF).
So those of you with Procrastinator NMF students then it sounds like good news for the honors college.
We are making our final visits around spring break. Will take a tour of the Nursing College and the main campus again to finalize our decision.
Has anyone outside of FL received a packet? Accepted with OOS wavier and still waiting.
@MBNC1755 In NJ and we received it about 2 days ago.
Still waiting for packet here in NY. I heard the final batch went out last Friday so hoping it will be in mailbox today!!!
Son accepted to FSU with Freshman Scholarship. Applied to FSU Honors and Presidential Scholarship. Received Bright Futures award. Completed Housing application and got a good low #. Business/Econ major.
1510 SAT
4.68 GPA
4 year Varsity athlete and Captain 2 years.
Almost 500 varied volunteer hours
Waiting to hear from UPenn and Wake Forest. Highly considering U of Richmond. (accepted with nice aid)
I think it’s down to getting into Honors at FSU and Richmond. 2 totally different schools and I am good with either. Has to be his decision.
I believe Richmond may provide better opportunities during and after college. Beautiful campus, 3300 students, Div 1 athletics, School of Leadership, downtown Richmond 6 miles away. Talked with students we met at a baseball game and raved about the job opportunities saying most good students in Business areas had offers after Junior year.
Told him we somehow will afford either. The waiting is the hardest part.
What to do , what to do!!
We live in NJ and have not received the admissions packet. I just got off the phone with the admissions department and they said the packets can take 2-3 weeks to arrive. If we do not receive by the end of next week we should call back.
in state. still haven’t received anything. i wouldn’t stress about it. only a few people i know of at my school received any, and they received them yesterday.
i’m in-state and i was accepted for fall 2020 and i received my package today
We just received the packet yesterday. And we live in Tallahassee!!
Does anyone know when we will hear if our student is invited for an interview for Presidential Scholars?
@mom2gr8girls - email we received after submitting honors application said early March. Not sure how that has played out historically, but hope they will narrow it down as we approach “early March.” If you are chosen as a Presidential Scholar finalist, you must attend their weekend event on April 3&4.
need to update! i was initially accepted for spring 2021 which was odd to me bc i’m in-state and in IB but yesterday after appealing we realized i’d entered grades wrong in my SSAR making my grades seem really bad. so now i’m excited to say i’ve been admitted for fall 2020!