Did people who did not apply for financial aid (meaning did not submit a FAFSA) EA get merit award notices?
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ours said January 17 for financial aid.
Those who received merit notification, whatâs your major? Seems most on this thread are Gabelli Business.
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Accepted to Rose Hill Campus with Deanâs scholarship(20k/yr). Submitted FAFSA and CSS Profile. Did not receive NMSF recognition scholarship(full tuition).
Based on previous years, Presidential and Deanâs scholarships are awarded at admission and for EA, full financial packages, including other merit scholarships such as Loyola, come later.
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My kiddo is biological sciences.
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full tuition NMSF scholarship for gabelli rose hill
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Yes. Daughter was admitted to Gabelli business school with Deanâs ($20K/year). Did not submit FAFSA.
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Hi, did u get the decision for Fordham?
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Do those who were awarded scholarships mind sharing stats?
DD was deferred at Gabelli RH with 1530 SAT (790M/740R), 9 APs 4s and 5s, AP Scholar with distinction, 3.95/4.0 UW GPA, National Merit SF and College Board National Hispanic Scholar. Average ECs, but also worked 2 part time jobs while in high school, including an internship at a law firm.
This is her first rejection/deferral, which is a shame b/c she really liked the idea of attending Gabelli at RH and taking additional courses downtown. She already has a full merit ride at another school, but this one really hurt as it was high on her list.
Sorry to hear this. This almost sounds like a mistake.
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I can understand the disappointment, but admission and the full scholarship may yet happen. Fordham has a new president, and so their admission strategies may have changed. For example, Fordham was never previously known to yield protect, but they may be doing so now. I would not consider this a rejection if I were you. We just canât predict.
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But why would they yield protect NMSF? They get full-tuition at Fordhamâitâs a HUGE incentive for students to come.
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And yet the really tippy-top students, even with the full tuition scholarship, still use Fordham as a safety. They end up going to Ivys, Stanford, Duke etc even at full pay. It is the âimperfectâ National Merit scholars who perhaps more often end up at Fordhamâones who have the PSAT scores, but maybe donât have perfect grades. Ones who arenât in the running for T15s. Perhaps they are going to offer the full tuition scholarships to these students first. Who knows. The new president comes from Loyola New Orleans, but prior to that she was at Tulane, which has risen through the ranks by these sorts of strategies.
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Iâm just saying because I got in earlier today. 4.0uw. 1590 SAT. NMSF. I also got into UPenn ED so I guess Iâm one of those âtippy-topâ candidates. All Iâm saying is that OP should maybe look into what caused this deferral despite great stats. Maybe essays and such need more work to make them competitive for RD. Should view this as a learning opportunity, rather than fall into the yield protect fallacy.
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So maybe they took a gamble on you because they really wanted you because you fit some sort of institutional priority for them (For example, maybe you are male, they are really gender imbalanced). But looks like their gamble didnât pay off, they are losing you to Penn after all, no? Now maybe your Fordham scholarship will go to Pircâs daughter in RD. We just donât know.
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My son applied EA and was accepted to Gabelli, Rose Hill Campus, with a full tuition scholarship for National Hispanic Recognition!
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Yes, I hope my offer goes to Pircâs daughter! By the way, Iâm a white female. Not sure what kind of priority Iâd fit but I get what youâre saying.
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Congrats on UPenn!!
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