<p>I recently committed to Furman under ED for next Fall. But I have tons of questions!!</p>
<p>Like, will I get anymore letters with more information between now and May when RD applicants begin to commit?</p>
<p>Or, do I have to have health care during the school year and such?</p>
<p>How do scholarships and grants work? Like, do I get a bill with them subtracted?</p>
<p>Congratulations on your acceptance and decision to attend Furman. My daughter is a sophomore and couldn’t be happier with the school. She is working hard, but is also having a great time with a wonderful group of fellow students.</p>
<p>Based on our experience 2 years ago, you should receive a letter very soon confirming your deposit. It will probably direct you to the New at FU website which will answer most of your questions. Other than that, I don’t think you will hear much more before the spring. Here is the link to the admissions page for accepted students:
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<p>If you are asking about health insurance, yes it is required. In the summer you will send in a medical form. On that form you will have to provide a copy of your health insurance card. If you are not able to obtain coverage through your parents’ policy, there is a student plan available through the school.</p>
<p>Fall semester bills are sent out in July and Spring semester bills are sent in November. Scholarships are reflected on the statements. I don’t have experience with grants so can’t answer that question but I would assume that they are handled similarly.</p>
<p>Congratulations on your acceptance to Furman! My D is a freshman and just finished her first semester. She loves it and is looking forward to returning for the Spring semester.</p>
<p>GRITS80 did a good job answering your initial questions. We recently looked into the student health insurance since we found out that many of the new healthcare policies written in response to the healthcare law have significant exclusions for Out of Network coverage. My D is covered under our health plan, however we live outside the region so basically everyone in the Greenville area is out of network. We may need to purchase an additional student policy for her, it is approximately $1,000 a year. </p>
<p>Enjoy the acceptance letter and don’t hesitate to ask any questions, we mad a ton of them.</p>
<p>As everyone else has said-Congrats on your acceptance. Furman iis an exceptional school and I am sure you will love your time there.</p>
<p>If you applied or were awarded scholarship funds based upon academic qualifications, you will be able to find an online statement in WebAdvisor which will show your total cost per semester and funds provided by Furman or the federal government. You will also receive the same statement ( usually addressed to student) a month or more before funds are due. This web site has great students and parents who are a treasure trove of information, so feel free to tap into everyone’s experience.!</p>
<p>Every year after freshman year - you have to go into WebAdvisor and check that you are accepting the scholarship for that year. Otherwise, it is not taken off the statement.</p>
<p>My daughter is a sophomore and loves Furman!</p>
<p>Thank you guys for all of your help. It’s been so helpful! I’m sure that I’ll love Furman. Well, actually…I already do!!!</p>
<p>If I have anymore questions then I won’t hesitate to ask. THANKS GUYS!</p>
<p>I’m a current sophomore at Furman if you have any student-related questions. Feel free to PM me or ask me in this thread about anything!</p>
<p>I have a question: is the college Mac-friendly?</p>
<p>Both of our kids have Macs as well as a number of their friends. DS, who is the “techie” says FU is Mac friendly. Our kids only problems have been Ethernet connections in their rooms. The new president, Rod Smolla is having wireless installed throughout the campus-which should be great for everyone.</p>
<p>Yes, definitely. Mac’s are much easier to use at Furman. If you are bringing a PC you used in high school you’ll likely have a lot of problems getting on the wireless network the first few weeks.</p>
<p>Do any of you know any information on FU cheerleading? I’m trying to figure out the requirements. I emailed the coach and she never emailed back.</p>
<p>I am not sure when you e-mailed but Furman was out on break since mid December and has been closed most of this week due to the weather. I would try your e-mail once again now that they are officially back to work. If you still can’t get through, I would recommend you e-mail your Admissions Counselor to request assistance, they will be able to get you an answer. Good luck!</p>
<p>Who is doing RD for Furman?</p>
<p>Does anyone know how many early decision students were accepted and what percentage of those students have chosen to enroll?</p>
<p>They still have not released that information for last year. It is usually released the following year, meaning next January or February. The only thing known about the ED applications this year is that they were up significantly over last year, approximately 58% increase. Generally the Admissions department does not like to release this information early.</p>
<p>Thanks, Bobby. After reading The Choice article about ED and seeing Furman’s high numbers my kiddo, who applied regular, became pretty nervous. Thought I would see if any seasoned parents knew how the get the ED info sooner. Well March 15th will come any time now right? 
Furman is my kiddo’s first choice.</p>
<p>To clear up a few worries about admissions for Furman this year, I’d like to bring up a few “insider” details about the future direction of the school.</p>
<p>As many know, we have a new President this year, Dr. Rod Smolla. Working with the school administration, and student groups, FU has been developing a master plan for the next 20-or-so years. While a great deal of what this plan entails (such as the potential for building fraternity housing on campus) will not affect anyone going to Furman in the next decade, one of the more immediate impacts of the plan is to increase enrollment. Starting with next year, each class at Furman is predicted to be in the 800-850 student range. This is about 50-100 students more than previous classes, and is coming at the same time that Furman looks to increase the national profile of the school. They are doing this by looking to build the athletic program, increasing enrollment from New England, and the Mid-Atlantic states, and by working to build publicity surrounding the school.</p>
<p>The net effect of these policies is likely to be that the admissions rate is about the same as it has been in years past. In the long run, I’m sure that FU would like to become more selective, but that isn’t a particularly likely scenario in the short-term.</p>
<p>Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions about the master plan, or other aspects of Furman.</p>
<p>Thank you for the great feedback. I have been reading your posts for some time Woody. My kiddo has really appreciated reading what you have generously contributed here. You have added depth to an outsiders understanding. We loved Furman. The Fall for Furman day was really outstanding, we felt Furman was a real gem of a university. </p>
<p>Keep posting, it’s great reading!! :)</p>
<p>To expand on what I said earlier, I want to reiterate that a lot of the changes coming through at Furman, from a strategic/master plan perspective are ones that won’t affect students in the near future.</p>
<p>For an example of a change that will definitely affect students, starting this fall, you can look at what the Housing and Residence Life department is doing to try to put more of an emphasis on freshmen transitions and a better, and more cohesive, quality of life in the residence halls. </p>
<p>When incoming freshmen receive their choices for residence halls next year, they’ll notice that the vast majority of options are in South Housing. All of Greek housing will be in Lakeside, most likely in Chiles and Gambrell (at the far end of the dorms nearest to North Village). Freshmen will, with only a few halls as exceptions, be in South Housing. The reason for this is to foster better interactions between all freshmen, and to help build a real sense of community for the class. Also, in the past few years, Greek life has been split between dorms in SoHo and Lakeside. Next year, each Greek hall will connect to, and be surrounded by, other Greek halls. Almost all freshmen will live within the same basic community.</p>
<p>This is just one example of what Furman does on a year to year basis to try to reevaluate and improve upon its existing policies and structures. In the coming years, the residence halls will be a major focus of improvement for the school, but other buildings, such as the University Center, will also see big changes. </p>
<p>What has most impressed me about the process has been the openness, and transparency, with which the administration operates. I have a lot of friends at state schools, and because of the size and constant budgeting shifts that happen at those universities, strategic planning is often an opaque, “smoke filled backroom” kind of process. Teachers are laid off suddenly, building plans are announced/renounced/re-announced with little warning, and there is not the same kind of commitment to the mission that there seems to be at Furman. We are, and always will be, a small, selective, private Liberal Arts College. That’s what undergirds everything that is happening here, and that’s what the focus will always be on improving upon.</p>