<p>Best of luck to you, Tominkozhimala!</p>
<p>has anyone gotten their letter of finalist status for hunt or presidential?</p>
<p>I'm calling it quits for the President's one. Let's have higher hopes for the Hunt one.</p>
<p>Well, by now everybody should have their results. So I’m resurrecting this thread!</p>
<p>How did it go? Did anybody get the big scholarships you were hoping for?</p>
<p>Any President’s Scholars out there? Did it seal the deal? Will you be going to SMU?</p>
<p>SimpleLife-- my son did get the presidential scholarship. We are thrilled, of course. As you may remember from the Rice thread, he got a very nice scholarship at Rice and also one from UT. It’s going to be a tough decision, but he’s lucky to have such great options. He did get into two schools with sticker prices of $54K, one on each coast. He’s not too sure about going that far away, and I’m not too sure about paying over 200K for college!
He is going to Owl Days next week-- will we see you and your son there? Does your son have his decision made?</p>
<p>Wow! Fantastic, cpq1ctbu!!! (And son, of course!) That’s free tuition AND free room and board, right? Along with free transportation and tuition for study abroad? And a host of other things, too, right? Good grief. That’s amazing. Congrats!</p>
<p>My son will probably not be at Owl Days next week. He’s very excited about his acceptance to Rice. He loves Rice. But he did not get into the music studio he wanted. The one he wanted is comprised mostly of grad students, so he knew it was unlikely. This year, the teacher he wanted has 2 senior undergrads and the rest are grad students. That’s how unlikely it was that my freshman son would get in. And he knew that up front.</p>
<p>For music students, the teacher is by far one of the most important factors in a college decision. Son absolutely loves his prospective teacher at SMU! He loves LOTS of things about SMU. We went to their accepted students program the other week. Were you there?</p>
<p>Also, he got full tuition at SMU and another school, and nearly full tuition at two other colleges. When he compares that to Rice’s price … well, there’s really no comparison. He did get two scholarships to Rice, but the COA there is still much higher than his full-tuition schools.</p>
<p>Congrats to you and your son as well. It sounds like he has some great options, too. We have only been on SMU’s campus for the presidential scholarship weekend. Will your son live in the honors dorms? My son is a little concerned about whether greek life dominates the social scene. He doesn’t think he’d want to be in a frat. I wish I knew more about how the social life was for kids who don’t go greek, and about whether there was a community feel in the honors dorms and with the presidential scholars, similar to what he’d find at Rice.
My son didn’t stay in the dorms for the presidential scholars weekend because we had to be back early Sat. morning. Maybe he should see if he could stay in the dorms next weekend.</p>
<p>My son has not stayed in the dorms either. If he ends up at SMU, he will either choose the honors dorms or the performing arts dorms. He, too, is uninterested in greek life. We know little about living situations. He’s still trying to pick which school to attend, much less which dorm to live in!</p>
<p>Good luck to you and your son in this process, cpq1xtbu!</p>
<p>Out of every 100 boys at the school, 71 are not in frats. Those guys must be doing something!</p>
<p>That’s true. However, in response to a question about frats/sororities during a student panel, the speaker said that the students “visible” on campus were involved with greek life. The students who weren’t in a frat or sorority didn’t seem to be around campus much.<br>
I have been wondering about this since then.</p>
<p>My son is not the type of guy to join a frat. </p>
<p>My son and I discussed SMU’s greek influence when he applied, and after he was accepted.</p>
<p>He stated that he does not need a lot of friends. He can get along fine with just a few good friends. Nonetheless, he would check out the frats, and see if they were for him. He mentioned possibly joining a Christian fraternity.</p>
<p>I think that the caliber of student at SMU is improving, and it will mean that less partiers are admitted. I saw this happen at USC in Los Angeles. </p>
<p>In any event, my son is going to SMU. (His second choice was GWU.)</p>