<p>Has anyone received word from the wait list?</p>
<p>I believe we can’t know the result until May 1. Some students may still submit enrollment deposit these days.</p>
<p>My daughter was wait listed and found out today, 4/29, that she was accepted. The regional rep called her and said they started releasing names from the wait list.</p>
<p>@LBian7 - Congratulations to you and your D.</p>
<p>Congratulations to your daughter! How much time are they giving her a to make a decision? </p>
<p>LBian7,</p>
<p>Congratulations to your daughter!!!</p>
<p>Taylor</p>
<p>Thank you for your well wishes! Her acceptance letter was overnighted and did not mention specifics. This is her first choice so there isn’t any decision. This is definitely a great match for her.</p>
<p>Congrats @LBian7 </p>
<p>@LBain7 Congrats! If you don’t mind me asking, did your daughter email/call to continue to show interest on the wait list? Also, had you requested financial aid? We were a little disheartened when the wait list letter had a big “check here” if you will still need financial aid. I don’t know if that is one of the main deciding factors.</p>
<p>Just curious, did everyone who elected to be added to the waitlist this spring receive notification that Lafayette was no longer taking students from it? After all the money and time we invested in having our son apply to Lafayette, it would have been nice to have had some official closure. Seriously, how hard is it to send a letter?</p>
<p>My son was waitlisted at another, much higher-rated, school that sent him a very nice letter saying they were no longer accepting students and wishing him the best of luck. </p>
<p>Honestly, he’s very happy at the school he ended up attending. But as a parent, and one who spoke highly of Lafayette to a number of families, I am not impressed.</p>
<p>@LucieTheLakie As a parent of a Lafayette student I absolutely agree that they should have sent a letter so there is closure. I hope that @chatterpulse who works at admissions will pass along your comment when she sees it. More importantly, I’m glad your S ended up at a school he is happy about and I hope he has a great experience.</p>
<p>Thanks, @happy1. I’m hoping it was an error on the part of Admissions and not their standard operating procedure. They absolutely deluged my son with fancy brochures and enticements to apply, and after visiting the school on three different occasions and making it clear that Lafayette was one of his top choices, they sent him a very businesslike waitlist letter, telling him to let them know immediately if he wanted to be placed on the waitlist, that he met all their admissions requirements but that they had no room for him at that point. He immediately notified them of his desire to be added to the waitlist. And then nothing!</p>
<p>I also hope this was just an error. When my daughter declined her acceptance at Lafayette they sent a very nice letter wishing her luck at her chosen university and to let them know if she ever needed their assistance. I can’t imagine they would be so courteous to those declining and so rude to those they placed on a waitlist and were still showing interest in attending. I have to tell you that their acceptance letter was very personalized and the best of those my daughter received. She was thrilled to see they actually read her essay and “stuff.” Please @chatterpulse let us know if this was an error? I would hate my good feelings for Lafayette to drop a notch.</p>
<p>I hope it was just an error too, @crazymamaB. And I’m glad your daughter was treated more respectfully, but she was an admitted student and, if I’m recalling correctly, you’re an alumna. I would imagine they’re a lot more careful with students in either or both of those groups.</p>
<p>My husband and I were so impressed with Lafayette when we visited with our son on three separate occasions, and we talked up the school to a LOT of families. My son’s stats were good enough to earn him full tuition for four years and an extra $10,000 for engineering at Bama, so we were pretty surprised when he was waitlisted by Lafayette and then didn’t even warrant a letter letting him know he wouldn’t be accepted off it. Especially after all the “demonstrated interest” he showed the school. I have to think our financial situation was taken into account at both stages of the process. Lafayette’s net price calculator said we’d be on the hook for $43,000 a year; Bama is costing us a quarter of that. If families in our financial situation ask us about Lafayette for engineering, we will strongly encourage them to look at Alabama instead! </p>
<p>I hear you on the cost. Probably the biggest reason D is attending another college. As #1 in her class and lots of ECs she scored scholarships from 4 other schools. If she chose Lafayette she had to take the full loan package they offered her. Since she wants to go to grad school she is attending another private school where she was awarded half tuition and needs zero loans. You are right, I am an alum and up until now was very proud of how they had handled the whole admissions process, but am very disappointed if they treated their wait listed students shabbily. The kids work so hard and carry so much stress during this whole process that I feel the schools owe them at least the courtesy of closure. Good luck to your son at Bama! We have two students from D’s class attending there also. Roll Tide!</p>
<p>Thanks @crazymamaB! Where did your daughter decide to go? </p>
<p>With grad school ahead of her, she’s smart to go where the money is, although I think most STEM grad programs don’t charge tuition. Med or law school OTOH . . . Yikes! If that’s in her future, or studies in the humanities or social sciences, good to save every penny she can!</p>
<p>@LucieTheLakie , I sent you a PM.</p>
<p>I’m also sorry that this happened to your son. I do hope that it is something that was inadvertently looked over. We just got back from dropping our son off at Lafayette and were very impressed by the friendliness and organization of new student (and parent) orientation. I do think that Lafayette (like Bama) is using merit money judiciously. Lafayette also gives out a fair amount of need based aid, so for many families, Lafayette may turn out to be a very reasonable option financially.</p>
<p>So glad your son found a great school @LucieTheLakie . UA has some great programs that our student was a Finalist for (University Fellows Experience and Blount Initiative) in addition to being awarded the full tuition scholarship. There are quite a few kids in our area who attend and love the big school experience. I just noticed that @chatterpulse hasn’t been active since July, so there may not be a response for a while. Our experience with Lafayette has been nothing but positive. </p>
<p>Thanks, @jsrcmom and @Gemblu! </p>
<p>While my son decided to stick with his plans to study engineering, he ended up being housed with other honors engineers in Blount Hall, a smaller living learning community which houses students in the Blount Initiative, so he’s getting to live with some of UA’s top liberal arts students. That’s one of the things that really appealed to him about Lafayette, the ability to study engineering while living and getting to interact closely with liberal arts students. My son wasn’t really looking for the big school experience, but by the time he graduated, he was much more open to the idea. So far it’s been a great experience. He liked the school spirit at Lafayette too, and he really didn’t get the short end of the stick on that one either in choosing Alabama! ;-)</p>
<p>Just based on the response to my post (#9), it’s pretty clear Lafayette parents and alumni are outstanding folks. Let’s hope they straighten out any weaknesses in their Admissions office. </p>