Thanks. She chose the major of Accounting.
D was Accepted to IBE! So proud of her. No mention of merit, so unfortunately, thatās a stretch.
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Anyone have stats on amount of applicants and acceptance rates?
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per year
Accepted for accounting! 1560/97.7WGPA/Average ECs/Good essays. Financial aid will likely not be enough, but happy with the acceptance.
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Are your parents ok with taking out loans for you? Thatās $140k, and you can take out $27k over the 4 years. The rest would be parent loans. Really a discussion with your parents.
This gives some info on post grad job placement and for CSB as well as far as average starting salary.
https://www1.lehigh.edu/admissions/job-placement-success-postgrad-education
My daughter was accepted and they gave her $12K a year.
Does anyone know if we can do a self tour on campus?
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Yes!
The Office of Admissions has suspended all formal campus visits and events for prospective students; however, prospective students are welcome to utilize our tour app or campus maps for a self-guided campus tour.
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Great thx!
$140,000 in student loans is too much money to borrow for any school. The payments are over $1,000/mo, which is a huge bite out of any salary. The financial recommendation is a payment that is less than 10% of the monthly gross income. The bigger issue is that many parents qualify for the first year, maybe the second, and then are in a situation where they donāt qualify for any more loans. That essentially leaves a student with $70,000 of loans and no degree.
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My daughter got into the business school!
Iām not overly surprised since she has the stats and is a double legacy (me and my dad).
They gave NO merit and we donāt qualify for need based FA.
She received merit at every other school (ranging from $15k - $40k a year)
As much as I love Lehigh, I donāt think ANY undergrad degree is worth over $300k
She is disappointed because she really likes it there too.
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we have a meeting with a financial aid counselor today and Iām hoping we can qualify for at least another 5-10k considering the 20k salary reduction my family will experience this year due to COVID and having another child in college next fallā¦also it is my top choice and i would commit right now if I could and hopefully she can help us. if you have any tips on what i should mention to her please lmk
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Could you report back to this thread on if you felt the meeting went well? Iām looking at similar situation of 60k income decrease due to Covid and I want to know if a meeting with the counselor is the best way to proceed
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Do you think Lehigh would add some more financial aid if I compared offers with peer schools? Iām not too knowledgeable on financial aid, but would that be a decent method to appeal, besides discussing changes to my familyās financial situation?
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Its actually pretty common for people to try and increase their award amt by comparing offers with other schools
it doesnt always work but worth a shot and def happens sometimes
Alright thanks. Are appeals meant to be written, or can I call to discuss the situation? Sorry for my ignorance.
Yes we did it in the fall. Stop at the main entrance and fill out a card indicating you were there.
personally my friend had her college counselor call and talk to the office on her behalf (different college), but I didnāt apply for finaid so Iām not sure what appeals look like outside of that
Will those of us waitlisted hear back anytime before august? I was waitlisted at UMiami and they said I will hear back by June 15th, but my counselor at Lehigh said there is no timeline. I would really appreciate hearing back from them before itās summer, anyone have any ideas?
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