<p>Got my letter today. Received 13,000 scholarship. Happy to be accepted, but very disappointed in amount. I have much higher scholarships from more competitive schools. Will not be able to afford this school now. Anyone else in similar situation ?</p>
<p>Congrats on being accepted, I am waiting for my letter. What kind of test scores and GPA did you have to get the 13k</p>
<p>DS received large envelope with congratulations on the outside. I have to wait until he gets home to see if he received any $$. (unfortunately I can’t see through the envelope 
)</p>
<p>My GPA is a 3.7 and my SATs 1360. Really good extra curriculars.</p>
<p>GPA 96.2/100
SAT 1280
Good EC’s/essay/recommendation
Result: Accepted 
14K per yr</p>
<p>still waiting on my decision! i am all the way in california though, so i figured it would be a while. i’m interested to hear what scholarships they offer me: i’ve received some pretty generous merit aid from some other more prestigious jesuits, wo i guess we’ll see:)</p>
<p>accepted with 7K scholarship. thought i would have gotten a bit more based on what i’ve read on their website. did not submit SAT’s. GPA was 90.66 (3.6), good recs, EC’s, 6 AP’s</p>
<p>tellch00–your decision to not submit test scores may have influenced the amount of $$$ they would have offered you. i was told by my college counselor that submitting test scores to a school like scranton almost never hurts and may in fact help you be eligible for more merit- based scholarships.</p>
<p>Is it possible you will receive need based aid after they receive your FAFSA information?</p>
<p>i got my acceptance packet today. received the loyola scholarship for $11,000/year. probably is not going to be enough merit aid for me to seriously consider scranton…</p>
<p>You guys are lucky, I got nothing and I’m attending the school now. Transferring at the end of my Sophomore year due to the price</p>
<p>i’m really surpirsed that the scholarships/aid is like this. i applied because scranton seemed like a great jesuit university, but i have to admit i assumed that my merit scholarships would be higher here. i received almost $10,000 more per year at Saint Louis University, which is also jesuit and arguably a more well known and respected institution. oh well…</p>
<p>3.5 gpa
10 college credits
TONS of ecs
great letters of recommendation
leadership positions</p>
<p>offered 13k</p>
<p>Wow, I’m surprised that these are coming in so low, since you seem to be pretty qualified. I’m a freshman and I remember seeing higher numbers on here last year and just in general in talking to my high school friends who were accepted here. Maybe Scranton had more applicants this year? 
sorry to hear that you guys didn’t get the merit aid you need.</p>
<p>After reading these posts, I have to agree that scholarship amounts seem slightly less (1-3k) than previous year or two as cost continues to rise. My only rational thought is - supply and demand.<br>
While we wont know for a while what the final number of apps that were submitted, most schools look to attract the best prospective students and merit aid is a very strong tool. For the class of 2015, they set a new record of 9,000 something apps. Their yield of accepted students has gone up slightly in the past 2 years. So if they received a new record number, say like 15,000. They would have a high pool of students to accept from to fill the limited of seats for the class of 2016. Thus, they don’t need to offer as much “incentive money” to those pool of applicants.
The other possibilty is level of endowment growth was limited or they may have another large capital (construction) project on the horizon that has not been announced.</p>
<p>Good luck to all for class of 2016.</p>
<p>I was accepted with a $17,000 scholarship and admission into the honors program, although I don’t know much about the honors program so I’ll have to research and poke around a bit. </p>
<p>These are my stats:
3.8 unweighted, 4.2 weighted GPA
2150 super-scored SATs
extra curriculars, I also was in varsity track and field
I hope I had good recs…</p>
<p>good luck to everyone else that applied and I hope you get what you wanted! :)</p>
<p>^^Are you talking about the SJLA honors program? I’m actually in that, so feel free to ask me if you have any questions! The U’s regular honors program starts sophomore year.</p>
<p>Hey fruttivendolo,</p>
<p>I was also accepted into SJLA honors program. I was wondering if you could answer a few questions. How is the program and are you liking Scranton? How are the classes and how big are they? Thanks, hope all is well for you!!!</p>
<p>Congrats on the acceptance, tab! </p>
<p>The program is fantastic. I’m not exaggerating when I say that it’s the best choice I’ve made apart from picking Scranton. If you want to be in classes with people who really love to learn and participate in class, you’d like SJLA. Even after a few weeks, it develops into this great community. You also get some of the best professors on campus. I was worried that a college honors program was the equivalent of taking five ridiculously hard APs or something, but that’s definitely not the case. The classes are manageable and the program is a good way to complete requirements, just with good professors and students you know. </p>
<p>If you decide to come to Scranton, you should at least try SJLA your first semester. It’s heavy on philosophy- if you complete the program you’ll actually graduate with a minor in philosophy- so if that’s not your thing, you might not like it. But Scranton requires that you take two philosophy courses anyway, so you might as well take them with good professors. The intro professor (Dr. Rowe) is excellent, and you can always drop SJLA later if you decide that it’s not for you. It’s easier to do that than to apply for admission after you’re already here. And if you decide to come to Scranton and do SJLA, make SURE you follow the directions in the letter and send an email to the SJLA director saying that you want to enter the program! I have a friend who was accepted but didn’t realize that you had to send an email, so he wasn’t able to enter the program.</p>
<p>I love Scranton. My decision process was kind of rough (I made my choice three days before May 1) but I definitely know I made the right choice. Whenever you go to the open houses and preview days and whatnot, people always say their favorite thing about Scranton is the community. And that sounds like propaganda, but it’s the truth here. Scranton has such a friendly campus, and it’s small enough that you always see people you know. I love the spiritual aspect of Scranton, too, but they don’t force that on you, so if that’s not your thing, don’t worry. It’s a very welcoming campus.</p>
<p>I chose Scranton because I really wanted a Jesuit school and I felt that it was the most down-to-earth of the ones I looked at. Most people here, from the professors to the staff to the students, are genuinely nice people. People don’t dress up for classes here- jeans, boots, sweats, and yoga pants are the norm, which I like. Plus, I love the city and the area. There’s enough going on in the city and on campus that you can always find something to do. </p>
<p>I’ve had positive experiences with my classes so far, but your experience does depend on your professor, like at any school. I really enjoyed the SJLA classes last semester, and I’m liking the ones this semester, too. I went to Catholic school for years, but I’m still learning new things in the theology courses. And philosophy is interesting as well.</p>
<p>Most classes are pretty small, especially when you get into upper-level classes. I think the university has a maximum of about 35 students in a class, but I’m not positive on the exact number- you can probably ask admissions. Most courses have caps smaller than that. The SJLA intro to philosophy course had all 63 freshmen in one class, but that was a special circumstance because they wanted us to have one class all together, to build the community. It didn’t actually feel like we had that many students, so PLEASE don’t let that scare you- the professor really made a point to call on everyone and it was one of my favorite classes last semester. Your class might be smaller, anyway, because more people signed up for SJLA this year than they expected (I think it’s usually around 50 students). And again, this class size is not the norm- all other SJLA courses are split into 2 sections, and outside of this class, Scranton never has any others that big. I had two classes last semester that had less than 15 students.</p>
<p>I don’t know if it’s too late to sign up for Royal Nights, but I’d definitely recommend it if you want to get a better feel for Scranton. You could also come visit on a class day to see what it actually looks like around here. It’s hard to judge any college campus on the weekends.</p>
<p>Good luck with your decision process, and feel free to ask if you have any other questions!</p>
<p>^^ curious what other schools you were looking at?</p>