<p>DS doesn’t remember if the fast app asked anything about needing aid at all, he thinks not because that would have been something he would have run by me when doing the app., but then by this time all ther apps kind of blend in together. :)</p>
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<p>True, but there was nothing on the application about aid.</p>
<p>That is a strange situation with your son…</p>
<p>I was admitted in under three weeks with a 34ACT and 4.0uw</p>
<p>In my acceptance packet is said consideration for merit scholarships will begin in December and will be awarded starting in January going through march. </p>
<p>Also I think their was a box to check if you wished to be considered for financial aid. Finally I remember reading somewhere that Mines gave generous need based aid for a public school.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>Rice is first choice at the moment!</p>
<p>My son is also waiting to hear back on scholarships from Mines with a GPA of 3.85 uw and SATs of 2320 with an 800 in math. Was admitted in October which was nice so he didn’t have to fill out any more apps being as CSM (and Harvey Mudd) are his top choices.</p>
<p>He has scholarships to the state college here, which is wise for anyone to try for given that this recession isn’t really over yet- you never know!</p>
<p>I asked the financial aid office if they cared about the FAFSA since we weren’t going to fill one out, and this is what they said (verbatim):</p>
<p>“All accepted students are reviewed for scholarship eligibility.
Completing a FAFSA does not have an impact on this process. The review
will begin in January with notifications going out as we award
scholarships.”</p>
<p>He did send in his grades from the first two terms since we’re on semesters and won’t have mid-year grades until late in January, just so they know he’s still very interested. So now we wait.</p>
<p>My son is also waiting to hear back on scholarships from Mines with a GPA of 3.85 uw and SATs of 2320 with an 800 in math.</p>
<p>Nice stats! 
What is his weighted GPA? </p>
<p>*He did send in his grades from the first two terms since we’re on semesters and won’t have mid-year grades until late in January, just so they know he’s still very interested. So now we wait.
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<p>Is your child’s school only grades 10-12? Is that why he only sent 2 terms? Do colleges only use grades 10-11 GPAs when the school is only 3 years?</p>
<p>There’s no weighted GPA here, it’s just a little college-prep parochial school in a little town in a seriously underpopulated state. I.e., we’re out in the middle of nowhere!</p>
<p>By terms, I mean grading periods. There are three terms to a semester, but only the semester grades affect their GPA. So, he can show he’s been doing well as a senior before the mid-year grades come out, since he has all "A"s in his courses so far this year.</p>
<p>It’s a four-year high school just like everyone else.</p>
<p>Mantori, Suzuki,</p>
<p>I think that your first scenerio is correct, a C and D are the problem along with a very good but not excellent GPA. </p>
<p>That said, he is a very strong candidate for many other schools.</p>
<p>Best of Luck</p>
<p>Well, we’re pretty happy around this house having found out my son received a merit scholarship from Mines for $12,000 per year. They don’t say what the source is but did say it took into account his out-of-state status. </p>
<p>I’m pretty sure this will clinch it for him. He was also looking at Harvey Mudd but even if he is admitted AND gets one of their merit scholarships, they’re still going to be significantly more than Mines.</p>
<p>Good news! </p>
<p>How did you hear about scholarship? (email?, letter?)</p>
<p>Did you apply early (i.e., “Golden Scholar”?) </p>
<p>We shall start looking and hoping for a good offer…</p>
<p>^^ Congrats grantcollege!</p>
<p>DS got his letter today, sounds like the same deal, $12/yr. for out-of-state. Guess it’s time to go look at the real numbers. Quite frankly it’s been so long since we heard anything from Mines that it’s now off his radar… have to go see why he originally was interested in it!</p>
<p>CACOVA, DS was Golden Scholar and was notified by mail today.</p>
<p>I’m from Colorado and many of the top Math and Science kids here try to get into Mines. So far everyone that I know of that has had a D at some point in high school has been deferred. Even ones with high SAT scores (>2000). If your son’s most recent grades are good then what I have seen is that he will be accepted.</p>
<p>Regarding Golden. I grew up very close to golden and for someone like me that loves the outdoors, Golden is ideal. The headquarters of the American Mountain Club and Colorado Mountain Club are in the center of town. Hiking, climbing, bike trails, and skiing are all 5 to 45 minutes from campus.</p>
<p>Just wondering if anyone in state has gotten any scholarship information yet. My son was accepted a few months ago (October) and I know the letter said we wouldn’t hear about scholarships until January or so. I hope we hear soon but not sure if son is a candidate for $$$.</p>
<p>What stats are generally needed to get merit $$ at Mines?</p>
<p>Their average act score of accepted students is a 28 and the average gpa is a 3.75 unweighted. The school says that they only award merit scholarships to students with stats above the average, but I don’t know how strictly they follow that. Also they take a close look at the math subscore on the act, which I think the average is a 30.</p>
<p>Their average act score of accepted students is a 28 and the average gpa is a 3.75 unweighted.</p>
<p>That’s very good! </p>
<p>Middle 50% of First-Year Students<br>
SAT Critical Reading: 550 - 650
SAT Math: 620 - 700
SAT Writing: - -
ACT Composite: 26 - 30 </p>
<p>So, looking at their mid 50s, it looks like a score of about an ACT 31/32+ ( SAT 1380+) is needed to get a decent merit scholarship. Would that be right?</p>
<p>that was DS’s experience.</p>
<p>My son also got the $12,000 per year offer from CO School of Mines (for out-of-state tuition). He got a letter which arrived quite a while after his initial acceptance letter.
His SAT scores were:
660 reading
720 math
720 writing
And I think his GPA was 3.69 (unweighted).</p>
<p>I know this is the financial aid forum, but can I just ask, for those of you who have kids planning to go there, or already there, what major are you planning on? My son wants to major in electrical engineering and has no particular interest in mining-related fields, so I’m wondering if anyone has any insight into how good or suitable CO School of Mines would be for someone with his interests. I know it has a good reputation as an engineering school, but I guess I just wonder how mining-focused it is?
Thanks.</p>
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<p>My son got a letter from CSM a few days ago offerring a scholarship of several thousand per year. He is in-state, with superb stats. </p>
<p>We parents are proud and excited, but he is looking for a school with more humanities available. CU is probably too big, and he’d like to go further from home. If accepted (and money were no issue), Mudd would be his top choice.</p>
<p>My son got his scholarship information by mail. He had stats totaling 2320- I think the 800 in math helped with the scholarship because his class ranking wasn’t very high as our school is a small college-prep parochial school and doesn’t weight grades. Three others in his class of 75 are headed to Mines- and we’re not even in Colorado! So I think if there’s a weak spot in one area of the application it can be compensated by a very strong spot in another. He did submit the Golden Scholars app and was admitted in Oct.</p>
<p>Inspiredbymusic- My son isn’t even interested in engineering, much less mining-related engineering! I think Mines’ name puts people off a bit, to be honest, because it’s really an all-around science, tech and math school. EE would most certainly be terrific at Mines. </p>
<p>My son loves mathematics, and we were really interested in the engineering physics program (well, at least I was, anyway- trying to get his math skills tied into a more “real world” application. At least physics is a tiny bit less theoretical than pure math!) It is an uncommon major and very hard to find in a small-school setting. So if he decides to go to graduate school, he can do that. But if he would rather pursue a career Mines grads do very, very well in landing top-paying jobs. </p>
<p>Colorado Mom- My son’s other favorite school is also Harvey Mudd. We won’t hear from Mudd for a while, but their academic scholarship still puts them at around $43,000 a year vs. about $25,000 a year at Mines with the Mines scholarship. He likes them both, so the money difference will probably determine his choice. It’s interesting, the boy he stayed with at his overnight visit to Mudd also had Mines and HMC as his two top choices. I think that’s probably a fairly common dilemma!</p>
<p>Inspiredbymusic - You said, “My son wants to major in electrical engineering and has no particular interest in mining-related fields, so I’m wondering if anyone has any insight into how good or suitable CO School of Mines would be for someone with his interests”. – The school name included Mines because the school was started in the 1800s after all the “easy” gold/silver had been mined, and new skills were needed. At this point most majors don’t deal much with mining, but “natural resources” is an emphasis (a good thing these days). The Elec Eng program is combined into a general degree (elec, mech, civil). Most majors require 140 or more credits, and some majors have summer field sessions.</p>