<p>Grantcollege - Yea, Mudd is expensive. But Mudd and the Claremont Colleges setting really appeals to my son. Mines is a fantastic school, but it is limited on humanities, music etc. We’re explorng other options too… off to Case (good merit $) and Carnegie Mellon this weekend.</p>
<p>My son was offered $9,000 per year offer from CO School of Mines (for out-of-state tuition). Judging from other responses ($12K seems average) I wonder why his was lower?</p>
<p>His SAT scores were:
800 reading
770 math
760 writing</p>
<p>And I think his GPA was 3.9 (weighted) and 3.4 unweighted. I can only guess that it was his GPA that brought down the amount? He goes to a science and tech school where the curriculum all at honors or AP or above. </p>
<p>I wonder why the lowered amount of $$??</p>
<p>FWIW, DS got the $12K and his GPA was lower than that, sometimes there is no rhyme or reason for these things, well… there must be a reason but it could be so minute, regionalism, m/f, consistancy of test scores across disciplines… ?</p>
<p>Congrats on your DSs acceptance and his obviously great academic success :)</p>
<p>CACOVA and AL34-</p>
<p>When did you get your letter? We are in state and still waiting. My S was a Golden Scholar applicant with 4.2 W GPA (3.5 UW), 33 ACT. We are hoping he is offered something.</p>
<p>Letter came last Saturday - we had just gotten back from a visit to PENN…which our DS loved…</p>
<p>got it on 1/11, OOS</p>
<p>I also got mine on 1/11. OOS also</p>
<p>And I know this is off topic but CACOVA have you heard anything about merit scholarships from penn yet?</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>I don’t think Penn (or any ivy) gives merit scholarships. I think they only give need aid.</p>
<p>***And I know this is off topic but CACOVA have you heard anything about merit scholarships from penn yet? ***</p>
<p>Yes, this is true. No merit scholarships, no athletic scholarships (DS is considering rowing at Penn). But, as mom2ck said - they give “aid” as needed.</p>
<p>From Penn site:</p>
<pre><code>* Need-Blind Admission
Applications for admission are reviewed without regard to whether the applicant is applying for financial aid.
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Meets Full Need
Like other Ivy League universities, Penn does not offer aid based on academic or athletic merit. Aid is based solely on financial need, and Penn is committed to meeting 100% of a student’s determined need. Whether it is $5,000 or $50,000, Penn will find a source to cover it. -
No Loans
Penn will not expect dependent students to borrow student loans to meet their academic year financial need.
</code></pre>
<p>Since we make a decent amount of $ and are lucky enough to have assets - I am not holding my breath. (But if he gets in and wants to go - we will figure out something…)</p>
<p>Our guy got $9K too. Strong SAT but GPA is good but not dazzling. I am thinking it’s the GPA . . . </p>
<p>Today he got a brochure inviting admitted students to a day on campus. I am wondering if going makes a student more likely for additional dollars (ie, the mark of a highly interested student) or less likely (they feel the fish has been hooked already). It is so tough economically right now that it is so hard to know what schools are thinking!</p>
<p>have you had any information at all that there are additional $ for some? We’re assuming what DS was awarded is what he will get -</p>
<p>We also got the invitation to “Discover Mines” - I was just looking for cheap flights from IAD to DEN on short notice…I will take ANY opportunity to get to Colorado!</p>
<p>I have no idea if this would affect the amount of $ offered - I kinda doubt it would make any difference except for the students to see if they really want to go there and to provide information…</p>
<p>When I talked to an admission officer at Mines 2 months ago, he said that Mines does not consider weighted GPA’s, and is more concerned with unweighted GPA’s. The reason for this policy is that any grade below a B is considered “weak” by them even if the grade is from an honor class. The second important factor in admission decision is the math and science grades as well as math and science sub scores in standardized tests. So although a student may get a high composite test score, but a low score in Math section, he may not get in. Being a minority also boosts your chance a lot as Mines students are mostly white. </p>
<p>As an instate student, I got admitted to Mines this year with stats lower than those given above.(ACT: 31, and UWGPA: 3.7) However, I’m a minority and have a 36 in the Math section. I self studied AP Calc BC last year and got a 5. I’m taking Calc 3 and Diferrential Equations this year. Guess that’s what helped. </p>
<p>I see a lot of parents here are concerned with the OOS cost and financial aid at Mines. I often view college as an investment, and Mines appears to be a good investment for me. According to Payscale.com, Mines has the second-highest salary potential for graduates among public schools(behind UC-Berkeley).
[Top</a> State Universities By Salary Potential](<a href=“http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/top-state-universities.asp]Top”>Best Public Colleges | Payscale)
The school is also ranked 11th among engineering colleges in terms of salary potential.
[Best</a> Engineering Colleges By Salary Potential](<a href=“http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/best-engineering-colleges.asp]Best”>Best Engineering Schools | Payscale)
And here is the starting salary survey for graduates last year:
<a href=“Home - Career Center”>Home - Career Center;
<p>I hope I have addressed some of your concerns. I wish I could get the scholarship info tomorrow:D.</p>
<p>@ everyone: I dont think the invitation to DISCOVER Mines means anything as I got it as well.</p>
<p>Great information pnptruong - it makes sense that the admissions would work that way. Thanks for the clear and concise information - I also think that Mines is a great investment - especially in this economy.</p>
<p>And I also agree that the “Discover Mines” is Mines way of introducing admitted students to the environment in which they will be living, and to provide a forum for questions - and nothing else.</p>
<p>CACOVA, I was wondering about that full-ride Harvey scholarship you linked to a while back.
Has anyone heard anything about those? When are they awarded? In the scholarship letter they mentioned what to do if the student receives more scholarship money from Mines (which we optimistically interpreted to mean that the Harvey scholarships haven’t been awarded yet).</p>
<p>grantcollege - you have the wrong poster - I did not post anything about the Harvey scholarship…sorry…however, I would be interested in hearing about it!!! :)</p>
<p>Thanks to everyone for sharing your insights on the CO School of Mines. I’m think I might send my son up for one of the “Discover Mines” days. That way he can check out the school and have a little taste of independence. He has applications in at a number of “reaches,” but if he doesn’t get in to any of those, it will come down to a choice between Mines and one of our state universities.</p>
<p>Why, yes you did post that link, CACOVA! It’s post #30, the $10 million endowment. And I appreciate it very much because otherwise my son would never have known about it. </p>
<p>Has anyone heard anything on this? </p>
<p>Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?</p>