<p>hah . me 2 !
i only need the one ups package thing to make me happy :]
and if i don't get it , i don't care . i like my public high school and will complete high school there well anyway .
best advice : make sure you are happy with whatever results or don't apply at all .</p>
<p>Exactly. I'll do fine at my public high school next year if I don't get in. I am very much like you in the way that I only applied to Andover or else it's the local public school. If I don't get in this year, I'm going to try again next year along with Exeter and Brooks. Whatever happens, happens.</p>
<p>OK. So, you say Andover does UPS for the accepted students. Well since March tenth in a Saturday, you should hope for an acceptance the next day. Is UPS working Sundays? random, but another question bubbling in my head. =]</p>
<p>didn't someone say that andover "ups"es all the admission things to arrive on march 10th ? and everything else comes in normal mail .</p>
<p>Oh, okay. That's good. So if you get rejected, you will get your letter on Monday, the twelve. Great, that's my birthday! =/</p>
<p>awww . that's unfortunate , dancer .
be positive ! maybe you can celebrate acceptance on your bday !?</p>
<p>ahahaa. Maybe. =]</p>
<p>FYI ...</p>
<p>When a school accepts you (and they really want you) they will make sure you get that acceptance letter right away. A couple of the schools sent their acceptance letters to us by express mail thus making sure we received them exactly on early March 10th.</p>
<p>Acceptance letters normally come in big envelopes, because once accepted, there are other things to do; sports, health forms, financial aid package, accommodations, computer technology info, courses, etc, etc, etc. </p>
<p>Rejection letters normally come in small envelopes.</p>
<p>Good luck to all of you guys.</p>
<p>Good to know, good to know...</p>
<p>Do they tell you if you've received FA, and if so, how much, in an acceptence letter?</p>
<p>Prettykitty- yes. It all comes together in one big envelope, in our case, all of them were in Priority Flat Rate envelopes, and arrived on the exact day. There was one thin one, and it said something like "The good news is, you're accepted, the bad news is, you're on the waiting list for financial aid. Send us $28,000 by Friday if you want your spot." We sent back the postcard by return mail saying "No, thank you." That same school, a lesser one in Connecticut that favors hockey players, then harrassed us all summer through a marketing firm, asking why we had turned down their school. After the 5th phone call/questionnaire, I called the admissions office and said "Look in the folder! It should be obvious!"</p>
<p>Yes; schools DO include the financial aid package in the acceptance letter. </p>
<p>Something I learned last year (told to me by a school's admissions officer):
Schools will make better offers to students they think have a better chance to get. </p>
<p>Example:
If student-A is applying to top school-X and safety school-Y, and safety school-Y knows student-A has a great chance to be accepted to top school-X, safety school's-Y financial aid offer will be less to student-A knowing they have a better chance to get student-B, who is not as good a candidate to top schools. (God! This feels like a math explanation.)</p>
<p>This school's officer even told me that if my son was really, really interested in attending the school and was not comfortable with the financial aid package, they could re-calculate the package again.</p>
<p>The point is guys, that if you get accepted by a school and they offer you a financial aid package you feel could be better ... you can ask if they can improve the offer (negotiate). </p>
<p>We also got acceptance letters stating that if my son received better financial packages from other schools, and he was interested in going to their school, they were ready to "match" any other offer. (!)</p>
<p>We did not do it. My son ended up going to school X. :)</p>
<p>^I disagree schools will offer more to student B. They're desire is to steal student A with money. And because money is often as issue to families, it often works. A St. Andrews for example, often uses money to get kids who otherwise will get into AESD.</p>
<p>"A St. Andrews for example, often uses money to get kids who otherwise will get into AESD."</p>
<p>i dont think so...From all i know, all the top BSs dont offer merit scholarship and it's completely need-based. I think it's one of the agreement of TSAO..You have to at least pay your own EFC, and they usually meet 100% demonstrated need, at least at the top schools. So there shouldnt be much difference at the top schools, other than the difference from using various calculating method</p>
<p>Lawrenceville will have it ready by 10 a.m I think on March 10 (internet)</p>
<p>Thankfully, some big schools calculate your EFC themselves based on your W2s and tax forms, they don't go exactly by the number that comes out of Princeton. We found that there was no correlation between what we were told at interviews and what the final outcome was. We were offered much more than we expected at the more prestigious schools, and nothing at the "safety" school! My child is not an athlete or URM, but is a talented musician.</p>
<p>Different schools offer the same kid very different packages. They can intrepret need any way the want to and many offer merit scholarships. Anyone remember EAS from this board last year? He want to SPS over Andover and Exeter because he got the best offer there.</p>
<p>Kirmom, yes, that is exactly the conclusion that we came to as well.</p>
<p>"many offer merit scholarships"</p>
<p>none of the TSAO offer merit scholarships...they are not allowed to due to the constitution</p>
<p>You're right, bearcats, but kirmum is just using candor to describe the process where TSAO schools work harder to rationalize a lower EFC for more attractive candidates. You call it need-based FA. He's calling it a merit scholarship. You're using different names to describe the same thing.</p>