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<p>Diamond in the rough? I guess if your child is competitive for HYPS, you might classify it as such, but for a lot of families, it was much more of a “hidden gem” and was already highly desirable.</p>

<p>Taylor, thank you for your offer to PM you, but you’ve answered my questions about the engineering program in the past. We’re still waiting for a decision from Lafayette one way or the other; IF he’s admitted, we’ll weigh the offer against other engineering programs he’s already been accepted into and see what the difference in price is. Thank you for all your help. You are a credit to Lafayette and represent the college admirably!</p>

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<p>Sorry, didn’t mean to offend. Just meant that it continues to get better and better which is a good thing.</p>

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<p>I know! It’s okay. It’s just been a tough week.</p>

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<p>Thanks, LucieTheLakie! Your kind words are much appreciated :)</p>

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<p>Taylor, do you know when the rest of the decisions will be mailed? If so, would you mind adding that info to this post?</p>

<p><a href=“Admissions Notification Dates 2014 - Applying to College - College Confidential Forums”>Admissions Notification Dates 2014 - Applying to College - College Confidential Forums;

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>justcurious96…have looked at your replies…how can you be accepted ED at Wake Forest and still have been in the running for the Marquis Fellowship…isn’t that against ED policy?</p>

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<p>@captainclueless: I will demur only in pointing out that the increase in the Scholarship from 16K-24K would have to consider numbers of years between increases in order to say that the increases did or did not keep up with inflation or tuition increases over that span of time–and that those increases are not doing any good for the students who came in at the old rate.</p>

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<p>can anyone who was accepted please tell me where you live. we live in n.y. and have not received anything</p>

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<p>@foto2gem-Wake Forest is where my son is going. Not sure what that has to do with my daughter or Lafayette.</p>

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<p>@lola827 - Decisions were mailed out last Friday only for those students who were awarded Marquis fellowships and scholarships. Most decisions have not gone out yet.</p>

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<p>@dodgersmom Thank you. Was hoping my son would receive a Marquis scholarship. Would love to know the stats of those that received. My son had 1950 sat 1300/1600 98.7 average, ranked 4/175 and had lots of ec and community service. would think his letters of recommendation were pretty good.Senior course load is the toughest offered at school. Also visited the school and interviewed. Lafayette is his number 1 choice, but with no scholarship money, not sure. But thanks for the response</p>

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<p>LucieTheLakie,</p>

<p>Unfortunately I do not have a date for when the rest of the decisions are being sent out. “Late March” is all I know. They’ll be coming soon!!!</p>

<p>Taylor</p>

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<p>Thanks, Taylor!</p>

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<p>You’re welcome!</p>

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<p>lola, it’s so hard when our kids don’t get merit we think they deserve. If I was a better statistician, perhaps I wouldn’t feel that injustice had been done so often to my D #-o Or maybe these are just the feelings parents should have for their children. We know what they can do better than anyone, and I wonder why others cannot see that. But the fact is that there is a limited number of scholarships available for many many more applicants and most applicants will not get what they deserve. You still have the possibility of some grant aid which could very easily match the scholarship money, so hang in there. It’s not so much whether the money is merit or grant but that it’s money that enables our kids to go to the schools that might best fit them. Good luck and let us know how you make out. It’ll only be another week to 10 days til you know, and I’ll be pulling for you.</p>

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<p>@jkeil911 Thanks so much for the kind words. You are right. There are a lot of deserving kids out there and not enough scholarship money. These kids are told to work hard in high school, and they will see the rewards when applying to college. Hopefully there will be an acceptance letter in the mail next week with a nice financial aid package. At least I’m hoping so. If not he has already been accepted to some really good engineering schools</p>

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<p>@jkeil911 sorry you have had some injustice to you daughter. Parents know better than anyone what their children are capable of if just given the chance. The best of luck to her in her college career</p>

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<p>Acceptance letters are scheduled to be sent early next week according to Lafayette on twitter.</p>

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<p>Well said jjkeil911. I have another daughter who was accepted ED to Lafayette who has a GPA of 4.1 and ACT of 30, a lot of community service, captain of a varsity team and great essays/recommendations but didn’t receive a scholarship. She’s an awesome athlete and a terrific person. It is really difficult to understand it all as a parent.</p>

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<p>In response to the disappointments regarding scholarship decisions…</p>

<p>Lafayette receives a GREAT number of talented, passionate, and unique applicants who would all shine at our school in different ways. (We received 7,777 applications this year!) Unfortunately, as was pointed out, financial aid (whether need or merit-based) is a finite resource. We give out approximately $40,000,000 in aid each year, which, as you might imagine, can drain very quickly.</p>

<p>First, to point out the obvious–individual merit plays a primary role in making scholarship decisions. However, many factors go into scholarship decisions that are beyond the individual merits of each applicant. As one of the admissions directors once said to me, “it is a matter of splitting atoms when making some of these decisions.” Many high school students (and their parents) put an incredible amount of stress on themselves with regards to the college admissions process. Many see their acceptances/rejections as some sort of definitive or concrete way to gauge how successful they were in high school. In conversations like these, I like to quote/paraphrase something that one of our admissions directors says during his info sessions:</p>

<p>“Never judge your own self worth or value based on the colleges that do and do not offer you admission or a scholarship. That, my friends, is insane.”</p>

<p>@justcurious96—To share my experience with you, I too was an accepted ED applicant who did not receive a scholarship. My parents and I were a bit surprised and disappointed with the result. In response, my father called the admissions office to kindly ask for an explanation (against my wishes), and they indicated that they had considered me vs. another applicant, and decided on that other person. Admittedly, this bothered me for a little while. After working as a very active ambassador and being exposed to the work of the admissions directors, I have gotten a taste of just how much goes into the decision-making processes, and how many factors are out of our control. Since the start of my time at Lafayette, I’m proud to say that I’ve made a name for myself here, and I have had a great experience. Many terrific people are not Marquis Scholars (such as our current Student Government President). Those who are Marquis Scholars (many of my friends) are also some of the most down-to-earth people I know.</p>

<p>My main point here is that no one should feel offended or deeply upset about not receiving a scholarship. In no way does such a decision indicate that the admissions directors perceive you in a negative way. And remember, simply be accepted is an accomplishment. For (less than) every 3 of you, 7 were denied admission altogether…some of whom were probably extremely disappointed. </p>

<p>I hope that this helps to ease some of the feelings associated with the negative decision outcomes!</p>

<p>Taylor</p>