<p>very anxiously awaiting word from these 2 schools....I was told by IU that they would send email and snail mail by April 1. Has anyone received Merit $$ from CMU yet??? If so, how were you notified??</p>
<p>We are still waiting to hear from IU on merit as well. Glad to hear they will email as well as snail. Their mailroom is really slow. Our son's admittance letter was mailed 4 days after the date of the letter.</p>
<p>I heard from IU about merit aid in an email yesterday, so yours should come soon!</p>
<p>Hi Oojung -- what is your instrument?</p>
<p>KeyofH, i sent a PM</p>
<p>Got this e-mail from IU (regarding vocal performance):</p>
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<p>Thanks for the info OperaDad. Hopefully we will all know by tonight!</p>
<p>OperaDad – Is that 10:00 p.m. eastern time, central time, pacific time, or college confidential time? : )</p>
<p>Just by way of expressing my interest. Thanks for passing on the information.</p>
<p>we’re still waiting…nothing in today’s mail from CMU or IU…no emails yet either!</p>
<p>We are also waiting for the “promised” e-mail about Merit awards from IU. They said an e-mail would go out today. It’s not here yet.</p>
<p>We don’t have one either.</p>
<p>nothing here yet…</p>
<p>Nothing here either, yet. What about you, socomom, OperaDad and jodibacon?</p>
<p>isn’t it frustrating? How hard is it for them to send out an e-mail? Two years ago when my percussionist son was accepted at IU, he received 10K/annual merit award, and was notified on March 22nd. (He went to Oberlin instead). I wonder why it takes until April now to put out the same information…</p>
<p>I’m wondering the same.</p>
<p>Ok so I guess they didn’t mean 10pm EDT!</p>
<p>10:08pm EDT. Hmmmmmm</p>
<p>Oh well. Maybe it was an April Fools e-mail.</p>
<p>I would imagine that one, they are being deluged with applications and two, more of their applicants are requesting financial aid. As a public university, even their out of state rates are well below those of the private conservatories. Those who get the in-state rates get quite a deal. Given the financial times, the quality of their music program and the cost relative to other programs at their level, it seems like they must be seeing a lot of applications both for admission and financial aid.</p>
<p>S received his email at 11:32 Pm with $12,000 award. He is very happy</p>