I applied early action to Temple and was accepted with a merit scholarship. In October, I re-took the ACT’s and scored quite a bit higher than my previous score. I spoke with a Temple admissions representative who told me to send the new scores and I could appeal the merit scholarship to have the scores looked at for a possible increase in the merit scholarship. I sent the new scores and an appeal letter in early December. The representative said I would hear back by mail either way. I have since emailed once in January and called once in late February and was assured that they had the appeal letter and the new scores, and that the Director of Admissions would be reviewing and mailing a decision.
Now it’s mid-March and I still haven’t heard anything. Temple is my top choice but only an option for me if they can increase my merit aid, but it would be nice to hear from them either way!
Has anybody gone through this appeal process with Temple and received a response from them?
no, but i suspect they will increase them based on the higher score since you appealed your decision timely. i am suprised about the time frame and hope you hear something soon. you might want to email futuredoctor who is a student at Temple as they may have some extra insights. i will ask my son, who is also a student, if he’s heard anything about successful appeals from his class. check through some of the other threads here as there is another honor student who has made posts but i don’t remember their screen name.
also, it probably would not hurt to contact the honors dept if your new score puts you in the range for one of the top 2 scholarships. if your score is in that range, you could contact honors, let them know how much you want to go to Temple, but you need the extra funds. let them know your new score and if true, you retook ACT’s in hopes of getting more money to Temple.
can someone please inform me on what the appeal process is. Is there an online form I need to fill out? Also how likely is it that I will get my aid increased?
My S appealed the decision after the deadline, as we didn’t realize there was a deadline. He resubmitted his transcripts, etc. He received a letter about 2 weeks ago denying the appeal. Good luck to the rest of you. He is still going to Temple; he is applying for many local scholarships and crossing our fingers.