<p>Merit scholarship notices (other than B/K) went out the last week of February in 2013, so they may be coming soon.</p>
<p>If you get one, please post the type of scholarship, $ amount, if you are in Honors or Scholars, and your stats. Thanks!</p>
<p>Bump. Anyone hear anything yet?</p>
<p>Anyone know when merit notices (other than B/K) will go out, or how notification will be made (online, USPS)?</p>
<p>Thanks much!</p>
<p>After UMD spring break and USPS</p>
<p>What is USPS?</p>
<p>U.S. Postal Service (snail mail).</p>
<p>Ah okay. My boyfriend goes to UMD and the student spring break ends march 24th. :/</p>
<p>is it possible to check your financial status online?</p>
<p>@heycall123 idk if you found out already, but you can. you have to go to financialaid.umd.edu to get to the webstie</p>
<p>Mine still says “We are in the process of reviewing your file. Your financial aid will be evaluated and determined upon completion of review of your file.” so does that mean they are not finished with everyone yet? Is anyone else still getting this? </p>
<p>I am getting that as well.</p>
<p>Son got $5k Presidential scholarship…in state</p>
<p>Honors college, Accounting, direct admit to Smith Business School
Latino male
SAT 770 M, 760 V, 700 W = 2230
GPA 3.95, 4.35 weighted
Class rank top 10% (despite high GPA, others took more AP classes, very good public high school)
5 AP classes (but 4 currently so they only saw grades on the 1st one)
Average extra curriculars with some leadership
Good essays (probably others are better)
Good recommendations (probably not highest level though)</p>
<p>@marylandhome how did he find out about this?</p>
<p>Check the financial aid website…see the other thread on Presidential scholarship for details…</p>
<p>Does anyone know if Maryland will appeal financial aid packages (need based).
Only got 2k with the president’s scholarship (seems pretty low for my stats but whatever). Seeing that was most likely the only merit scholarship I might get besides a possible one from the college of agriculture, there is no way UMD will be affordable for my family. I get 10-20K more in aid before I could even think of attending :(</p>
<p>@woodam 2k doesn’t seem low with your stats… People OOS in the past have gotten 5k per year with a 32 ACT - I (also OOS) got 2k per year like you but with a 32 ACT this year. </p>
<p>@jibler thanks! Now I don’t feel too bad about mine. Sucks though, right? </p>
<p>@woodam Yeah, I really wanted to attend UMD, so I know how you feel </p>
<p>@jibler I was counting on a lot more than 2k for the president’s scholarship. Hopefully they’ll come through with need aid, but it looks like I’m stuck at my backup school for now! </p>
<p>@woodam I don’t think public schools give out much in financial aid… I know I pretty much don’t qualify for financial aid, so I’ll probably be going to a school in-state. </p>
<p>@woodam I hope everything works out for you! On the bright side, you can at least see what you’ve gotten - others can’t view it yet. :)</p>