Has anyone who applied for the presidential fellowship award heard back?
Daughter accepted! 92 weighted GPA (should be 3.6-3.7 range)/33 ACT. UHP Honors under review still. Didn’t really expect her to get honors. It’s pretty clear on their site that the award level based on the chart is guaranteed, but still anxiously awaiting the packet in the mail to confirm.
Edit: At one point the language on the merit page was much more of a guarantee, but the language changed a bit. I still think they intend it as a guarantee, but perhaps waiting a little more anxiously than I thought now.
Maybe people in OH will start getting them today. Once that comes, we’ll make plans to get out there for an accepted students day.
Not sure if merit aid letters will be mailed out today, ED applicants did not receive a letter in the mail about it, only about acceptance but perhaps. I expect my letter to arrive today so I will keep everyone updated. Don’t be discouraged about the UHP under review, they may just have many applicants to review every one of them prior to today. Congrats to your daughter!
Accepted into the Humanties Academic Scholars Program as a Classical Studies major.
congrats!!!
@adaline16 so it’s possible that the merit award isn’t in the admission decision letter that they said was mailed out on Thursday? Would like to confirm the merit soon so we can make flight plans to visit. I’d be very surprised if it’s not right at the low end of the top tier that she qualified for though.
I wonder why there is no update on my portal. I applied EA, which is showed on my Common App, but on my Miami Honor Program portal, it says RD. Does anyone know the reason for this? Thank you!
@lexluthor5 I don’t believe so, however, I will be able to confirm tomorrow if I receive my package. You may be able to call admissions, explain your situation and ask about merit aid.
@lexluthor5 actually just looked at the accepted student packet and it says that “Late March
Final notifications of financial aid awards and most scholarships are mailed to eligible students.”
so perhaps we wait until March?
Last two years merit came out one week after acceptance
I’m happy to report my son was admitted to the computer science program and also the academic scholars. His application for the Presidential Scholars is under review. He had a 3.7 uw and a 33 on ACT. He has a lot of extracurriculars and has taken 5 AP and 2 duel credit courses. There was no information about his merit scholarship.
Has anyone who applied ED heard back about merit aid?
@oscar63 yes, I was going to point out the same thing. And merit came via usps the last 2 years, right? That’s why I had assumed that’s what was in whatever they mailed out on Thursday. Hopefully someone does get their packet today and can confirm. It would be strange for them to not notify sooner than March when they pretty much have a chart telling you what your merit range will be.
@lexluthor5 I’ll confirm if I receive my packet today
D17, Accepted ! yay!
State Residency: NJ
ACT: High 20s
SAT: n/a
GPA: Above 3.5 (UW)
Rank: n/a
Gender: Female
Extras: many APs & HRs. Varsity Athletics. past 2 years volunteer work Hospital & EMS
Applied date: 10/30
Applied ED or EA?: EA
Decision date: 12/15 - Midnight 14th, Email then Portal
Colleg/Major: BSN - direct admission into the Department of Nursing in the College of Liberal Arts & Applied Science
Scholarship: No mention (strange there should be according to the wbsite test/GPA tables)
My D19 accepted and into Honors. Acad Scholars Program under review.
She has ACT 34 GPA w 4.15. Tons of AP.
Biochemistry College of Arts & Sciences.
Just waiting on Merit.
We are a Merit family so we will be weighing all offers.
Does anyone know how long after acceptance is merit notified ?
I just got accepted!!
State Residency: Illinois
ACT: 24
SAT: 1200
GPA: 3.2 (My GPA is low because I got diagnosed with a learning disability my junior year)
Rank: My high school doesn’t rank
Gender: Female
Extras: 4 AP’s, student council, key club, tri-m music honors society, thespian society, stage crew, and a part time job.
Applied date: 10/26/18
Applied ED or EA?: Early Action
Decision date: 12/14/18
College/Major: Undecided Business
The bubble kid has been accepted! Woop. Congrats to everyone!!
Accepted!
State Residency: Ohio
ACT: 35, 36 superscore
GPA: 4.3 w, 4.0 uw
Rank: Top 3%
Gender: Female
Applied date: 9/27/18
Applied ED or EA?: Early Action
Decision date: 12/14/18
College/Major: Marketing/Creative Writing double major
Was also a direct admit into Farmer and admitted to both University Honors and the FSB Academic Scholars Program! Presidential fellows application is under review, says finalists will be notified in January.