<p>FA is available tonight at 5 PM according to an email I just got.</p>
<p>Good luck to all those awaiting FA! </p>
<p>D’s merit aid was half of what Dennison gave her. Very surprised.</p>
<p>Ours was less than hoped for…still waiting
to hear from a few others. </p>
<p>@raincat, Sorry to hear that. My D interviewed at Denison, but not at Muhlenberg. I wonder if that came into play? She did visit both schools. The endowment piece (Denison - $650m vs. Muhlenberg - $150m) may be a factor as well. Denison is my D’s top choice, but I was hoping that Muhlenberg would be have a similar COA so that she would have another option and another reason to visit.</p>
<p>D was accepted and awarded Presidential scholarship, a dance scholarship and Dana scholarship - lovely news and we’re proud, but I’m afraid it still may not make the cost affordable. Trying hard to crunch numbers for this excellent program. Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>My S received a very nice package about 80% of tuition cost from Muhlenberg - plus work study option along with subsidized / unsubsidized loans options. The best offer so far but we have only heard from one other school regarding FA - waiting several others. I am hoping for a similar package from other schools.</p>
<p>@DarwinKnew - how were you notified of scholarships? </p>
<p>@Berricre8v they sent my D an email about 4:30 pm on Friday with the subject line “At 5PM Your Financial Aid Award Will Be Available”, and at 5 it was on the portal.</p>
<p>Ah, thank you!</p>
<p>Interesting…so we get a letter from Muhlenberg today telling us the Presidential Scholarship award for D is $18k. The $11k figure that I thought was her award came from the portal last week, and it was broken down into the Presidential Scholarship of $9k (maybe that was per semester?), with another line item, which I don’t remember what the wording was, for another $2k. I’ll have D check the portal again tonight, but this very much puts Muhlenberg in the running.</p>
<p>@sschickens - that sounds great. Congratulations on the awards!</p>
<p>@darwinknew, thanks, and congrats to your D as well! Please let me know where your dancer winds up!!</p>
<p>Just found out D was accepted at Oberlin…the plot thickens.</p>
<p>I haven’t heard back yet… do you think it’s a bad sign? My mom thinks I didn’t get in because I didn’t show enough interest</p>
<p>@sschickens - congrats again on the thickened plot! </p>
<p>@darwinknew, just found out D was invited to Muhlenberg Scholars, so she will have a very tough choice between Muhlenberg, Denison, and Oberlin. Also found out she was rejected from Haverford and Cornell, so it’s decision time and she’s on the clock!</p>
<p>@pianosam779 From the posts here it sounds like they’re continuing to send decisions. I would hang in there a little longer. Fingers crossed.</p>
<p>SS chickens - how Was you daughter notified about the Mulenberg Scholars program?
We are going to visit in a couple of weeks- S is a Neuroscience major.
3 other schools he is considering - UVM -honors college, Brandeis and Wheaton (MA) . </p>
<p>@onlyonemom, snail mail. Her Presidential Scholarship info came via snail mail about a week ago. It mentioned in that letter that any honors invites would come under separate cover. The scholars invite came 3 or 4 days after that (D got the letter on Thursday). There was the letter and a brochure with more details about the Scholars program. We’ll be visiting from Maryland on 4/12. Hope this helps, and good luck!</p>