<p>Great news, HL. Is this high on your DD’s list? DS got in as well–we actually don’t know too much about this school, and no word on merit aid (at least so far).</p>
<p>HL & MyLB - my son was also accepted to Ithaca. His merit award was in the original package that came. It was on a separate sheet of letter head paper indicating the type of scholarship (business), amount (13k/yr) and that he has to maintain a 3.0 This made Ithaca move up our list.</p>
<p>For those who may be contemplating four years in Ithaca, the town was recently voted #1 college town by Business Insider: [The</a> Best College Towns In America - Business Insider](<a href=“The Best College Towns in America”>The Best College Towns in America)</p>
<p>Congrats on the acceptances!</p>
<p>Thanks for that info bkbmom–just went and looked at the package and no letter like that, but that’s really good to know. (It’d almost be better if these schools sent out something that says “Your merit aid is $0” so you don’t keep holding out hope. DS#2 was in at a LAC that looked very promising, had a great visit, then met with someone in admissions and I finally asked about $$ and the woman very politely said they’d all already gone out. Wish I’d known that before we scheduled the visit.)</p>
<p>And while we’re at it, a reminder to look at every piece of mail your kids get from schools they’re admitted to. We almost missed a merit aid award one of my kids got because it came several weeks after the admission in this tiny little nothing-looking envelope that almost just got tossed in the pile.</p>
<p>MyLB - Yes, I was thinking the same thing. Wish they would tell you “you got nothing” so you don’t keep hoping!</p>
<p>Love Ithaca! I might’ve posted this in here before (can’t remember) but I lived in Ithaca for 3 yrs in my 20s. I can’t wait till my D15 visits Cornell. Also she has a cousin there so she can easily do an overnight.</p>
<p>MyLB - When my son got his packet from Ithaca I took every danged paper out of the folder, shook that out and the envelope it was mailed in, looking for a mention of a merit award. I’m almost positive I checked it a a few days later thinking I might have missed something…lol. I still shake out catalogs and magazines that come. My mail carrier likes to bundle and thin envelopes get stuck in the pages.</p>
<p>I almost wish they’d hold the admissions decisions until they’ve made a merit aid determination. I <em>much</em> prefer getting all the news at once (and preferably in the same letter). No way to miss it then!</p>
<p>Thanks yet again to CC–I love the dissemination of this information (like where/how decisions arrive). So helpful–really.</p>
<p>Congrats on Ithaca and Marquette (my alma mater!) Ithaca was one the schools whose acceptance arrived before my d withdrew her application (she was accepted ED elsewhere) and I don’t recall any mention of aid. I agree Ithaca is a great town (have a burger at the Ithaca Pub when you visit!)</p>
<p>While those of you still waiting for decisions are dealing with Sullen Senior Syndrome, I am faced with an awfully early case of senioritis. I’m guessing that’s not uncommon with an ED acceptance. It’s gonna be a long five months at this rate…</p>
<p>HL–can you combine OWU with Hiram? Our kids must be similar–DS’s first visit will be to Guilford. I’m trying to figure out an OH trip that will include OWU, Wooster, and maybe M of O.</p>
<p>Just wanted to say re: the senioritis, honestly, I don’t care. (Yes–I am that bad a parent.)</p>
<p>Oh MyLB if you saw this marking period’s grades…you’d care. Trust me.</p>
<p>We still care about the grades, b/c it helps in the merit/need based aid department. Both can be appealed & if the grades are good, honor roll good, they will give more money.</p>
<p>Oops–good point, Joisymom, although I really don’t even keep up with DS’s grades. I’ve been at this for so long, I’ve really just lost my steam. I figure his grades are his, not mine, and he’ll deal with the consequences of whatever they are. <have i="" mentioned="" i’m="" really="" ready="" to="" be="" done="" with="" hs?=""></have></p>
<p>I got rather annoyed with my DS13 this morning. He came in my room at 6:20am and said that he wasn’t able to finish a Statistics project. He’d worked on it last night and had been up since 4;30am this morning but couldn’t finish it in time. He’s known about it for a week, and we had a snow day on Wed that I don’t think he took full advantage of!! (too much Xbox on the snow day!) also he said he has 2 tests today that he didn’t study for enough (since he was working on the project). This is not good since I want his grades as good as they can be this semester so we can appeal to UMass to get him off the “Undeclared” status and into engineering. Sometimes he is his own worst enemy!! Drives me crazy!!!</p>
<p>Congrats HL! Maybe we’ll see you there.</p>
<p>That’s awesome, HL! Congrats–I continue to be pleasantly surprised at the merit aid this thread is seeing. RAY RAH SMART-BUT-UNDERPERFORMING KIDS!!!</p>
<p>HL - congrats on the Ithaca $$!!!</p>
<p>Just drives me crazy when my DS does this stuff!!! It’s not the 1st time. It is stuff like this that makes me worried for him managing his own time at college next year!</p>
<p>Congrats HeavyLidded!!</p>
<p>My DD also does not manage her time well, which is why she is a B student and not an A student. Some of her teachers have allowed her extra time to turn in assignments but for lower grades. I keep telling her that she won’t get these breaks in college.</p>
<p>Took the first semester of college for her brother to realize that he had to tighten up his game, if he wanted to be successful in college. I hope DD will learn as quickly.</p>
<p>If DS’ application to his top LAC choice is accepted, but the financial aid is not what the net price calculator predicted (that is, not enough), what then? If he withdraws the ED application because of insufficient financial aid, does that shut down his admission entirely? That offer ends, and he is not in the RD pool with that offer?</p>
<p>I understand that this was a gamble, but what I’m realizing now with more reading on CC is that those calculators are not always accurate - even with straightforward financial situations like ours. I have some flexibility, but am by no means able to pay whatever the gap turns out to be. </p>
<p>I have a call in to the financial aid office, thinking I can learn more.</p>
<p>Should I advise DS to consider requesting a change from ED to RD since the decision has not been made yet (Feb 15th)?</p>
<p>It is not my understanding that if he withdraws for financial reasons from an ED acceptance that he would then be considered for RD.</p>