Thanks for answering my question regarding merit awards being noted along with acceptance letters!
@klinska son did not get anything noted in the letter from UNH which is kind of weird I thought. He meets all of the bare minimums for merit consideration. His ACT is well above the bare minimum now and his grades should be good enough. He has participated and done well in DECA , National Biz Honor Society, and earned a separate business certificate from our school for completing and doing well in a biz focused curriculum. I thought heād at least get 6k. Oh well, no worries really, itās not really high on the list, but this bumps it to the bottom for certain. I was hoping heād heād get at least a little bit of merit at some schools so we could compare/contrast those with the full freight schools.
Maybe itās going to be full pay everywhere!
Some of the competitive scholarships go to kids from states that they may not already have. That is when location diversity is a plus. States like Wyoming, the Dakotas, Alaska, and Nevada, to name a few, do not have large populations to begin with and typically do not send kids to schools in the eastern US. That alone gives them extra points in competitions.
I was thinking about the increased posts re: ED decisions, and the stress related to the upcoming decision release dates. And, I was thinking that most non-ED kids (though, not mine that I know of) also have a #1 school in in mind, and will be disappointed if they donāt get in. Is all the angst around ED dates because of:
If they get in, no more apps! Yea!
If they get in I can start planning the rest of my life! Yea!
There is a definite release date, whereas both Rolling and EA schools can be unpredictable?
I think thereās plenty of angst around college decisions, no matter what the release date is! But as to ED in particular, I think itās because it feels like āall my eggs are in one basket.ā Theyāre not really, because the kids who donāt get accepted ED will then just apply to a whole bunch of schools RD. But once youāve done the work to figure out what your first choice is, and youāve applied (at least for now) only to the one school, then getting that decision becomes a big deal. My son had a really hard time deciding what school was his first choice, so now heāll be more disappointed if he doesnāt get into that school than if heād just applied to that school among 10 or so other schools RD.
This is a great āthreadā, with a great supportive group of people.
As decisions start rolling in, there will be lots of joy, but also some disappointment. And some people / kids might be extremely disappointed.
In addition to posting good news - which is of course awesome - I would encourage people to post bad news too. This is mainly because no one wants to feel like theyāre the only one with bad news. Thereās comfort in company.
Finally, I would like to suggest that anyone who posts bad news, Helpful is for Hugs. IOW, click the Helpful button on their post as a show of compassion.
Thanks, and good luck everyone, though above all, remember that these are not life-or-death decisions, and everything will work out fine regardless of what happens.
@thshadow If we need some levity as decisions arrive, you and I could always mosey over to this yearās NM cutoff thread and start posting completely contradictory info, calling ourselves Bill and Michael. No reason for them to miss out on all the fun we had, right?
Ok trying not to get too excited but DS got a big envelope in the mail from VCU. We havenāt heard back from any of the colleges yet so this is exciting. Iām hoping it is an admission. This is his safety school but the honors college has a guaranteed admit to the medical school. Hopefully a scholarship as well!
Of course having twins makes it a little awkward because his twin sister didnāt get anything in the mail today. Iām sure she will get in too as they both are above the criteria for admittance. Just had to share with people who are in the same boat!
Still no admissions news (and not expecting any until Dec. 15th), but there has been both good news and bad news on the scholarship front (thanks for the reminder @theshadow):
The good: D17 is a Coca-Cola scholarship semifinalist; the bad: she did not move up the next round for the really big (full ride - anywhere!) Cameron Impact Scholarship.
@on Rice fee waiver, all Dās friends and D who had subject tests got fee waivers from Rice around September time frame.
I will be joining your on 2020 board for DS20. Had to beg D17 to read his essay last night when he asked me last minute to give him critique.
Call us practical āinstead of absolute prestige, we looked at the ranking in Dās major in the school, intern and job opportunities and most importantly starting salaries. Also is it reasonable to assume that D can graduate from the school with good GPA?
Still have 4-5 paged to read for today. Your guys are too fast!!
