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The most I’ve seen is $15K.
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The presidential scholarship they gave our S24 was 16500. Some one above said they got 19k.
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Fantastic!! I’ve run it for some students on here with very good stats - so if you’re seeing more that’s great - best of luck in the pursuit.
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S24 was getting close to that amount.
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Haven’t posted in a month due to a family emergency that required multiple international trips. D24 has submitted to 13 EA schools (mix of public flagships and mid-size privates) before Nov 1st. D24 went through a grueling 3 weeks and i am glad she is done with most of her apps. Lots of late night meetings 
working through the essays and school specific questions while accounting for timezone differences.
Another 4 are due Dec 1st/Jan 1st so it’s nice to have some down time after a whirlwind 1 week trip with the family halfway across the world.
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Congratulations. As you know two very different school as to size and location and of course SH being a Catholic school. I have a brother, sister in law and nephew who all went to Allegheny. They have done well in their careers with their Allegheny degrees.
Good luck.
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S24 has his ED I application in, as well as 8 others that had no app fee and no supplement/one supplement that he could rework from his ED app (mix of EA and RD). Looking at notification dates it appears he will hear from ED I school on December 15, followed by in state flagship EA the following week, then at least one a month from January through end of March. That feels much less nerve wracking than his older sister’s notifications, which all came out mid-late March.
He does have a solid ED II option to roll out if needed, but overall I’m really impressed with the work he’s put in. He’s had about 5 interviews so far and hopes to get a few more on the calendar once he hears back from his ED I school.
Looks like he will get to enjoy an unencumbered competitive snowboard season–such a great way to close out his senior year! Oh! And the SAG-AFTRA strike is over so he can get back to work…
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Thank you all for the responses regarding the UC applications.
20 Activities! Ok my kid needs to start on this ASAP. Siggh.
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I highly recommend UC Santa Barbara’s YouTube videos from their Counselor resources playlist. They are applicable to all UCs and highly informative and thorough about all aspects of the application. They have videos specifically for out of state students as well.
The 20 activities include jobs, community service, awards along with extra curricular. You can have any combo of those up to 20.
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Check the 2028 UC General discussion thread where I posted the UCSB tutorial videos. http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/t/uc-freshman-class-of-2028-general-discussion-and-application-tutorials/
Here is the tutorial for non-resident applicants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iMdvrV8sls
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Son is 2nd year at Rollins. Amazing school in every way.
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SO they removed the class of 2024 from SCOIR for our HS, so so sa, no more stalking going on here. ED and the last scholarship application for 11/15 ready to go, now a break before the one due on 12/1!!
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Speaking of stalking–I nominate Case Western U for the creepiest email campaign ever. A while ago, I put my email into one of the college search sites, with my daughter’s stats. My daughter’s stats are not desirable for this school–but boy have they been courting “me” over the past few weeks!
I’m back from Boston and wow! I can see why so many students want to go to college in the Boston area. The food is amazing, the vibe is friendly, beautiful mix of old and new. Harvard campus was gorgeous and not nearly as intimidating as I expected. As a visitor, I found the MIT campus to be overall kinda off-putting, with a few gorgeous buildings sprinkled here and there. I passed by/through Northeastern several times on/getting to the T and it always seemed bustling. Suffolk University was near our downtown hotel, what a location!!! Walked by Wentworth and Massachusetts College of Art and Design, it is crazy how many colleges are in Boston.
D24 got her 11/6 deadlines met while I was out of town, and has the last 3 EA supplements (portfolios and/or honors college apps) due 11/15, so we will see how long I hold on to post vacation calm. I keep saying that I will stop worrying when x, y, or z happens, but it really feels like when she finishes those 3 she will have a really solid set of applications in and completely done.
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I grew up in DC and went to college in Boston and fell in love. Now I live here and it really is awesome other than the long winters and early sunsets from November-March.
Where did you end up eating, @bronzerfish ?
I wonder if anyone has any perspective on what exactly colleges are looking for when they request an analytical paper, such as a graded or ungraded English or history paper. Williams and Amherst are two schools that request such papers as optional supplements. I’m assuming that AOs have limited time to spend on reading such papers and won’t necessarily know much about the topic. Are they trying to assess the quality of the writing? Whether or not the paper is clearly structured? Suppose a student has two papers they could submit: one which covers a fairly basic topic but is highly polished and well written, and another which tackles a highly complex topic but is in rougher shape because of that complexity. Which one would you submit (assuming that the paper will either be ungraded or that teacher comments are positive for both)?
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This is on my child’s list for regular decision, so I’m glad to hear it’s a good school. My student is probably more social science than STEM–is it still a good match?
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My s submitted a well written paper that was praised by his teacher. I would submit the one that shows your child is able to handle high level thinking, even if the topic is simple if it is well written and college level that sounds best. They should not submit something rough in any way
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Thanks. Yes, by “rough” I do not mean poorly written, typos, grammatical errors, or anything like that. But my kid’s school assigns some highly complex literary analysis type essays that tend to explore interesting themes but do not fit a standard high school research paper format. He has some papers like that that he likes and that show strong original thought. But if AOs are looking for the type of format where you have a thesis statement in the first paragraph, and then each subsequent paragraph supports that exact thesis statement, these papers may not fit the bill. I’m probably overthinking this, but I don’t feel that I have a good handle on how AOs would review an analytical paper. I have a much better understanding how they look at a personal statement or supplemental essay.