Providence College EA 2023

I got in and received the 20,000 dollar scholarship per year but am still wondering if this means I will or will not receive any financial aid… Honestly the 80,000 scholarship is great and all but I’d still be paying 45,000 a year which isn’t outrageous for a starting cost but after merit… Really hoping I will get more money so that I can actually go. 4.3 GPA Class Rank: 2/161 SAT: 1400 Soccer, Tennis, Student Council, NHS, other clubs, and volunteer work.

Daughter got in EA, but no mention of merit

Daughter accepted. St. Catherine scholarship 60% tuition and honors program.
34 ACT
99.212 GPA unweighted

Accepted
GPA: 3.87 W
SAT: 1440
OOS- CT

Checked portal last night around 7:30pm est

Daughter differed. Pretty impersonal note actually.

Some Stats to help others:

  • 3.89 GPA/4
  • Nice heartfelt essay
  • Community Service
  • Swim Team 4 years varsity
  • Work Experience, Pizza Parlor & Lifeguard
  • President Photography Club and a School Run local Non-Profit Org Raising 10s of thousands annually
  • 4 other extracurriculars
  • Applied Sat/Act optional
  • Visited

She has basically ruled it out already since she has gotten into better ranked schools with merit scholarships, but she was annoyed/surprised since she really liked its vibe (and Providence)…Too bad.

GREAT JOB to all that have gotten accepted btw!

Accepted

Application Type: Early Action
Intended Major: Marketing
Unweighted GPA: 3.79 Weighted GPA: 4.11
Strong Essays and Letters of Recommendation
SAT: 1410

AP classes:
AP Literature and Comp. (5)
AP US History (5)
AP Psychology
AP Language and Composition
AP Biology

EC: 8-20 hr/week job, participation in theatre (being in a show 11 out of 12 months of the year), slam poetry club, vocal lessons, some singing awards

Both parents attended PC

(no merit scholarships, kind of disappointing)

accepted -ED

Son was accepted EA

GPA 3.92 ACT31 3 Varsity sports, extensive community service, National Honor Society, College level internship experience, considerable honors and awards, work experience

but no merit…has received Presidential Scholarship offers at 4 very comparable schools (nearly identical statistic-wise) and automatic admission to honors program at 3 of those plus one invite to apply, and admission to 2 additional far more competitive schools, so Providence last on our list right now.
I think Providence offers larger scholarship amounts, therefore offers fewer.

@mbjq10 - congrats on your son’s acceptance. He has a solid resume. It sounds like he has some great options for school. What is your son’s intended major?

Accepted
Finance
32 ACT
6 APs
Many extracurricular, awards, service involvements, NHS
3.85 unweighted, 4.4 weighted
White
Female

@swimmer2118 Any merit?

D accepted EA with 45% merit scholarship. Invited to be in Honors Program. History is intended major. From northern NJ, Catholic high school. 33 ACT, 98.3 unweighted (school doesn’t calculate weighted 8-| 5 APs total, 4s on the two she already took (Environmental Science & Composition). She’s in all honors program, but every school is so different it’s hard to compare if that really means anything. She looked at some “great” schools (read: lower acceptance rates), but found they did not offer what she wanted, and/or their programs were too political. She really loves Providence and it’s her first choice, but U of SC’s honors college and their pricing is hard to ignore.

Daughter was accepted but ZERO Merit.
GPA 3.96 (unweighted!) at one of the top rated high schools in mass.
SAT 1410
Ranked 12th in her class out of 278 students.
Varsity sports 3 letters 3 captain status
multiple organizations and clubs including president of 3 of them.
over 200 hours of community service.
Best Buddy program all 4 years.
Multiple internships throughout 4 years of HS.
National Honor Society
High Honors all four years.
3 AP Classes
6 Honors Classes.
Two campus visits, a class visit, and Interview.

So I have been told over and over again by multiple people that unless you are poor, or an athlete you WILL NOT get a dime of Merit no matter how good of a student you are especially if you do not submit a FASFA. They say it does not go against you but clearly it does.

If you are Rich, poor, or an Athlete this is the school for you, if you are middle class and don’t want to put yourself or your student in debt, not so much. Sorry but my daughter got into Lehigh, Furman, Babson, and Elon so far all which gave her significant money. Pretty sure she will get into Holy Cross and BC as well but probably will not get a dime but 10X the school Providence is so if I’m gonna pay the full nut, might as well get the pedigree to go with it. $67,000 per year? Sorry but much better options out there for my money, at least for my daughter. My daughter wants to go Premed/Health Sciences so Providence really isn’t strong there anyways.

This post is not meant to bash Providence, but meant to highlight a growing problem there that is very well known. It was a safety for my daughter anyways, and she thought it was a bit too Catholic(I find that a good thing lol) but wanted to confirm what I’ve heard from others.

@WHOOHOO22 - sounds like your daughter has some great choices (but isn’t Babson a business school?) despite the lack of merit from PC. I saw another thread where you announce her acceptance into Nursing program at Quinnipiac with a nice merit award. Good luck to you and your daughter.

when does financial aid information come out?

“If you are Rich, poor, or an Athlete this is the school for you, if you are middle class and don’t want to put yourself or your student in debt, not so much.”

I have to take offence to this comment. My son in on ED as well as many other schools EA ie: Loyola, Fairfield amongst others. Received substantial merit from all schools and zero from PC. He’s going to PC, not because we are rich, poor or he’s an athlete. He’s going because he worked hard to get into Providence and I worked hard from the time he was born to contribute to his 529. If you were a poor planner don’t assume others are as well.

We do not share your negative experience. My child has similar but slightly better stats and EC and received an 80% scholarship. We would not qualify for financial aid. Maybe the essays and recommendations helped for merit?

I can understand your disappointment but denigrating Providence is not a healthy response. My child was deferred from another school but there is no way I would bash the admissions department.

Good luck to you and your child.

Sorry snowflake but you need to read my last comment and grow a thicker skin. The lack of MERIT is a known problem at PC. My daughter did not get Merit for one reason or another, the point is moot. I can absolutely afford it but would not pay the full nut for undergrad when everyone will tell you that undergrad is the equivalent of high school in todays job market. If you think it isn’t, then you are not well informed on how the world works today. Back in my day, you went to Undergrad and if you were valuable enough, companies would pay you to go to grad school or if you wanted to forward your career, you went nights over time. Not the case anymore. No one cares where you went to undergrad, only where you went to grad school. My feeling is get as much merit as you can from a good school , kill it and spend the money on the very best grad school you can, no matter what the cost. Not poor planning, smart planning. Cant tell you how many people blow all of their savings for undergrad only to find they could have saved a ton of money going to another undergrad that gave them merit, and used their savings on GRAD school where it really counts. NO UNDERGRAD is worth the full price of admission unless you are going into a top ivy league school that will pave a much different path. PC is not one of those schools, nor is any of the schools mentioned in this thread including the ones I mentioned so to pay 67K a year for an Undergrad education to me is foolish. Now if your students goal is to go through 4 years of college and that’s it, then more power to you. But I would rather save the money for a top notch grad school even if I had to pay the full nut. Others on here that got 80% of tuition in my opinion would need to take a hard look at PC IF it had what your child was interested in studying. Maybe it is in my part of the country but everyone I ever talk to from Private to public schools shares my sentiment on PC and undergrad in general

PC with/without merit $ is a big number no doubt. Is it worth the cost? That’s subjective. Each student’s career path, earning power and person they become post PC graduation will answer that question. I’m personally confident my incoming PC freshman (2023) is in line to receive a top notch education and life altering experience. Based on our extensive college visits and research; PC is the best fit for him to become the man I expect him to be. If we’re correct in that assessment then the cost will have been worth it. A PC degree will be a major stepping stone to gainful employment at which time he will be removed from my pay roll. A few years down the line his employer can pay for grad school.

My Daughter got in but no Merit. 3.9 GPA AP classes and Honors. Very good high school and a 1390 SAT. Got to be honest I was a bit surprised to see nothing in Merit at all. Happy for those above that got Merit, but just cant seem to find any rhyme or reason for why they give merit to some and not to others. Question for those of you that got Merit what FASFA said you qualified for aid? Providence is not high on her list anyways so we are not that disappointed, but curious just the same.