<p>Good evening. I received a full scholarship that covers tuition, room & board, madatory fees, and a semester abroad. However, even though I was notified on Thursday of this week, I have to commit to the school by Wednesday of the coming week. I would prefer to see my other options and a week is not enough to decide: frankly, I've never heard of anything like this and it seems suspicious. For institutional scholarships, shouldn't the scholarship remain available until the matriculation date, such as May 1? Thank you.</p>
<p>congrats! where is it for?</p>
<p>My guess is that they want to offer the scholarship to another student if you aren't going to the school. Otherwise, that student will probably go elsewhere. Makes sense -- but I can see how you would feel rushed.</p>
<p>Concord University. The only problem is that I was also accepted to Yale and was just notified of a full tuition scholarship at Pittsburgh. I don't want to sound paranoid, but this deadline doesn't seem right to me as other people I've read about on the boards talk about comparing merit monies: I'm not getting this option.</p>
<p>I think they can do whatever they want. You could ask them for an extension, are you still waiting to hear about finaid from Yale?</p>
<p>Yes. I didn't send in the CSS Profile with my application since it didn't make sense to just feed more money to the College Board when I wasn't sure that I'd even be accepted. I have used the Early Estimator on Princeton's website and it calculated a figure between $10,000 and $15,000: I'd rather save that much for grad school.</p>
<p>So your choice is Yale for estimate $10K per year or Pitt for room and board per year (probably also around $10K) or this place for free.
Looks like Yales finaid deadlines are around March so you are not going to hear from them for a while. (Although I bet the sooner you do the CSS the sooner you will hear.)</p>
<p>Concord University is nice. Although, a lutheran school but nice. I'm just commenting on the visual aspects because I don't know much about the programs available. I like the area(Irvine). Good neighborhoods, schools, employment options, and, overall, a good place to raise a family.</p>
<p>But Yale. Well at 10k a year, i'd honestly take it up(that's miniscule). Being in an arena with students of the best caliber is without a doubt the best possible situation. I mean, how can you not take up Yale? Where else would you have that kind of networking opportunity? Go to Yale! =). The relationships you form there will forever change your life.</p>
<p>EDIT: wait wrong school. lol. I meant concordia. But everything else holds</p>
<p>It's their scholarship - they can set a deadline. You can ask for an extension, but they may not grant it. You have some big decisions to make. What do your parents say?</p>
<p>I have taken the following from another website. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>NO! Your daughter does not have to accept the merit offer now. The standards of good practice established by the National Association of College Admissions Counselors (NACAC) says that colleges MUST allow students who request it in writing until May 1 to consider all merit scholarship offers. (The exception is ED offers). Here is a link to the NACAC students rights & responsibilities brochure which clearly states this - your daughter can refer to it in her letter. If they refuse to grant the extension, let me know. <a href="http://www.nacacnet.org/NR/rdonlyres/32AC7935-7A99-40FE-A9C2-019AB11E498D/0/StudentsRtsNEW.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.nacacnet.org/NR/rdonlyres/32AC7935-7A99-40FE-A9C2-019AB11E498D/0/StudentsRtsNEW.pdf</a></p>
<p>If you applied SCEA to Yale, your financial aid forms (including the Profile) needed to be postmarked by November 1. You've missed the boat on getting aid at Yale; call them to confirm, but you probably should take Yale off the table.</p>
<p>definitely let us know how this works out -- I could see this as an issue for many students.</p>
<p>My suggestion would be to contact Yale and ask them if you missed the cut-off for FA and if not, when you will hear about the FA package. </p>
<p>Also ask Concordia over the phone about an extension on deciding on the merit scholarship and then follow that up with a request for an extension in writing. If they say no extension -- ask to speak with the person in charge of the department and read them what mominva posted. I checked and not only is Concordia a member of the NACAC, but some people from Concordia serve on the membership committee. <a href="http://www.nacacnet.org/MemberPortal/AboutNACAC/Governance/Committees/Membership/%5B/url%5D">http://www.nacacnet.org/MemberPortal/AboutNACAC/Governance/Committees/Membership/</a></p>
<p>As for not wanting to pay a "petty" $10,000 a year, I have several reasons. Firstly: I would rather invest any money I earn into a Roth IRA, rather than feeding it back to the institution. Secondly: I already have $20,000 in Vanguard index stocks, which are calculated at a higer contribution level. Thirdly: I'm really, really cheap.</p>
<p>rocket-resellers -- with those assets, you really are going to have to wait for the official FA statement. I wouldn't rely on the FA calculators.</p>
<p>Have you determined what amount you would be willing to pay to attend Yale? another thing to keep in mind is that you contribution in terms of EFC tends to go up each year of school. Also -- if Yale offers work-study as part of the FA package, are you willing to do that?</p>
<p>Personally, my vote would be for Yale, but I am a parent and not a student. As a parent, I would do my best to help my son pay that amount. But -- you may end up with a FA package from Yale that is $10,000 EFC, 10 hours of work study per week and $3000 in loans each year -- which is alot more than "0" at Concordia.</p>
<p>does concordia offer what you are looking for in terms of degrees and majors? Do they send graduates on to top graduate schools? Would you be able to shine there?</p>
<p>OK, that is fine, looks like you made out with the full scholarship. Are you waiting to hear from other schools or is it just Concord vs Pitt? If it is down to these two then why wait, go with the full ride.
Then you can invest any way you want, and not worry about finaid forms and EFCs.</p>
<p>There seems to be a little confusion between Concord University in WV and Concordia University. The Wall Street Journal listed Concord University as 13th in public institutions that send their students to the most selective graduate schools, i.e., HYP.</p>
<p>still confused here -- your full scholarship is to concordia or concord? and which one is 13th in sending kids to most selective grad schools? (above you put concord was 13th, but earlier you said the scholarship is to concordia).</p>
<p>It is Concord for both (see posts #3 and #16).</p>
<p>Never put down Concordia- that was a mistake of subsequent posters. In reference to the article, the name of it was "Want to Go to Harvard Law?" It appeared in the October 3, 2003 issue if the Wall Street Journal.</p>
<p>Go to Yale! Contact the financial aid office at Yale and show them your scholarship offer and respectfully ask for help. A Yale degree is incredibly valuable. Do not be shortsighted.</p>