Another week, still no word! Ugg! I’m sure they don’t send acceptance out over the weekend so I’ll hope for something next week.
Did anyone apply for the FIRST scholorship, and if you received it, did it have any effect on financial aide offers?
anyone know if scholarship increases based on performance once at RIT, or is the amount given initially a fixed amount? Thanks!
Another week and still no word! Should we be expecting an actual letter in the mail or will he get an email directing him to his application?
Email first
@eandesmom thanks, that what I thought, but wanted to be sure. Hopefully next week will bring positive news, his Robotics teacher told him that he was positive he would be accepted, but you never know what admissions is looking for
@rileysmom crossing my fingers for you!
Finally heard from admissions today, S Accepted to CS major! Yeah! Now we can relax cuz this was one of his top 3. Good luck to everyone still waiting to hear, and I hope it’s good news for you as well!
That’s great @rileysmom! congrats!
My son was accepted as a CS major. Has anyone heard about merit aid? He did not see a separate letter.
@AOP1925 Merit letter came separately a week or two after admission.
@sunnyschool thanks, I was hoping they would come together and he was missing something. I guess the waiting game continues.
The letter we received today indicated financial aid and FASFA would be sent out separately. Yeah, the waiting never seems to end
Work study was included with sons financial aid letter. Does the school try to put students in jobs that are related in some shape or form to their major?
@rileysmom work study doesn’t “try” to do anything. All work study is, is really stating that your student, should they want an on-campus job will essentially be paid through government funding (not the school) up to the amount stated in the letter. Generally speaking kids with work study are eligible for more jobs than kids who are not as the college reserves jobs (or a higher % of jobs) for work study.
However, the student still has to find the job, apply for the job, take the job. They can certainly try to find ones more related to their major but in general, work study jobs are more often in the cafeteria, giving prospective student tours or the like, at least as freshmen. If your student does nothing, there is no work study money, it is not an automatic placement of any kind. Does RIT counsel kids on how to go about this? I have no idea but doubt it, at least that’s not been our experience at other colleges.
Some kids will choose an off-campus non work study job because they find something they like better or want to work more hours. The advantage to work study is hours will be capped and they will work around your school schedule, whereas an off campus employer may not.
@eandesmom thank you for answering my question. So the responsibility is on the student to do all the leg work for the job, and the only guarantee is that the school will take class schedule into consideration. For the tiny bit of money they offered my son it doesn’t seem like it’ll be worth it. But at least I know now that my son wants the job he needs to go get it.
@rileysmom well yes and no. Work study students get priority for on campus jobs and arguably the “better” jobs. What that really means…is subjective and I am sure varies by school…
There is a slight tax advantage to work study, it will not be counted as income the same way an off campus job is, for FAFSA. But it is SLIGHT.
With our kids it has been a mix over 4 different colleges. 1 was offered work study, took off campus instead as it paid better. The next 2 weren’t offered. Of those, for the 3rd, he definitely felt he had to take a “lesser” on campus job as the better ones went to the work study kids. The one in between didn’t work on campus at all ever, so no comparative data points there.
S19 is offered work study. He will take advantage of it, but very likely not until 2nd semester as we want him to focus on school first and acclimate. He’d prefer to do it earlier but we are playing that one by ear.
I will say though, having kids who have employers that do not take class schedule into consideration…don’t minimize the value of that! On campus is really good for freshman year in my opinion unless they stay local/close to home for college. It just makes it easier to manage.
On the campuses my older two attend, I am not sure there are ANY on campus jobs that are not work study. Except maybe tutoring if you are invited to do that later on. So it’s definitely an advantage to have work study. We have found that at some schools, if you don’t accept the work study immediately then it can be very difficult to get a work study job EVER - at my oldest’s school, there is a job fair for freshmen work study students. If you choose not to work first semester, you cannot attend that fair later. It’s worth checking out how the process works at the school your child chooses.
I’m am going to tell him to not to for fo it, There is enough going on snd enough to learn freshmen year, why throw s job into the mix. If he does go to RIT then, being local, we will be cutting cost by not having to lay for travel bank and forth. Yes, he going to live on campus. That is a lesson all on its own.
@collegemom777 that is helpful info.
Can anyone tell me the difference between the Accepted Student Day and the Open House that RIT has is the fall? Is there something for the Accepted students that I haven’t already seen?