<p>I want to appeal the scholarship decision Rutgers made, but I can't find anything online about the process. To give you some context, I was awarded the Carr scholarship of 10,000 a year for SAS, the school I plan to matriculate in. </p>
<p>I had a 2380 and was in the top 5%, had pretty awesome EC's and a heavy heavy courseload, so I was pretty much EXPECTING to get the presidential scholarship/full ride. The problem, I think, was that I didn't submit my 2380 (a December score) until late December, and it only showed up on the application tracking around January 5 - 6. Do you think it's possible to call and ask them to reconsider the scholarship offer with the new scores in mind? </p>
<p>I wouldn't complain if there wasn't a huge chance of me going to RU, but I think that's where I'll end up more or less. I'd rather save ~60,000 if possible. </p>
<p>Thoughts? Has anyone ever done this before?</p>
<p>Was your score before the December test under a 2250 (the supposed cut-off)? If so, I definitely would appeal. If not, I would only bother if you’re 100% sure that you’re definitely going to Rutgers next year. Think carefully about it, and perhaps have frank discussion with your parents about finances and their expectations for you next year. With stats like that, I’m sure you can get into an Ivy or near-Ivy school, and you’ve applied, you need to be prepared to turn down such “dream” schools if you receive the Rutgers scholarship.</p>
<p>I’m not 100% sure I’m going to Rutgers, but the only other schools I would be willing to attend in lieu of a cheap, decent public school like it are the ivies. I applied to Ivies and RU, and that was pretty much it. So while I may not be sure yet whether I will matriculate at Rutgers, it is a very real possibility considering the competitiveness of admissions at the other schools I applied to. Finances are a problem, to be honest. While my parents easily have 80,000 saved up for me to go to school, I would much rather save that money for my postgrad education - or if anything else, moved to a sibling’s account if I get a full ride. </p>
<p>I don’t understand what you mean by saying that I would have to be prepared to “turn down such dream schools if” I recieve the scholarship. If, by some random stroke of luck, the scholarship offer is changed in my favor, then I wouldn’t be bound to attend. Umm so can you elaborate?</p>
<p>Well what I meant is getting a full scholarship without knowing the results of your admission at any other school is quite stressful. I’m in the same boat–my family has enough money saved for me to go to a “dream” school, thank god, but can’t understand why I would ever say no to Rutger’s Presidential Scholarship. There are other schools that were similar financially to Rutgers without the scholarship–for example, TCNJ–that I would rather go to, but at this point I know I’m almost definitely going to Rutgers next year. So you have to be ready emotionally for giving up dreams. Because even if I get into an Ivy league school, it’s a far better investment to go to Rutgers for me, and that’s not the easiest thing to come to terms with when you don’t know the admissions result of any other school.</p>
<p>I would be VERY relieved to have the Presidential Scholarship, but I can understand why you might feel that its adds pressure to attend a school that might not be your first choice. But the other schools I applied to are SO SO SO selective that I pretty much have to expect rejections in order to save my emotional health, so to speak. If I was lucky enough to get in though, those schools are so generous with FA that I wouldn’t feel any financial pressure to attend Rutgers over my “dream” school. </p>
<p>So I guess our situations are different. I’m just curious: What other schools have you applied to? I’m certain some would offer generous aid or merit scholarships to make them on par with RU.</p>
Did they offer any explanation as to why it wasn’t awarded in the first place, or was it just an administrative oversight?</p>