<p>My d received her acceptance today in the mail (AZ) together with her financial aid award, all in written form. The f/a award was very clear in its details and very generous. Best wishes to everyone still waiting.</p>
<p>D was waitlisted :(</p>
<p>Soon to be Scripps graduate stopping by to offer congratulations to acceptees. Sounds like it was really tough–I don’t think I would get in this year based on my high school record. I’m anxiously awaiting my little sister’s decision. She’s had some disappointments in admissions so far, so I’m hoping Scripps comes through for her. My condolences to those who’ve received bad news. I’ve just been through the ringer of graduate school admissions and know the feeling. I’d be happy to answer any questions about Scripps here.</p>
<p>sra best of luck to your sister and hope you get the grad program of your choice.</p>
<p>wait list here too. sigh. :(</p>
<p>Congrats to you guys who have gotten in and, for those like me that received less than favorable news, I’m sorry.</p>
<p>I just wanted to pop in and say I received my rejection in the mail today, and it was the sweetest rejection letter ever. It was not cold at all, and it was wonderful to read (well…in context, of course). I really do love Scripps :)</p>
<p>historymom: fingers crossed/praying (whichever she’s into!) that it turns out painlessly for your D! I’m sure it will all work out in the end!</p>
<p>It’s upsetting to see so many who haunted this Scripps forum get unfortunate news. The selectivity this year went through the roof in an effort to keep the class small. For those on waitlists, I hope it works out, and for those who were rejected, I really hope you find yourself at a college you love next year.</p>
<p>D was accepted with a 1/2 ride JES scholarship. Unfortunatly that was it as far as financial aid, which leaves over $30,000 needed :(. She loved Scripps, but I think another college which gave her significantly more will be her choice. We are still waiting for a couple other colleges, so no final decisions yet.</p>
<p>30% this year? Wow. The last I’ve heard it was was around 40-50%. But I do ditto what Eternal Icicle said; the class of 2012 overenrolled, and I believe it was that way for the class of 2011 as well, so they are trying to keep the class size small.</p>
<p>Congratulations to those who were accepted! And for those who were denied or waitlisted, please keep your hopes up! Things always work out in the end. :)</p>
<p>(I’m orygunmum’s daughter, BTW)</p>
<p>Yeah–the Scripps finaid was really bad. But I just heard from Pomona, who gave me a really good scholarship, so I’ll probably end up there or Colorado College.</p>
<p>That’s a bummer about the financial aid. My friend, who was also a JES scholar got a better deal with Pomona. Scripps usually gives pretty good financial aid, but I wonder if the economy will be affecting that.</p>
<p>don’t dispare people who got waitlisted…it seems like everyone is getting waitlisted these days…but somebody has to get in!</p>
<p>and to those who were rejected, i actually applied to Barnard ED1 this year, thought it was the only school for me and was very upset when i got my rejection letter, but it turns out it was for the best. so just remember…everything happens for a reason, and things will work out, but in the meantime, i am very sorry, i know what rejection feels like and it sucks</p>
<p>They’re acceptance rate was way low this year b/c their yield–the number of people accepting offers–was way high last year. (When I visited, it seemed like everybody was in a forced double or triple, which means they had more students than they planned on.) If it doesn’t stay high this year, they might be moving more people off the wait list. But I don’t know if that will happen.</p>
<p>Wow, 30%. Ouch.</p>
<p>It’s definitely correct that Scripps has been overenrolled in recent years. The freshmen class size has been increasing every since I’ve been here, and probably a few more, and that’s caused serious housing problems and a lot of forced doubles/triples. This year DoS had to work out off-campus living arrangements for upper-classwomen so that there would be enough housing for everyone. I’m a bit surprised they hadn’t started dropping the acceptance rate precipitously already–I know a lot of students wanted that to happen, just so the housing problem would improve. It’s really unfortunate that means so many qualified students can’t come here as a result, though. (Including my sis, who was waitlisted at Scripps–and Smith and Oberlin, plus a January acceptance at Mt. Holyoke. Talk about being on the bubble! Fortunately she has another great option, but this seems like a really tough year for college admissions all around.)</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who got accepted and my condolences to those who didn’t.</p>
<p>sra08 that is some really good information. One of the disheartening things about the WL was the fact that USNWR showed 0 women being taken off of it Word Spinner congrats on the acceptances Very impressive! Best of luck with your decision!</p>
<p>Historymom, it may depend on the financial aid offers extended to accepted students. If they aren’t sufficiently generous to allow people to enroll, the school may end up moving to the wait list after all this year. Who knows…</p>
<p>This college admissions year is really bizarre … my D was denied to Scripps, wait listed at Pitzer, denied at UCSD, and accepted at NYU … just to name some of the highlights and … uh … lowlights. In the end it will come down to money and she may end up at Willamette or UCSC, because those are more affordable.</p>
<p>Wow, that IS disheartening to hear about the lack of women coming off the WL …</p>
<p>It just feels to me as though more applicants applied to more places, so maybe WLs really will get utilized more this year than in years past.</p>
<p>Wow. Sorry to hear about those rejected, but I’m happy to see some were accepted. </p>
<p>30%? I’m screwed.</p>