<p>Lyre, It is crazy. My SIL has a friend whose D was denied at Santa Clara U, UCSC, and UCD. Accepted at Loyola Chicago she is visiting this week but really doesn’t want to go that far from CA. Poor kid!</p>
<p>We had an NYU acept in my DDs’ class but she was denied at two UCs go figure eh? </p>
<p>my WL D is also a Wilamette admit. We will see probably tommorrow what the FA package from them looks like. If the are the most affordable than she may be sending in her deposit to WU by this weekend meanwhile doing what she can to get off the WL at Scripps. </p>
<p>My other D is is a UCSC admit. Though I think she will not end up there as she has a really nice offer from Linfield College and she wants small.</p>
<p>snoopy your class is smaller and it sounds like this year they are compensating for accepting too many in 08 and 07. don’t loose heart! It will be a whole new set of circumstances for your crowd. And maybe they will stack up in your favor!</p>
<p>FWIW, I think Scripps is somewhat less stats-based than most places, because it is so small. It’s hard to know exactly what they’re looking for. I thought my sister was a likely admit because of her stats and my already being there. I guess not, though her record is somewhat unusual due to medical reasons. Based on my own admissions experience, albeit four years ago when it was less competitive, I suspect they give more weight to essays and letters of recommendation in certain instances. (They admitted me with about a 3.0 GPA, and a transcript with several Cs and a few Ds. Somehow they “recalculated” my GPA to a 3.75, probably by weighting honors/AP and eliminating classes like gym and health, where some of my Cs were. My SAT under the new system would have been 2180, though Writing was just a subject test when I applied. I’m not typical of admitted Scripps students, and I probably wouldn’t get in if I had applied this year, but the point is that Scripps does sometimes make idiosyncratic decisions, for better or worse. It’s certainly no insult to be rejected or waitlisted by them.)</p>
<p>For future applicants, I’d recommend trying to interview with an actual admissions officer if possible. I was lucky enough to get an interview with the admissions officer in my geographical area before applying, and that probably helped. Researching Scripps’ unique offerings (i.e. CORE) before the interview doesn’t hurt, either.</p>
<p>hey historymom, we are curious about what the Willamette full FA offer will entail as well … already had nice merit offer. That’s amazing about being denied UCSC etc, but admitted to Chicago Loyola.</p>
<p>I am curious about those on the WL who also need FA … I had an interesting bit of bureaucratic doublespeak from the Pitzer FA Office about the realities of coming off the WL as a FA applicant. Hope it’s better at Scripps for all those on the WL there!</p>
<p>i agree that interviewing really helps…i spent 2 days at scripps, had an interview, went to 3 classes, overnight ect. i also have an unusual record because i switched high schools 3 times and went to a performing arts school for 2 years…but here are the statss if they help. ACT:28 (29 composite), 3.5-3.6 GPA</p>
<p>Scripps alumna here, chiming in to tell the waitlisted not to give up hope. Back in March of 2002 I got my waitlist letter from Scripps. I was admitted off the waitlist in late May / early June that year and graduated from Scripps in 2006. :)</p>
<p>Thanks, HistoryMom. I’m a bit sad I won’t get to take AISS at Scripps, though–looks like the coolest science class ever. But good luck to all you waitlisted peeps! I hope you get lucky!</p>
<p>I was wait listed to 7 schools when I applied. I ended up getting off 3 wait lists without even trying. Scripps will probably be accepting a decent number of students off the wait list this year. Even though they haven’t accepted anyone off the wait list in the last 3 years, this year Scripps seriously reduced the number of admitted students to make certain that they do not over enroll. They are expecting to take students off of the wait list.</p>
<p>About financial aid, Scripps is offering significantly more aid than Pitzer this year. Pitzer lost a LOT of money in the stock market last year, so they’ve significantly reduced the amount of financial aid and scholarships they are giving out. Scripps didn’t lose nearly as much and are in a better position to give aid.</p>
<p>I have a daughter who graduated spring 2008, her sister was put on the waitlist for fall and didnt get off. She would have been a third generation student and was full pay so dont get your hopes up to get off a WL from Scripps. It really getting really hard to get in.</p>
<p>News item from April 9th edition of Pomona’s Student Life newspaper (excerpt):</p>
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<p>Scripps College is taking a similar stance towards maintaining the college’s commitment to financial aid. Laura Stratton, Acting Director of Admissions at Scripps College, said that financial aid will not be cut.</p>
<p>Scripps experienced the most significant drop in acceptance rates this year. The college accepted only 31 percent of applicants, compared to 42 percent for the class of 2012. Although the total number of applications only increased slightly, early decision applications increased significantly.</p>
<p>“Our acceptance rate dropped so sharply because there was an increase in applications, more students applied early decision, and we were looking for a smaller class this year,” said Stratton.</p>
<p>Stratton added that the recession is directly affecting the amount of visitors that come to see Scripps after they have been admitted.</p>
<p>“A lot of admitted students who have already visited once are not coming back to visit again,” she said. “Also, since financial aid is based on income and assets from 2008, we are seeing a lot of calls coming in, in terms of appeals.”</p>