<p>Just wanted to post a public thank you to my Marquette forum friends for all your prayers and support and help in our college search.</p>
<p>Wanted to share the good news that we received yesterday.</p>
<p>Our son was named a National Merit Semifinalist yesterday!</p>
<p>Time to get busy and fill out that Marquette app!</p>
<p>Hope to see all of you next fall!</p>
<p>Take care and God Bless,</p>
<p>Montegut</p>
<p>Congrats to your son AND you! That’s fabulous news…is it going to change any of the schools he’s applying to? I haven’t followed anyplace else you’ve posted, but it seems like MU is his #1 choice so far.</p>
<p>Congratulations! What an accomplishment. You must be very proud!</p>
<p>Fantastic news! Congratulations! That’s a huge accomplishment.</p>
<p>Congrats on your son - Montetut!</p>
<p>I wan’t going to post it but since you did my daughter is also a National Merit SemiFinalist. It is great that Marquette gives an additional $2000 a year. We are hoping for as much academic aid as possible, so this helps. Marquette is her top choice other than Notre Dame or Northwestern which financially are huge stretches for us since they give no merit aid.<br>
Bradley is a school she will consider though. It is on her short list and they give full tuition for finalists, half tuition for semi-finalists.<br>
If she gets in the Direct Admit DPT program, I think she will go to Marquette. That is where her heart is. As a parent, it will be tough to see her turn down $100,000 full tuition though:)</p>
<p>So glad you posted, nkl. I wasn’t bragging. I truly wanted to thank everyone here for all their support, and especially their prayers. Son was right on the cusp, so we know that those prayers really helped.</p>
<p>I do hope her NMSF status will help her gain admission into the DPT program. We’re hoping the same with the engineering school for son. If anything, it sure does give the kids more confidence and focus on their now goals.</p>
<p>We have Ring Mass next weekend. Otherwise, we’d be up at Marquette’s Engineering Open House. Looks like a great program. </p>
<p>Best of luck to all of you as you fill out those applications and make those decisions.</p>
<p>We will be going to the open house next Sunday. It will be interesting to hear from the specific adademic areas, and tour some of the other dorms. I will let you know how it goes. BTW, did you get the e-mail inviting your son to use the advantage application? Looks alot easier. You can use you wrote from a high school class, any topic and much less involved, although my D will probably be using the common app. for several other schools.</p>
<p>Nkl, I’d love to hear about your visit. Let us know how the weather is and what the dorms are like. </p>
<p>We did get the advantage app email, so we’ll use it instead of the original Marquette app, which we hadn’t gotten around to yet. </p>
<p>Just ordered a lumberjack looking fleece jacket that my son says he’ll refuse to wear, but it was 12 bucks and I couldn’t pass it up. When he gets cold enough, he’ll use it. </p>
<p>Good luck on your apps and look forward to hearing about the open house!</p>
<p>Congrats to both the Montegut family and nkl family! And bragging about NMSF/F is fine and deserved!</p>
<p>Marquette has risen to the top of S2’s list, primarily I think because the lacrosse coach called him yesterday and they had a lovely chat about MU (coach is a young alum). We visited over the summer…had planned a trip to Madison because UWisc was high on the list and, to make it a little more worth the plane flight and hotel stay, I suggested a jaunt to Marquette. He liked Marquette and I really liked Milwaukee.</p>
<p>Other schools include ND (two generations of legacy), Villanova, Northeastern, Syracuse, Johns Hopkins, Penn State and UConn (serious sports atmosphere a must).</p>
<p>Looking forward to hearing your impressions after the open house, especially dorms, as we did not see any on our visit. Anyone’s son/daughter interested in the Honors Program?</p>
<p>Hi, Archiemom, I remember your posts when you visited UWMad. So glad y’all liked Marquette when you made your side trip!</p>
<p>What is your son interested in studying? </p>
<p>Haven’t explored Honors. Just praying right now to be admitted into the engineering school. </p>
<p>Looking forward to hearing about open house as well.</p>
<p>Good luck to all!</p>
<p>It looks like we won’t be going to the open house tomorrow. My daughter decided she has seen enough of Marquette to know she loves it and said she will go to the scholarship competition and get to see all the dorms and get more info then. With 5 AP classes this semester, she decided she needs to spend the day catching up on homework, and starting to write her application essays instead. So it looks like I won’t have any more info to share with all of you. :(</p>
<p>Oh, I hear you. We had ACT yesterday morning, then a swim meet, then Ring Mass. The rest of the weekend will be spent doing homework, studying for two tests. </p>
<p>Son has to write his NMSF essay this weekend, as the counselors want all work turned in this week. They have to do a lot for the app as well. Will finally send in the Marquette app this weekend. </p>
<p>Oh, those lofty ambitions to apply to many schools are diminishing with the amount of school work this year. Son is also taking all 5 APs, Physics Honors, as well as a pretty rigorous religion course. </p>
<p>No rest for the weary!</p>
<p>Good luck to all of you balancing those apps and school work!</p>
<p>What a coincidence…S2 is also taking 5 APs this year. Also playing a fall lax league and is currently busy kicking off the school year as student council president and vp of the state association of student councils (besides keeping up with his internet gaming crew!).</p>
<p>Since the Marquette app isn’t due until Dec, I’m pushing him to concentrate on the EA apps for Villanova and Northeastern, and then the safety apps for UConn, UWisc and Syracuse. We have a visit to Villanova planned for Friday, so there will be school work to factor in next weekend as well. ACT retake is scheduled for October.</p>
<p>Montegut: S2 is (currently) planning on a math major and a psychology minor. I hope to have him take advantage of a study abroad program as well; S1 is an engineering major and I sort of regret that he couldn’t fit in the study abroad option.</p>
<p>Where is S1 an engineering major? What type of engineering?</p>
<p>Yes, it does seem study abroad is difficult with engineering, as internships and co-ops are must dos for job seeking. Son is really hoping to do the Les Aspin internship in DC, and that may be the most “study abroad” he’s able to do. I won’t feel comfortable sending him overseas until he’s finished at least his second year, and by that time, he should be deeply entrenched in internships or co-op. Let’s hope, at least.</p>
<p>Montegut:
My oldest is a junior, aerospace engineering major at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in AZ. ERAU was really the only school he seriously considered, as at the time, he planned to also minor in aviation science and get a commercial pilot’s license. The flight minor didn’t pan out because of a medical issue, so he substituted a math minor (already earned) and a computer science minor (partway through). He loves ERAU, but admits that a small, specialized university might not be the best for everyone. Luckily he is loving his original AE major choice.</p>
<p>We are encouraging S2 (since his current major interests are widely available) to cast a wider net. It helps that one of his requirements is a strong athletic tradition and lots of demonstrated school spirit. Those schools seem to be larger and more diverse, and located in more populated areas.</p>