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<li>Chemistry: the chemistry department ranks in the top 5% among private, undergraduate institutions in production of future Ph.D.s since 1920.</li>
<li>Psychology: 3% " "</li>
<li>Geology: top 2.5% " " </li>
<li>Economics: top 12% " "</li>
<li>English: top 5% " "</li>
<li>Journalism: top 5% " "</li>
<li>Modern & Classical Languages (includes German, French, Chinese & Spanish): top 4.5% " "</li>
<li>History: 6.8% " "</li>
<li>Physics: top 7% " "</li>
<li>Mathematics: 8.5% " "</li>
</ul>
<p>Actually, I was a Chem major and I think there were 13 grads in my class. One went to med school, one has a Masters degree, and 9 have PhD's. Not too shabby.<br>
Allegheny's website says "Allegheny chemistry students applying to graduate and professional schools have an acceptance rate of over 95%." and everyone I know who applied for graduate school was accepted.</p>
<p>Hey all, did your financial aid awards come in the acceptance letters? And what was a "huge" amount of aid? Any comments on their efforts to increase diversity with merit money?</p>
<p>I'm a little puzzled - son was accepted and told he will be receiving a Trustee Scholarship, but they haven't decided the amount yet, and no mention of Trustee Weekend. But son is very happy with his acceptance!</p>
<p>Congrats! We didn't get mail today because of the snow storm. DS is waiting for Allegheny. I bet your DS is thrilled. Keep your fingers crossed for tomorrow.</p>
<p>D got the invite today, two weekends to choose from (last in February and first in March), so she doesn't know which one she is doing yet. I am sure the snails are bringing the invites to you!</p>
<p>DS got accepted, very nice acceptance letter, could tell it was personalized. He got a Trustee Scholarship. There was no amount listed, said that was being decided in Committee and he should hear in the next few weeks. He did not receive a Trustee Weekend invite at this time either. Just happy this part is done. Now to the fasfa since the mail brought the last piece of that.</p>
<p>Now that I've turned in all of my applications I was surfing the net looking at colleges whose deadlines haven't passed and found Allegheny College, I found this thread and read lg6's comment about how AC has a great journalism program top 5%. I intend to pursue a degree and journalism so this really interests me. However, I've just read all the other posts and it seems that most people have already applied/been accepted and gotten financial aid. How much financial aid I'll receive plays a large part in what college I'll go to, so I'm wondering is it too late to apply to Allegheny? The deadline's Feb. 15 so I know it's not impossible, but I'm wondering if anyone thinks it's worth the trouble? I've already applied to UT austin(accepted), Rice, Brown(reach), Tulane, Rhodes, Baylor, Marist, and Ithaca. This is alot of money I've spent so far and I just want anyone weigh in on whether I should just apply and not care about aid and whatnot or if I should discipline myself and be content with the colleges I've applied to so far. Sorry for the long post I'm just really stressed about whether I've applied to the right schools and everyday I'm fighting the urge to apply to every last college with a good journalism/english program left.</p>
<p>OK, you've been accepted to UT. If you were only accepted to UT and Allegheny, which would you choose. If the answer is Allegheny, then apply. If the answer is UT, why bother?</p>
<p>I think most of the students here applied with Allegheny's priority application, thus the early response with merit aid offers. That doesn't mean someone applying by the regular decision deadline won't qualify for merit aid.</p>
<p>Almost all students, whether early or regular decision, (~85-95% [not sure of exact statistic]) get merit-based aid. They are very liberal with their merit-based aid, which is a very attractive feature to many students. This year, the most available to one student is $80,000 over four years. Most get $45-60K.
Example: I applied to the regular deadline (actually, I applied a bit late) and ended up with $45,000/four years.</p>
<p>When I've talked to students in the past, they often have gotten accepted to other schools, but decide to go to Allegheny after 1) visiting, 2) academic rigor, and 3), most importantly, they get large financial aid services, which the other 'bigger, better' schools do not offer.</p>
<p>hmf123: </p>
<p>visit Allegheny</a> College: English to learn more about the English and Journalism programs. As you'll see on the page, there are blue tabs that you can click to see different topics, such as a sampling of alumni, faculty, opportunities, department facts, etc..</p>
<p>Hint: a good predictor of the academics you will receive at Allegheny is given by where the faculty got their Ph.D. Example: On the English Dept. website, click on the blue tab 'Faculty' and see where some of them got their Ph.D.</p>