<p>We qualify for the tuition exchange scholarship with schools listed on the website tuitionexchange.org. I would like to hear from students who have received this scholarship, what stats you had, where you were offered the scholarship. Also, are any other families out there going through this process right now? We are currently trying to decide what schools make the most sense to apply to, given the exchange chances. Thoughts?</p>
<p>GPA 4.7 weighted (not sure unweighted, probably about 3.6-3.7). SAT 2070, ACT 32. Waitlisted for TE at Villanova, received TE at Loyola Maryland, Stonehill, Providence, Catholic. </p>
<p>I recommend scouring web sites and calling for details if you are applying to schools where the cost of tuition is higher than the TE amount. D was offered substantial merit aid at several schools prior to TE decisions being made. Each school decides if you are allowed to keep any other scholarship money if awarded TE. </p>
<p>Also, spend some time looking at the admission stats for each school, and the percentage of TE applicants awarded scholarships (found on the TE site). Some schools give the award to everyone who is accepted, others give the award to fewer than 10% of accepted applicants. Remember, step 1 is to get accepted, and then TE is still a competitive scholarship at most schools, so look where your child falls against the average stats.</p>
<p>D found it frustrating that she couldn’t make a decision on where to go to school until we heard back about TE in mid-April, but she’s thankful this scholarship was available to her as we could not afford to send her to the schools she was looking at without TE.</p>
<p>Have you talked to your school’s Tuition Exchange Liaison officer yet? Step one for TE is being certified as eligible by the school where you are employed. Every school sets their own policies for who is eligible. There’s almost always a minimum number of years of service, but at some schools there can be even more restrictions. How many students the school can “export” must balance with the number of “imports” the school takes. If you work at an institution that awards very few TE scholarships, their may be a limit as to how many students are certified to apply for TE. At the school we received TE through, they had more kids interested this year than they had slots, so they declared eligibility based on years of seniority.</p>
<p>We went through Tuition Exchange last year. Feel free to PM if you want details of where we applied, etc. She was able to apply binding Early Decision for her top choice school, where they explicitly stated (in writing) that if she didn’t get TE she would not have to accept (but she did get it).</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies! Inigo, we are certified eligible. But thanks for the heads up. Just waiting on the school to post the official exchange paperwork for this year. Did your D ever get off of the Villanova waitlist? What school did she choose?</p>
<p>Mamaduck, I will pm you. I’m always interested in hearing more details. We want to be sure we are realistic about the process, and choose schools that my child is more likely to get the offer. </p>
<p>Any other replies would be welcome information for us! thanks</p>
<p>Inigo-- thanks for the PM. Good info! But based on what you told me, I’d like to ask you a few more questions-specific to your home school. I can’t return your pm. But if you message me your email addy-- or Mamaduck has mine. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Make sure to note whether the TE scholarship is automatic or competitive (and how competitive), since this varies by school.</p>
<p>Of course, don’t exclude other schools, since some of them may offer a better net price than a TE scholarship school. Academic suitability and other factors need to be considered to ensure a good fit for the student.</p>
<p>We are in that same TE system as the OP. I was certified through my institution in November.</p>
<p>I understand that my son should check all boxes that indicate he’s applying for FA at each TE school. Those schools will see our FAFSA, CSS Profile, etc. What I don’t quite understand: does this mean that TE is partly or entirely need-based? That is not how it was explained to me (by former TE Liaison at my college).</p>
<p>Several of the schools my D applied to had a specific place on the school’s application asking if you are eligible to apply for Tuition Exchange. For the Common App schools, I got in touch with the liaison officer at the school being applied to and asked if all paperwork had been received and if anything else needed to be submitted. For that matter, I actually contacted the liaison pretty early in the process to ask what their parameters were for selecting recipients. Some were first come first serve, some it was completely academic merit, some used it for geographic diversity and “fit”. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks! Very helpful, mamaduck!</p>
<p>TE isn’t need based, but if you are eligible for fed or state grants, that money can be kept by the schools to offset the scholarship. Depends on the policy of the importing institution.</p>
<p>But some schools do require a FAFSA to be filed for TE. None of my D’s schools did, but my son is starting to look at schools. He is interested in Mercer University. When I searched Mercer’s website for TE information, I found a document that outlines their import requirements. It clearly states that the FAFSA is required.</p>
<p>anyone hear yet about TE offers for the class of 2018? we have not heard</p>
<p>D is 4 for 5. We heard from the final school last week.</p>
<p>interesting, thanks for the info. our applicant is currently 0 for 5 for TE offers but has acceptance offers from 4 of those 5 schools. waiting to see if they notify “no” or “yes” for TE…they have only said they received paperwork.</p>
<p>You should get a specific yes or no from the TE officer a the school. For us, the admissions decisions came out long before the TE offers. I should’ve sadi d has been offered TE at 4 of the 5 schools where she applied for it. The 5th, which did not offer her TE, did accept her. </p>
<p>Should students applying to schools under tuition exchange reveal in the college application that they’re eligible for TE? Would that help or hurt their admissions application? </p>
<p>My personal opinion is that it would not help their chances, so do not reveal that fact in the application.</p>
<p>We had to give our application list to our home school in October, and they submitted it at that time. So, I’m assuming the schools flagged the applications as they came in. A few also asked flat out in the application. It didn’t seem to affect her acceptances, but they were all in the 40% plus get TE category.</p>
<p>There seem to be two main programs:</p>
<p>1) Tuition Exchange Program, Inc.
<a href=“http://www.tuitionexchange.org/”>http://www.tuitionexchange.org/</a> </p>
<p>2) The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC)
<a href=“http://www.cic.edu/Programs-and-Services/Tuition-Exchange-Program/Pages/About-TEP.aspx”>http://www.cic.edu/Programs-and-Services/Tuition-Exchange-Program/Pages/About-TEP.aspx</a></p>
<p>Seems that in the TEP, Inc. program, it’s tougher to get the grant. CIC seems easier. Am I reading this correctly?</p>