Just got my scholarship letter with 20k a year! Super excited as an out of state student, no word on Honors yet however…CSE Student
ACT:35
UW GPA: 3.8
W GPA: 4.5
Class rank: Top 3%
7 AP, like 80% Honors Classes
National Merit Semifinalist
@blountwil2 what was/were the name(s) of the scholarships that you received?
I received a National Scholarship and a Gold Scholar Award, each 10k a year
@blountwil2 are you NMSF?
Yup!
Accepted to CLA today!!! No email just change in tracker status.
ACT: 29
GPA: uw 3.1 w 3.4
AP: comp sci, BC calc, physics 1 and physics C.
Thanks so much for everyone’s responses and good luck to everyone!
I never received an acceptance email from UMN. However, my tracker changed over a week ago and I received the scholarship consideration email. Does anybody else have the same issue?
@AAloneOrchid I did not receive any sort of acceptance email until about two or three weeks after being accepted via tracker. It took me a while to get the physical packet as well. Congratulations on the acceptance and the scholarship!!
D17 never received an e-mail at all. Her tracker changed for acceptance, then again for honors, and she received both “official” notices via snail w/in a week or two following the tracker notice. Her scholarship package was also by snail mail, though I suppose it’s in MyU somewhere as well. At one point a “Welcome to Carlson” e-mail did show up in my inbox; however, that was clearly a follow up to the original notification. The other day she just received her FAFSA acknowledgement letter, again by regular mail.
Funny how many different ways there are to notify students of their admission status. Wondering if those getting e-mails are international students.
[color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color=green]
School/major: CLA/Philosophy; will likely double major in Mathematics
Objective:
- []SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[]ACT (breakdown): 32C, 35E, 35M, 33R, 26S, 27W (34 SS)
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): 760 US History
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[]Weighted GPA: 4.33
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/522 unweighted, 17/522 weighted
[]AP (place score in parentheses): European History (4), US History (5), Psychology (5), Enlgish Language (5)
[]IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP Studio Art 2D, AP Spanish Language, AP Macroeconomics, AP Government, AP English Literature
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor
Subjective:
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[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): JV Soccer (Captain), Club Soccer, Youth & Government, NHS
[]Job/Work Experience: Math Tutor, Babysitter
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Take care of my 4 younger brothers and 1 younger sister (pickup from school, take to appointments, feed snacks, help with homework)
[]Summer Activities: Student Research Intern performing breast and colorectal cancer research at major research univeristy
[]Essays: 7/10
[]Teacher Recommendations: 9/10 (teacher loved me); 7/10 (top performer in class but no personal connection)
[]Counselor Rec: 7/10; don’t know counselor well as she was my third in three years, however she seems supportive and is aware of my goals
[]Additional Rec: 9/10; written by professor and main researcher of my summer internship who stated I was the best intern she ever had
[li]Interview: N/A[/li][/ul]
Other:
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[]State (if domestic applicant): California
[]Country (if international applicant): N/A
[]School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket: $150k
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A[/li][/ul]
Reflection:
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[]Strengths: GPA, test scores, essays, letters of recommendations
[]Weaknesses: My volunteer and community service work is virtually non-existent due to family obligations, and my decision to not take a 4th year science to double up on math might be detrimental.
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My GPA and test scores
[]Where else you are applying or have already applied:
Accepted - Minnesota, Oregon, Pitt (Honors), Tulane (Honors)
Applied - Berkeley, Davis, Michigan, Texas, UCLA, UCSB, UCSC, UCSD, USC, Vanderbilt, Washington, Wisconsin, WUSTL
[li]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Stay positive and be yourself![/li][/ul]
congrats!
Accepted CLA for econ. 35 act, 3.5 uw gpa.
OOS or MN?
My D17 was accepted to CBS with a 33 ACT and 4.35 GPA. Got a letter last week stating they received her FAFSA and will let her know about scholarships in February. How have some already received theirs? Does that mean she most likely won’t get one?
@uofmmom Don’t read into it. Merit based or Need based scholarships are all figured out later. Some receive information sooner than others - information is so personal that it’s hard to say why so don’t be discouraged. Good luck!
Some of the big ones you are seeing are due to being National Merit. UMN gives out serious money for these. National used to be for the very top in class rank (well under 10%) - or GPA equivalent if the school doesn’t rank. I doubt they have changed the underlying criteria too much this year. They also look at unweighted GPA to assess scholarship potential. @uofmmom, do you know her uw GPA?
We got the same FA letter - that’s just to let you know they have received your FAFSA.
So the scholarship letter comes later? I received my acceptance packet today, but no scholarship letter, so I was/am a little concerned that I didn’t get any scholarships?
Any scholarship(s) earned will arrive in a separate mailing.
@Seacoast OOS
@JBStillFlying, her uw GPA is 3.85. She is ranked 18/480 so top 4%. I’m just hoping for something. She missed being a National Merit Finalist by 20 points on the PSAT.