Wow deferred with that high of a SAT?
You sure she didnāt go in as ābusiness undecidedā
Accepted for Media Arts OOS, āat least $40,000 over 4 yearsā scholarship
3.84 W GPA
ACT 31
4 year Varsity tennis and captain
Girl Scout Gold award
200 community service hours
Leadership roles
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My son was deferred.
Engineering
3.95 wgpa
1560 SAT
8 Honors, 7 AP courses
Class VP, Varsity Captain, 4 sports, Civil Air Patrol officer, Robotics team leader, Elementary school tutor
Do you think more scholasarships will be released as people decline acceptance? I agree sending scores seems to have hurt us.
Accepted OOS
UW 3.9 W 4.4- All core subjects Honors or AP, plus extra AP/H Science electives
Top 10% of large public HS in PA
Test-Optional
Pre-Nursing
$40,000/year or more in tuition reduction
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Yes. $40,000 OSS test optional
Wow. The friend had no honors or AP and went TO and got accepted?! Was there something else exceptional about them?
Makes me wish we didnāt submit scores! Congratulations!!
Yup, I was surprised.
The only thing of interest is her sibling goes to UofSC. So, maybe that helped with admission, but how did she get offered a $40k scholarship without honors/APs and a GPA under 3.6? Do they offer big scholarships to underqualified applicants of siblings? 
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My daughter also applied for Marine Science however was deferred - do you mind posting her stats?
Sorry ā wgpa is actually 5.1. Need to focus!
Wondering if itās worth emailing the Financial Aid office for clarity? It seems bizarre that aid isnāt even mentioned in the acceptance letter.
DD is OOS + test optional
3.8 unweighted
varsity captain
Good ECs
Travel sports club for 8 years
Weāre thrilled about her acceptance, but confused about aid. Based on reading the comments above, it seems like the criteria is all over the place. I canāt decide if it helps or hurts our cause to send an email.
While I am so happy for all that have been accepted and some have some extraordinary stats and it is well deserved as hard work is paying off, there are others that have been accepted with average and slightly above or below average stats. I am wondering what the protocol was for acceptance and/or deferral. It seems they are all over the place. I am confused and just trying to understand. Also wondering if we have any chance at all come March or if we should just assume the UofSC ship has sailed.
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Accepted OOS with $86,000 scholarship. Pre-Intl business, 3.92 UW, 4.5W, 31 ACT. Find it interesting to figure out whether it was a good thing to turn in scores or not.
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i have twins- my daughter was accepted 1450 SAT and 4.8 weighted GPA with a lot of moneyā¦ my son 1420 SAT and 4.7 GPA deferredā¦ accepted to UGA Clemson OSU Penn State and Rutgersā¦ MAKES NO SENSE
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This is what I am talking about - it makes no sense who is being admitted and who is being deferred. At first I thought if you were test optional youād be deferred, but that does not seem to be the case here. This whole process with UofSC is so frustrating. I remember my S19 going through the same thing when he applied.
I think Iām going to call or email. At this point, theyāre accepted, so it canāt hurt. While itās not okay for parents to email about applications or admissions, I think it should be okay for us to email about aid. After all, we are the ones paying for it. Our kids couldnāt pay for it if they wanted to, thanks to the government basing their aid on our assets and income LOL. I agree that it seems to be all over the place.
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That is crazy! Deferred from UofSC with those stats! Which majors did they apply for? I know they are sometimes looking to admit more of one gender to specific majors, i.e. girls to engineering, boys to nursing, etc. Maybe thatās why? Still, I am shocked that your son was deferred.