UVM Class of 2021 Admissions

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@callahanolivia Congrats!! :slight_smile:

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Admission Decision: Accepted
Date of Submission of Application: 10/21
Date of Decision Notification: 11/9
Out Of State (Connecticut)
School/Department/Major applied to: Civil Engineering
Any scholarship awarded: Presidential 18k
Applicant Stats 3.9w 2100 730m650r720w
4 year letterman 3 sport athlete, good other ecs and leadership

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Congrats @lhanley22 My S is from CT too. I saw you were deferred at Northeastern? He was denied admission. I can’t believe how tough it has gotten to get in there! When I went to college you couldn’t pay us to go there. It’s crazy how things change. Good luck on your decision!

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@xaviermom2017 From MA
S accepted with Merit Scholarship at UVM (and a few others) but deferred at Northeastern. Word is that they were using ED for New Englanders (and others) and EA admissions were more focused on students from outside NE. At least that is the rumor floating around the Boston suburbs. :slight_smile:

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My son was admitted School of Arts & Sciences - Economics
Out of State (CT)
GPA - 3.2 (5th decile)
32 ACT
President of his class, varsity football, Model UN, 3 APs, Honors, 1 UConn dual enrollment class
12K Trustee scholarship awarded

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My son had merit award posted on his account today when I checked, but a friend he goes to the same high school with did not. Do you think that it is possible that UVM has not posted all merit awards yet or should she assume that she did not get one? When she called the admissions office last week and asked about merit they said that it would be given out and would show up on student accounts about a week after the second acceptance date. This date was Dec. 14, so a week later would be Wednesday, Dec.21. So, my question is this: Do you other posters assume that UVM is not finished giving out merit aid? And is there any way to know for sure?

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@SwimmingDad interesting! Sounds like a believable rumor. Luckily, UVM was higher on our choice list than Northeastern for a few reasons. I’m glad it worked out for us but good luck to your son if he is still hanging on to NU! From what I understand they do have a great business program with a fabulous placement rate!! What other schools is your son looking at? We applied from Vermont to Virginia! :slight_smile:

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@xaviermom2017 Michigan, McGill, and BU are left
possibly Penn as a huge reach He’s an athlete and wants to compete in college so he is also writing to coaches to gauge interest. I have no idea how this will turn out
other than he will find a place that will be good for him academically and athletically. :slight_smile:

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@SwimmingDad your son’s list sounds like my daughter’s list! McGill!!! My daughter has French Canadian in her background and has always liked McGill. She is a huge hockey fan too. Her schools of interest include BC, UMich, McGill, BU, UVM, Providence, Penn State, UF, Cornell, UMaryland, UNC Chapel Hill, ND, Villa Nova, UNewHampshire and QU. She has to wait for her standardized test scores to really gauge her chances but she has pretty much picked a huge reach or two, quite a few reaches, a few probables and a few safeties. My son applied to a different spectrum of schools. He plays lacrosse and baseball but didn’t get involved in the recruiting process, wasn’t recruited and didn’t reach out to coaches. He is leaning towards a possible walk on or more likely a good club team just to continue on with lax and make some friends with similar interests etc. I think it’s a lot for these kids to consider and the whole process is so competitive now. I truly think the most important thing is that they are comfortable where they end up. Academics exists at every institution. They need to want to learn. Good luck to your son in making a choice! Sounds like he has a bunch of good schools on his list!! Can’t really make a bad choice with any of those!

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@xaviermom2017 A similar list indeed! My kids’ high school is hyper competitive
just our local public high school but it’s a real pressure cooker. Along with that comes pressure from their peers to go to a select number schools. Getting my son past that thinking has taken a lot of effort
especially when both my wife and I graduated from Penn. But this process is so different now
so very very different. Fortunately he is mentally in a spot where he wants to go and be challenge both in his running and his academics
but not in a way where every day is stressful. That is how we got to his list. McGill and Northeastern have been his top two for a while with Penn and Michigan as his reaches. I do think that, like your daughter, the list contains great schools where any kid that puts in the effort can be very happy and “successful” (however they personally define that). Best of luck!

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Any honors program admission info yet?

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  1. Admission Decision -- Accepted
  2. Date of Submission -- 10/23
  3. Date of Decision Notification -- 11/10
  4. Out Of State (OOS) -- Illinois
  5. School/Department/Major applied to -- Rubenstein School of Environment
  6. $18k Presidential
  7. 4.0/4.0 unweighted GPA; 31 ACT
  8. related EC -- over 115 days of remote wilderness tripping, including 45-day 550-mile Alaska kayaking trip
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I have a question for people that got merit aid, specifically, @collegegurl18, @eandesmom, @klinska, @totallyborbular, @doglover2323, @jjohnross and @SwimmingDad. How likely are you to attend UVM? Some of these candidates have super strong profiles. Is UVM a safety school for you or do you see yourself attending?

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@lhanley22, @strypes and @cbredear, I meant to tag you in the post above!

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@LuisaL It’s one of my S’s top 4. He is an athlete and is talking to coaches at his top four schools; that is our next filter on this journey. Making the budget work is our (my) last step. I hope that helps.

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@LuisaL UVM is my second choice. It wasn’t really a “safety school” for me, even though I was pretty sure I would get in.

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It is one of my sons top 3

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@LuisaL it was a safe school for me. But now that I got a scholarship, it has moved up substantially on my list and I am strongly considering it! (especially if I get an invite to the Honors Program!)

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  1. Accepted
  2. 9/14/16
  3. 12/14/16
  4. OOS
  5. Eng/Math
  6. Trustee 48k
  7. 3.4 gpa, 1280 (1600) SAT, 26 ACT
  8. Honors/AP courses, engineering internships

This was my son’s acceptance. Also have a daughter who is a junior at UVM. Perfect school for both kids! Low key, be who you are, supportive environment. Professors very helpful and lots of opportunities to get involved with research/work closely with profs. Tight knit community with very helpful staff/administration. Burlington is the best community! We couldn’t be happier having our daughter and now son attend UVM! Very proud to be part of this community!

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Luisa - this is one of my son’s top picks, just waiting to hear from a few others.