<p>Does anyone know if you get merit aid in your acceptance letter or do they send it in a different letter if they decide to give it to you?</p>
<p>wait listed…dont have enough time to post my stats but for future references you can message me on here!
31 act…3.95 gpa…multiple service/extracurriculars with leadership
just a little bit confused right now?!? </p>
<p>Here’s what I don’t understand about being Waitlisted. Am I just supposed to depend on the chance of getting accepted or do I waste around $500 on a deposit to another school while I wait? And how does the other school handle this? If you aren’t notified of admission until mid-late June, what happens if you miss things like orientation or you get put into an overcrowded dorm? I’m conflicted as to remain on the Waitlist or accept that it was not in Gods path for me to attend and move on?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to College of Arts and Sciences
Objective:
• SAT I : 2140
• ACT: n/a
• GPA: 3.96 (weighted)
• Class rank: (No rank at my school)
• Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP’s,
• Major Awards: none</p>
<p>Subjective:
• Extracurricular (place leadership in parenthesis): catalyst for success, Accendo (president)
• Job/Work Experience: nope
• Volunteer/Community service: around 300-350 hours
• Personal Statement: I talked about how I was passionate about writing. </p>
<p>Other
• Intended Major: Communications
• State (if domestic applicant): California
• School Type: Public high school
• Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Gender: Male
• Hooks : parents never married, one living in San Diego and the other in Washington DC</p>
<p>Reflection
• Strengths: SAT
• Weaknesses: GPA
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Guess I was lucky</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to College of Arts and Sciences
Objective:
• SAT I : 2240
• ACT: 33
• GPA: 94.7 unweighted (my school doesn’t do it out of 4).
• Class rank: About 60/550
• Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, 2 other courses for college credit, electives
• Major Awards: none</p>
<p>Subjective:
• Extracurricular (place leadership in parenthesis): math team, 2 varsity sports, piano
• Job/Work Experience: 2 years in retail with a leadership position
• Volunteer/Community service: mostly one time volunteer experiences
• Personal Statement: My essays didn’t really have a lot of voice in them.</p>
<p>Other
• Intended Major: Comprehensive Science
• State (if domestic applicant): NY
• School Type: Public high school
• Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Gender: Female
• Hooks : n/a</p>
<p>Reflection
• Strengths: SAT, ACT, course load
• Weaknesses: Class rank, lack of volunteer work
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Sufficient grades, standardized tests and essays</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to College of Arts and Sciences
Objective:
• SAT I : 2130
• ACT: N/A
• GPA: 3.8 weighted
• Class rank: My school doesn’t rank.
• Senior Year Course Load: 1 AP, 2 other courses that offer college credit (Pre Calc and French 4H), science elective, Economics/US Government, Senior Theology, one other language elective
• Major Awards: National Honors Society, French Honors Society</p>
<p>Subjective:
• Extracurricular (place leadership in parenthesis): Several years each of membership in French Club, Catholic League, Chorus, and Math Club
• Job/Work Experience: 1 summer (2013) of being a cashier in a grocery store
• Volunteer/Community service: 6+ years of altar serving in my parish church, one summer of volunteering in a local library and hospital, one year of being a counselor for a special needs day camp (every other weekend during the school year)
• Personal Statement: I wrote about how I’ve been addicted to reading ever since a very young age and how it’s affected my life. For the additional supplement, I chose the “one lesson I want to share” option and wrote about how I have learned to distance myself from negative people based on past experiences.</p>
<p>Other
• Intended Major: Undecided (probably going to be something to do with English or Business)
• State (if domestic applicant): NY
• School Type: Private all girls’ HS
• Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Gender: Female
• Hooks : Single parent household, twin brother (who is also applying to colleges at the same time–double the cost, he was also accepted and will likely attend Nova as well)</p>
<p>Reflection
• Strengths: SAT, volunteer work
• Weaknesses: GPA, lack of leadership
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Decent grades, my SAT score and my essays (as well as volunteer and work experience). I also know that my guidance counselor wrote a recommendation letter that really made me sound awesome too. </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to business school</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2340
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 700 Math II, 730 USH, 700 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.3 weighted
AP (place score in parentheses): APUSH 5, Calc AB 5, Lang Comp 5, Chem 4, Micro 4
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Psych, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Macro, AP French
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Volleyball captain, MUN Secretary, NHS, FHS, Band
Job/Work Experience: Private tutoring
Volunteer/Community Service: Church service & stuff through school
Essays: I thought my essays were really strong
Teacher Recommendations: Great
Counselor Rec: Great
Additional Rec: Volleyball coach great
Interview: none</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Girl
Income Bracket: Middle class</p>
<p>To anyone that recevied merit aid, did your notification/letter come in your acceptance letter or did they send it in a different letter?</p>
<p>Accepted to College of Liberal Arts & Sciences!
GPA: 3.9
ACT: 30</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone! Don’t let college decisions get you down - they don’t determine your self-worth, and they’re definitely not an indicator of your intelligence :)</p>
<p>I was accepted to the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.</p>
<p>2140 SAT
3.67/4.00 GPA
Good Essay
Weak ECAs
International Student</p>
<p>I heard the aid is terrible, so will most probably not attend. Good news to wait listed students.</p>
<p>Waitlisted:
SAT: 2010
GPA: 3.70 unweighted; 3.82 weighted
SAT II: 680 Math II
4 AP’s/all honors
4 seasons of varsity soccer; 4 seasons varsity Track</p>
<p>@golfbs14- There are many sources for waitlist strategies. Yes, you do need to commit to another school because the odd of getting off of the waitlist for many schools is quite low. However, there are ways to make yourself known to admissions. If you truly want the school, you need to tell them in no uncertain terms you will attend and financial aid cannot a factor if you accept. The school aid money is already gone. From what I have learned from a college admissions person is males tend to take their names off (you don’t want me, I don’t want you) so this could work for or against you depending on your sex. </p>
<p>The schools where you put money down keep your money. They know some will withdraw and in part that is why notifications for getting off a waitlist can take until mid-summer. </p>
<p>has anyone from RD gotten an invite to the honors program yet?</p>
<p>For those on the waitlist, are you accepting waitlist and if so what college did you apply to?
P.S. I heard they are most likely not using it this year, because they already got a high number of enrollments from early action people. </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to engineering school
SAT I (breakdown): 2150
SAT II (place score in parentheses): N.A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Various awards in swimming. Volleyball captain, Debating<br>
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community Service: Rescue operations for a plane crash
Essays: Decent
Teacher Recommendations: Decent
Counselor Rec: Great
Interview: none</p>
<p>Other
International Student from Pakistan
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle class
Great Financial Aid Package. I am definitely going. :)</p>
<p>Does Villanova not offer Presidential Scholarships like other schools in which you don’t need to apply, but they just give you merit-based aid?</p>
<p>Accepted to College of Engineering (Chemical engineers, hit me up! I haven’t met many going to Nova)
SAT: 2000 (700- math, 680-reading, 620-writing)
GPA: 4.06
Class Rank: top 10%
I’m a member of our school’s Key Club and National Honor Society, both very volunteer oriented. Gymnastics since I was 3, track since 8th grade. My essays I think really helped; focused a lot on gymnastics impact on my life. I also had a priest and 2 teacher recommendations that I believe helped. My cousin was a recent graduate. All together, I took 6 ap classes, 3 my senior year. </p>
<p>Go Nova!! </p>
<p>Accepted VSB
SAT: 2180 (CR 680 M 770 W 730)
Sat II: Math II 800; Physics 690
GPA: 3.72/4.0 (weighted)
All hours core classes
4 years varsity sports
over 250 community service hours
Mock trial team
Chess Club</p>
Did you get in to Villanova last year? What were your stats?
what did you write to admissions after waitlisted? What reasons did you give?