<p>Who has been wait listed?</p>
<p>my daughter was waitlisted. it is her first choice. I guess we will hear some time in May.</p>
<p>Leon60 - if it is her first choice then she needs to be proactive. Have her write a letter reaffirming her desire to enroll at SLC, get another recommendation, send another graded writing sample and call. However, as a parent, be aware that those accepted off of the waitlist receive little to no SLC aid since funds are usually depleted by then. If you need aid, do consider the scenario that if she does get accepted off of the waitlist, you may have to foot 100% for her first year. For the second year onwards, she would receive the aid she qualified for.</p>
<p>Hope this helps and good luck to her.</p>
<p>Think about deferring a year once she’s in. Then apply for FA the next year.</p>
<p>Hey you guys, i’ve been waitlisted too. Any news on when decisions start coming out?</p>
<p>Hello all, I’ve been repeatedly getting emails from the SLC admission office asking me if I would be willing to attend if they go to their wait list- any one else get this also?</p>
<p>I just got off the wait list!! anyone else?</p>
<p>My daughter received the same email yesterday asking if she is interested and when she replied yes she received another email 2 hours later accepting her. She is very excited. We don’t know yet about financial aid since the myslc website is down. </p>
<p>@leon60 did your daughter receive this only yesterday? or from april? I hope she get’s the aid she needs!</p>
<p>she received it yesterday. i just logged on the myslc site and there is still no information on her financial aid.</p>
<p>@leon60 it seems less likely that she’ll be getting the need, this year at-least, so you can do what I’m doing. Pay for one year and the file for financial aid the next, but keep in mind this has it’s risks also- there’ not guarantee that they’ll accept your financial aid requirement. My parents can afford the tuition- so that’s a risk I’m willing to take, you can cut down your spending by moving off-campus. As living of campus is actually cheaper. </p>
<p>I’m actually having second thoughts about a 70,000 dollar education per annum</p>
<p>Anyone else who have heard back from SLC regarding waitlist?</p>
<p>@leon60 and @Soullex235 - I thought you may want to hear what we went through last year with the waitlist so that you may be better able to decide yes or no on attending SLC.</p>
<p>My D was waitlisted and notified on the 1st of May via phone of her acceptance. The next day she received her acceptance letter but nothing from financial aid via email. By the 4th of May, I had phoned directly to the financial office to ask about her aid package. Via this phone call, I learned that all “institutional aid” was gone for the year but that she qualified for the normal student loans. I had been forewarned that waitlisted students usually face this situation so I then asked the following important questions:</p>
<p>1) If aid had still been available, what would she have received?
Answer: They gave me a range and said that if our financial situation did not change next year, she would be in the pool of returning students and receive this approximate amount for her sophmore year.
2) If she deferred a year, what would she receive?
Answer: She would be put into the pool of entering freshman and if the financial situation did not change, depending on the methodology used to allocate aid for that entering class, she would be in the same range but maybe towards the higher or lower end given the methodology used.</p>
<p>We phoned admissions to confirm these scenarios and to acertain what they would need to approve a deferment (a letter outlining the students plans for the year that showed an activity that involved “continued growth and learning” but this could not include full time study). After we had the information needed to make an informed decision, we decided to defer. </p>
<p>She traveled for the gap year (which did not come cheap but was worth every penny; 11 countries) and this year she received a financial aid package at the higher end of the range they had predicted. Mind you, SLC is not an inexpensive school so calculate if you can afford it with the estimated aid package before requesting any deferrment. Also, know that SLC gift aid changes on an annual basis per your financial situation so it is unlike the 4 year scholarships that your S or D may have already been offered. Basically, waitlisted students receive less aid because the student has already been caught on the line and they do not need to entice you with scholarships. This aside, we deem SLC to be the best fit for our D and she will be attending come September.</p>
<p>Hope this information helps.</p>
<p>Thank you for the information STA</p>
<p>Thank you for the information. So far we did not receive financial aid besides work-study and a small loan. We are still appealing. It was shocking but my daughter really wants to go! She will enroll in September. It is good to hear that next year might be different in terms of financial aid. </p>
<p>@leon60 That is exactly what we got! Good luck with appealing and hopefully you will fare better than we did. However, do ask the questions so that you know what she would have received. I think this is key to keeping them to their word when it comes to aid packages for the next coming year. </p>
<p>I’m not attending SLC so there’s a free spot on the wait-list as of the 15th</p>
<p>How many people are still waiting?</p>
<p>hedgie, are you still waiting for it? When will they announce rejection for waitlisted students?</p>