Just another international student looking for financial aid at Whitman. Got waitlisted…
My D is in, with nice merit and a music scholarship!
My D got in with a 20K award. Not really clear if it is music or merit. Guess it doesn’t really matter. She is very happy!
Did you click through to the financial aid letter, @Veryapparent? The music award my D got was only listed there and it was on top of the award mentioned in the acceptance letter.
Waitlisted, which is better than I honestly expected given my stats. Unfortunately not very hopeful, it seems that they don’t accept many people from their waitlist each year. Congratulations on everybody who’s been accepted!
S got in, but at 13-20K/yr more than other schools he prefers. I thought it would be a great place for him, but he doesn’t care so it’s easy to make the decision based on $$$ not emotions.
Waitlisted. Did you notice the admission statistics they included in the letter? It sounds like they only admitted slightly more than 8% of applicants this year. Wow. Congratulations to those of you who got in!
Well thanks…I did and there was a music scholarship in addition. She got the Campbell.
MandolinMom, could you please be kind enough to provide us the statistics included in the letter?
Accepted OOS with (small) merit! There seem to be a remarkable amount of waitlists this year.
I second @Kentriko , @MandolinMom ! If you could post the statistics that would be amazing. They were not included anywhere in my portal that I can see. Only 8% accepted? That seems unreal
It can’t be 8% perhaps a typo in the post, or the 8% mentioned in the wait list letter refers to something other than % of applicants admitted. The typical rate at Whitman is 40-50%.
@mandolinmom 8% admit rate? Really? And they said that in the letter? Can you please send along to the rest of us. That’s an extraordinary jump over previous years if true.
How much did you guys get for merit aid if you got in, I got 17k, but I feel like they give almost everybody that aha.
My daughter got in with 20K. I’m glad I am not the one deciding where she is going. She has great options so far.
Somehow Got In despite my awful grades (not complaining). No Merit Aid but that’s not suprising
My stats: 1430 SAT 800 US History SAT 780 World History 5s on AP tests for US Gov, Comp Gov, US history
UW Gpa: 3.0
ECs: Boy scouts (patrol leader, scribe, den chief), Cross Country (captain), Track, Soccer, Internship at environmental museum, NSLC conference, and school chess league (founder)
Ethnic Background: White, Western Europe. No other “hooks” either
Gender: Male
Geographic Residence: Massachusetts (I feel like this one pushed me through the door)
Essay: Pretty good but nothing amazing
Looking forward to attending! This school was my first choice for a reason.
Got waitlisted also… international students needing a lot of financial aid.
They said that 5000 applicants for 425 places at the school this year so that’s probably 8%??
@sofierrx did you apply test optional,
also any results from people who applied test optional?
Got accepted! Excited and happy, but probably not attending. Waiting to hear from some other schools.
Ah, but they accept a whole lot more more than 425.
I also got accepted! 17k as well