No decision letter yet...but financial aid letter?

funkie · 03-30-2006, 09:14 PM

I checked my application status and the admission decision isn't posted online yet nor have I received my decision letter. But my "financial aid eligibility letter" was mailed march 30 2006. does this mean I am accepted? will the decision letter and the financial aid letter arrive together? I am so confused...help?

xindianx · 03-30-2006, 10:10 PM

I have the same exact question, and my application status page says the same thing. I hope to god it means I got in..

germans88 · 03-30-2006, 10:37 PM

Same question, I can't imagine they would send a financial aid letter for any other reason

xindianx · 03-31-2006, 12:05 AM

Coming from the Carnegie-Mellon Financial Aid Undergraduate Office:

"When do I know if I've received financial assistance?
If you apply for financial assistance and you're admitted to the university, you'll receive a financial aid notification letter shortly after you receive your letter of admission. The financial aid letter will state the dollar value of any assistance you may be receiving from Carnegie Mellon."

Either I am totally fooling with myself or I have in fact been accepted to carnegie-mellon through a financial aid letter?

funkie · 03-31-2006, 05:53 AM

Thanks for posting that up~ hopefully we will be accepted...only time will tell

Alex M. · 03-31-2006, 12:01 PM

I have the same thing. I was just rejected by four schools yesterday, so hopefully I got in!

It wouldn't make any sense to send out financial aid information on the 30th to people who were rejected...

wct · 03-31-2006, 01:23 PM

Has anyone called CMU and asked about this to get clarification?

xindianx · 03-31-2006, 01:51 PM

I just called and they said that my admission letter was sent on the 28th, and that my financial aid letter was sent on the 30th, however the lady said the financial aid letter is sent to both WAITLISTED and ADMITTED students..so I'm pretty sure I got waitlisted considering everyone else in my school found out last week that they were accepted.

xindianx · 03-31-2006, 02:00 PM

OMG!!! They changed the website for the original Frequently Asked Question, let me repost it:

When do I know if I've received financial assistance?
If you apply for financial assistance and you're admitted, or put on the waitlist, to the university, you'll receive a financial aid notification letter shortly after you receive your letter of admission. The financial aid letter will state the dollar value of any assistance you may be receiving from Carnegie Mellon, the Federal Government and any State Governments.

This definitely means we were waitlisted, they changed it and added in waitlist for people who get a financial aid letter.

nesa1188 · 03-31-2006, 02:13 PM

Are you kidding!? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

funkie · 03-31-2006, 02:14 PM

I knew I shouldn't have had my hopes up...this stinks
I hope we are not waitlisted. So the letters they sent out on 28th are all waitlisted and rejection letters? or like mixed?