Merit aid sent with acceptance letter?

llll · 01-11-2008, 03:21 PM

I received my acceptance letter today, but there was no mention of merit aid. Does this mean I was not offered any, or will it be sent in a separate mailing? What about the honors college?

kjcastillo1990 · 01-11-2008, 03:53 PM

You are automatically accepted to the honors college if you are in the top 10% of your class.

cal2827 · 02-18-2009, 01:14 PM

do you receive any type of notification that you are accepted into the honors program? Or do you just assume you are if within the top 10%? also, any idea how much the centennial scholarships are and when we will find out amount awarded?

crazed · 02-21-2009, 01:04 PM

Centennial scholarship. According to the website can be from $1000 to full tuition.

Sadly, they do not let you know until April, which is late!

JustAboveNJ · 02-25-2009, 11:07 PM

I was notified in my acceptance letter that I was receiving the centennial scholarship. I have not received the amount yet. I think the amount will come in April.

JustAboveNJ · 02-26-2009, 01:16 PM

I actually got my scholarship letter today! Not as much as I hoped for but it something!

sak09 · 02-26-2009, 06:38 PM

I got a scholarship letter today as well....I thought it would be in April. Apparently I'm getting $40,000...which is surprising considering my EFC was really high.

crazed · 02-26-2009, 10:13 PM

sak- merit award (centennial scholarship) is not need based (not based on your EFC).
$10,000 a year here also.

kjcastillo1990 · 02-26-2009, 11:20 PM

I still feel so cheated and bitter by this school... =/

crazed · 02-27-2009, 08:03 PM

kjcastillo-
Don't feel cheated. It's based on merit.
Merit= GPA and SAT's

According to another of your posts, you had some bad luck with the SAT's and got below a 600 on each section.

However- Horray for you. You got into Tufts!!!!! That's great. Incredible school with incredible reputation. Even though my son had really good ACT's and GPA, I would never had thought it were good enough to even apply.

Sorry about the $$$ though. In this day and age, it really matters.

Have you decided on a school?

Do you mind posting your merit award from Tufts if any? I have a friends whose daughter may apply next year.

Good luck to you and remember, you can't take these acceptances/awards personally. There are so many factors involved.

kjcastillo1990 · 03-03-2009, 01:08 AM

Thanks crazed, but I'm actually almost done with my freshman year at Tufts.

Though I wanted to stay with most of my friends who go to URI, I found it a lot better to get a fresh start on my social life. I've never seen so many amazing people all together in one place! haha.

fruitflavor · 04-02-2009, 04:04 PM

just noticed i had an email from URI back in feb telling me i got centennial. 10k per year. also got into honors.

Sandman62 · 10-18-2009, 04:10 PM

Would anyone who received Centennial (10k/yr) mind please posting their stats? Thank you.

Sandman62 · 10-30-2009, 08:58 AM

anyone? ...

pinknpreppy216 · 12-01-2009, 08:42 PM

Sandman, I just received a 12K per year Centennial Scholarship today. I have a 4.0 UW GPA, 1450/2130 SAT, excellent recs, and a ton of ECs. I'm not sure what the stats are of other people who received scholarships in the past. Have you tried emailing URI?