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Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:30:21 +0000

lowermorelandmom, good luck to your d in her graduate school search. My d was accepted into CAS as a psychology major with the intention of minoring in elementary education. But after we wento to the admitted students day last week, she had a change of heart and applied for transfer to the Speech Pathology. So now she thinks Bouve will be her choice. We went there today and learned a lot more about the program… everyone in it seems to love it. They also have an accelerated 5 yr Masters that you can apply for in the third year but it is very selective. Glad to hear the program is well regarded. Although it has been around awhile, it is very small (only 20 kids average per grade). How big is the program at Penn State? And do you have a good feel for job opportunities in this field in the next several years?

collgemom, as far as additional merit aid, last year my d got the dean’s scholarship upon early acceptance in Dec. Then when the financial aid awards were given in March she received another merit award in engineering. But both were before the May 1st decision date. We were told that money doesn’t “free up” from students that decide not to attend. Also, my d’s current roommate received the dean’s scholarship initially, sent in her deposit then after May 1st was told she had received a full tuition scholarship. So it can happen.

Let’s not give up hope. We didn’t call but my daughter wrote a letter to NEU trying to highlight some of her academic accomplishments that she felt may have been overlooked initially, probably won’t help but we figured it couldn’t hurt.

Good luck everyone.