Chance me for UMiami!

ColoredAlabaster
Wed, 24 May 2017 01:02:11 +0000

I would just like to offer that while you certainly have high stats and should be competitive for many scholarships at UM, you should be careful when predicting merit aid and scholarships during this process. This past admissions cycle, I applied to UM with a 33 ACT, ~3.8 UW GPA, and solid extracurriculars. I am unhooked and from an Illinois family with a middling EFC. Overall, I had thought that I had a decent chance to be invited to an interview weekend and to be a strong candidate for the Stamps or Singer. Ultimately, I was deferred from EA and accepted RD with no scholarships offered - just a Coral Grant that may not have even been renewed the following year.

Even with a Presidential Scholarship, I likely would have attended. Though, the cost of UM was going to be at least $55k, and they were not willing to adjust the financial aid package to meet demonstrated need. The worker at the financial aid offices even told me that her own daughter chose FSU over Miami as a result of the lack of offered financial aid, which UM is notoriously frugal with giving. Truthfully, it is an extremely expensive school for a middle-class family if a sizable scholarship is not awarded.

Please still be excited about the University of Miami, but I just don’t want you to assume anything before it is given. I was extremely hopeful for a scholarship. And I was extremely disappointed when I did not receive one. Hardly anything is guaranteed with college admissions. Still, your great achievements show that you have much to look forward to! Good luck!