JH for STEM I understand. CS not so much. Especially for the cost. Good luck.
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Howâs your son doing at Barrett? My daughter just got accepted in Barrett too, CS major. Unfortunately ASU has changed the scholarship policy and they are only giving half tuition to OOS students now. Iâm not sure if Barrett is worth the $31k cost of attendance after scholarship.
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Congrats!
My son is very happy at Barrett but he probably would not have enrolled there if he had not gotten the full tuition scholarship as he had other good options.
I suggest that you apply to small stackable ASU scholarships such as Gammage, and look into the ASU Next Generation Service Corps program, which comes with a scholarship that covers any financial gap up to full tuition.
Then wait for the formal financial packages from all the schools your daughter gets into, and make your final choice.
Thank you for the suggestions!
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Hey everyone, just for anyone who is following the thread or for future students who may follow the thread in the future, I want to update my progress. Also, any extra advice is appreciated.
I received admittances from:
Missouri S&T (16k scholarship)
ASU (Presidentâs Award - $15,500 renewable scholarship and also admitted to Barrett)
Florida Institute of Technology
East Carolina University
Submitted/Pending apps:
Georgia Tech
UVA
NC State
UNC Chapel Hill
UIUC
U Michigan
UNC Charlotte
RIT
University of South Carolina
Elon
Purdue
University of Alabama
Please let me know if anyone has any questions or advice. I still have many apps to work on for the RD deadline.
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Congrats on your acceptances. Any merit from Florida Tech?
Not yet. I got accepted just 2 days ago so maybe Iâll get it later. I also just sent my FAFSA to them today. I will update you if I get merit.
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Great - unless things changed, you will. Some send later.
Youâre off to a great start and if you ended up at any of these schools, youâd still be great. And you have more acceptances to come!!!
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A quick FYI on Missouri S&T (because I donât see it listed in this thread): Itâs fairly easy to get in-state tuition there after your freshman year if you stay in Missouri over the summer. In-state merit aid would go down from $16k to $7k, but since your tuition would drop by $19k, you would save an additional $12k for each of your final three years.
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Oh, cool. Did not know that. Definitely a solid safety.
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November 16, 2021 Update
New Admittances:
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (Admitted CS major)
University of Alabama
Northern Arizona University
Previous Admittances:
Missouri S&T (16k total scholarship)
Arizona State University (Presidentâs award - $15,500 yearly w/admittance to Barrett)
Florida Institute of Technology ($10k yearly, $40k total scholarship)
East Carolina University
Pending Decisions:
Baylor University
UNC Charlotte
NC State
UNC Chapel Hill
University of South Carolina
RIT
Elon
Fordham
UVA
Purdue
Georgia Tech
UIUC
U Michigan
Pitt
Northeastern
Harvard
Johns Hopkins
Cornell
Carnegie Mellon
Vanderbilt
Virginia Tech
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Wow, 28 colleges! Your kiddo must be very accomplished just to apply to all these and show demonstrated interest to the ones that care. Minnesota is a strong option but looks like no $$ yet.
Thank you! Itâs actually a bit more than 28 (about 35 or so) but I lost track haha, and btw, the person going through the college application process is updating, haha!
Thank you about Minnesota; it is a solid program for sure! It will definitely be taken into consideration if I get some sort of scholarship.
Hey everyone. Here I am, a month later. Here are my updates - hectic month.
*All admittances - admitted to CS
New Decisions:
UNC Charlotte - Admitted
Stetson - Admitted
Elon - Admitted
Seton Hall - Admitted
University of South Carolina - Admitted w/minimum 86K scholarship
Fordham - Deferred (??? - Could someone tell me whyâŠ)
Tulane - Deferred
Previous Decisions:
University of Alabama
Northern Arizona University
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Missouri S&T (16k total scholarship)
East Carolina University
Florida Institute of Technology ($10k yearly, $40k total scholarship)
Arizona State University (Presidentâs award - $15,500 yearly w/admittance to Barrett)
Please provide any advice or input. Deferrals are hard to take in.
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No clue on Fordham
Who remains? Originally you had Ga Tech. I thought it was your only iffy.
You had UNC too. I think in but others not.
How would you rank your top two of the ones you are in?
Who is left?
That was many safeties. But some nice ones. Some inexpensive ones.
And continued good news to come!!!
Congrats.
Appreciate the kind words. I would probably rank the top two as UNCC and UMN.
Here are the rest:
Tulane - Plan to withdraw
Fordham - Not sure what to do
UNC Chapel Hill (EA)
NC State (EA)
UVA (EA)
Baylor (RD)
RIT (RD)
Purdue (EA)
Georgia Tech (EA II)
UIUC (EA)
U Mich (EA)
Pitt (applied 11/8)
Northeastern (RD)
Virginia Tech (EA)
Harvard (RD)
Johns Hopkins (RD)
Carnegie Mellon (RD)
Vanderbilt (RD)
Cornell (RD)
Duke (RD)
omg - you went to waaaay too many schools. How did you have the time. You did way too many safeties. But if you did it, hey - itâs all good.
Why withdraw from Tulane - unless you absolutely know you donât want to go. I mean, you applied - donât you want to see if you get in? Others would call that selfish if you know youâre not going butâŠyou paid, you applied, so i donât see it that way.
Why did you apply to so many schools? How - i mean, your essays - how could you personalize each?
Well - I wish you luck in getting into your dream school - but thatâs an insane list.
Good luck - update us after the next round.
Haha yeah, I applied to a lot. I just really want to go to a top ranked school so just trying my chances.
And Iâm probably going to withdraw from Tulane because pretty much no one gets in RD. Also, the application is fee so Iâm not losing anything. Idk what to do.
And yeahâŠessaysâŠit was hard and super time consuming and Iâm still working on them over winter break for the RD apps. Just gotta grind it out haha.
Thank you so much btw, I will make sure to update late January.
You want to go to a top school - so why would you withdraw? I donât know - that $3K ta year tuition at Alabama might be appealing!!! They have more NMFs than any school in the country - so itâs no shortage of smart kids.
If you get in to Tulane you have a top option. If you donât, no harm. It wonât be your only turndown. So I donât see why youâd withdraw - you still didnât get a final answer - and you wrote essays - so why vacate now?
I mean, youâre not withdrawing from Harvard. You havenât gotten a final answer from them yet.
You were deferred - thatâs not rejected. itâs likely a rejection - but you never know.