4.1528 weighted- all my school calculates and 19/218 rank so again decent but nothing crazy
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makes sense
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Most instate students at Clemson are either receiving Palmetto or Life scholarships, but those are from the state and not Clemson merit. Clemson gives limited merit to high qualified in state students - $500-1500 per year. The school just doesnât do much with merit.
I get that, but by saying only 6% pay full price means that some have outside scholarships as well, in addition to merit from Clemson and financial aid. My daughter does get merit from Clemson as an OOS student. Our in state flagship gives merit to very very few in state students.
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Nice stats ⊠we are top 6% too, all high stats but went TO as our SAT didnât match transcript . Hoping for something in early April
D was luckily accepted to many, including Clemson, but not receiving any merit for Clemson rules it out (OOS). Canât believe they expect kids to hang on waiting till April to hear about such an important decision criteria. She declined all schools with no or very low merit today⊠sad but she needs to move forward
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Have another going through the process next year. Will exclude those schools such low merit. They should make that info available on common app. Wonât spend the $ to apply. Iâm sure im not the only one. Theyâd have fewer applications.
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My daughter dies get merit from Clemson, but not as much offered from other schools. She applied to 20 and eliminated some for low merit offers. Her offers ranged from $0 (flagship) to $22,000 a year (more than that from privates). Not many colleges have automated merit based on gpa and test scores, and it can change year to year.
I believe itâs very common for private schools to offer lots of merit? I think⊠Itâs offset by how expensive they are, though. One of my Daughterâs best friends was offered 40k/year from Notre Dame, which is nice, but considering itâs 85K a year after tuition, room and board, books, etcâŠ, it seems likely to be a total wash when compared to most public universities.
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Actually her cheapest option was saint josephs in Philadelphia, COA after merit was $22,000. SUNY BING was next, about $25,000. But Clemson was a last minute application, no one from our HS was ever a student, so she flew down in April 2021 and loved it (she was on the first post Covid tour, didnât get many tours in thanks to Covid).
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My daughter has a full ride to University of Nevada and a whole bunch of merit aid to University of Oregon. Of course, she doesnât want to go to either. Thatâs how it works, haha!
Only other schools she applied to are UGA, Clemson, VT, UNC, and UF. Sheâs in at UGA, VT, and Clem so far.
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My daughter got $0 in merit at Notre Dame. $40k a year is amazing!
In 2018, my child was a Lyceum finalist and waitlisted for regular admission. Go figure.
Yeah. Sorry, Iâve been corrected by my daughter. Friend has 40k/year to Seton Hall, unsure of amount to Notre Dame currently. It wouldnât shock me if she ended up with a good amount. Her friend is #1 out of 525 or so, with very high test scores.
I just donât think ND gives good merit. My daughter was valedictorian but at a small private school. Obviously amazing stats. We were shocked at zero merit but Iâm sure thatâs not everyone.
I saw that Ready, Set, Roar dates have been released but i have so many questions about this program. Anyone have any info on it from years past?
What are your questions? I can try to help - my child attended last year.
Sleeping situation? Are they each given there own dorm room for the night or if they know another student going can they bunk together? Are there certain dorms / buildings they use for this event? Also, as a parent do I need to go ahead and book a hotel room or will parents be staying in dorms too? Or do we stay in the room with our kids? How does all of that work?
Assume we all eat at a dinning hall for those two days?
How quick do the spots go? Do I need to set an alarm and make sure my kid registers the second it opens up to get a spot?
Will kids get any free time to mix and mingle and meet others or is it a strict schedule?
Did your child enjoy it? Was it worth going to? Learn anything you didnt learn in a normal tour?
I probably have more but thats off the top of my head.
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Hope this helps. Feel free to ask follow up questions.
Sleeping situation? Are they each given there own dorm room for the night or if they know another student going can they bunk together?
For the RSR session my student attended last year they bunked in one of the high rises - Manning I think. He had a roommate but told us he barely saw the other guy because they were so busy. I donât know if you can bunk with a friend, my son didnât worry about that.
Are there certain dorms / buildings they use for this event? Also, as a parent do I need to go ahead and book a hotel room or will parents be staying in dorms too? Or do we stay in the room with our kids? How does all of that work?
Kids were in one of the high rises - Manning maybe. parents can stay in the dorms as well, but I donât think itâs the same one the kids are in. They want the students away from parents as a teaser of what college will be like.
Honestly we didnât hear of any parents opting to sleep in the dorm. We chose to save our backs and sleep on a hotel bed.
because the RSR events are broken out by major, itâs not like campus is crazy busy and all the hotels are full. Actually seemed pretty quiet to us. Move in day(s) is when itâs crazy and hotel rooms are in short supply.
Assume we all eat at a dinning hall for those two days?
Yes, we had lunch with our student on the first day in the dining hall but he ate with other kids he met the rest of the time. Since we were on our own after that first lunch we chose to go downtown instead of the dining hall.
How quick do the spots go? Do I need to set an alarm and make sure my kid registers the second it opens up to get a spot?
I donât recall spots going fast, itâs broken out by major and I got the impression they work to accommodate everyone who wants to attend. We went to a session later in the summer as we were on vacation during his first available session. Had no trouble signing up and I definitely did not set an alarm or even sign him up right away. Haha.
Will kids get any free time to mix and mingle and meet others or is it a strict schedule?
Itâs both- they keep them on a tight schedule but put the kids in small groups that they stay with over the 2 days and attend the meetings/sessions together. They become close/friendly with their group mates. My son still talks with some of the kids that were in his RSR group.
Not sure if you know this but the students attend different meetings than the parents. Other than a a couple of combo meetings you wonât see your kid much.
Did your child enjoy it? Was it worth going to? Learn anything you didnât learn in a normal tour?
Yes he enjoyed it and I think it got him comfortable with what was on the horizon- leaving home and starting college at Clemson. We did a few tours prior to RSR so as the parents Iâm not sure we learned anything new or earth shattering. They did have an informative session for parents that reminded us that college is hard and our kids may struggle the first semester. I recalled that meeting and their advice several times this past semester. Chemistry at Clemson is no joke.
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Chemistry everywhere is no joke! Didnât really know this until my 3rd was an exercise science major, after that I noticed all of the chemistry comments on college facebook pages. Why HS guidance counselors donât inform STEM majors about weed out classes Iâll never know.
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