@lana22 Ooh okay. Congrats again
Results are in!
Accepted EA with the Benjamin Rush Scholarship (15k/year)! UW: 8.83. W: 4.1. ACT: 30 superscore. Interviewed, no visit, and applied for financial aid. Athlete and lots of extra curricular. Congratulations to everyone who got in!
Accepted with 40K a year (3.3K excluding Loans and Jobs).
W GPA:3.91
ACT: 32
SAT 2: Physics 720, Math 2 760
No interview, No visit. Scarce extracurricular.
@sibural You mean $33K excluding loan and job? “Accepted with 40K a year (3.3K excluding Loans and Jobs).” Congratulations to you and others for being accepted.
My D got in, $15k a year. She is delighted! Congrats to others who are accepted, and good luck to those who will definitely get into the right school for them!
@sibural , is that a financial aid package of $40,000, or a scholarship? $40,000 yearly, or total?
Decision: Accepted with Benjamin Rush Scholarship
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR-800 M-730 W-720 -2250 single sitting
ACT (breakdown): C: 35 single sitting
SAT II: Physics:800, Math II: 800, USHist:760, Spanish:800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 - Weighted 4.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unknown
AP (place score in parenthesis): Five 5’s, Four 4’s
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP English IV, AP Art, APUSH, AP Chem, AP MacroEcon,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, I am a slacker
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Soccer and Cross Country (Captain of both), VP of FBLA
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: ---- Volunteer radio dispatcher for rural fire department
Summer Activities:standard hang out with friends, travel
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 10’s across the board. Took my time and I must say they are rather unique and impressive
Common App- Eh, I’ll keep that to myself.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: I have no idea. Evidently decent enough though
Teacher Rec #2: I have no idea. Evidently decent enough though.
Counselor Rec: I have no idea. Evidently decent enough though.
Interview: Nope
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Economics
State (if domestic applicant): Deep South
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Medium public
Ethnicity: European
Gender:
Income Bracket: ~100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: ACT Score, Essays
Weaknesses: I am a slacker
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Essays, solid academics
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted - Georgetown, Notre Dame, UMich, Elon, UNC Chapel Hill, Clemson, UMass Amherst, Furman
Deferred - Colorado College - don’t understand this one. looks like tons of good applicants were deferred
Denied - Bowdoin ED - kind of stung, but then again, I am a slacker
According to the website, the largest annual scholarship is the Dickinson and it is $20,000 a year, so it must be a FinAid package.
Well Karlmarx, I am impressed. If you had interviewed, mightn’t they have offered a little more? Only because they would think you were very interested.
My D’s stats, for the curious. Also accepted, with 15k annual scholarship.
SAT: math 760, cr 720, writing, 760 single sitting
SAT 2: Lit, 750; Math 1, 720 single sitting
GPA: UW 3.7
Rigorous course load through high school.
AP: three so far, with scores of 5. Currently taking four other AP.
Minor leadership role.
Violin for 8 years.
A couple of good clubs with lots of commitment.
A couple of good summer courses.
Volunteer work.
A very small internship of about 20 hours.
No idea about recommendations, but assume they were at least okay.
Strength, probably very good essays.
Weakness, very little leadership, no real work experience.
Accepted also at Clark Uni, with a better scholarship. All the others, she has to wait until end of March.
@Lindagaf Congrats to you D and congrats to everyone else.
I didn’t interview simply because the alum in my area couldn’t work around the schedule I had prior to her deadline (I was out of town over the Holidays and she was unavailable when I returned). I demonstrated interest by engaging my admission counselor in several emails and a decently informative 10 minute phone call.
Congrats to all again.
40,000 dollar yearly
It must be need based aid, right? Does Dickinson have a merit scholarship of that size? In which case it is probably for one year, and each year your aid is re-evaluated.
I can’t imagine that it is merit. That would be twice the published maximum. Either way, Congrats!
My D admitted $80k John Dickinson Scholarship (20k per year), plus about 18k first year financial aid.
ACT 32, GPA uw 3.86 w 4.46 IB Program, AP tests (2x5), Sports Team Captain, 9 straight years Carson Scholarship winner, Forensics, Cappys, social action and political involvements in community.
I was admitted with about a $50,000 financial aid package ($42,000 before fed loans) for each year with a GPA of 3.9 (weighted), ACT score of 30, a great interview, and in my opinion good extra circulars.
Hey, I’m also Nigerian! But I’m not an international student. Good luck!
Is anyone planning on going to the Accepted Students day on April 16th?
After being deferred EA D was accepted RD today with really lovely aid! @karlmarx2020 do you have a link to Accpeted Students Day? I cannot locate info on it.
@Kat2013 Congrats to your daughter. I have a link on the right side of my portal page after logging in.