Merit Scholarship deadline... ON or BEFORE Dec. 1st?

politica18
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:33:53 +0000

No prob =) Don’t worry too too much about the essay; it’s more a way to figure out who you are more than anything else. As long as you do that it should be fine =)

Depending on your stats/qualifications, there’s probably at least some chance you’ll get merit aid as long as you get it in on time… I got a McKenna award and I don’t think I’m particularly outstanding considering some of the people here, but so few people get theirs in on time that the selection pool for Seaver/McKenna awards is considerably thinner than you might expect. Also, since it’s a smaller school, you probably have a better chance just in terms of sheer numbers. (There are usually about 30 McKenna Scholars (10k) and 4 Seavers (full tuition) in each class… I’ve seen universities 4 or 5 times our size with about the same amount of merit aid scholarships.)

I’m sorry about your mom If it makes you feel any better, I’m from CT and my mom was very opposed to the idea of CMC for the longest time. But she relented, and now I’m here! It’s also nice that the financial aid office is very supportive; we requested additional aid to cover the expense of travel and a new computer, and they helped us out a lot with that. So if that’s an issue for you, just be aware that if you talk to the right people you can pretty easily defray your travel costs.

Good luck! =)