@hpcsa I am sorry for the confusion. Yes, I meant the Glynn Family Honors Program. Thank you for pointing that out! 
@Tea4Two and @dancegirl28, congrats to both of you! My son also got the invite for the Glynn Program today. Lots to think about!
@hpcsa Unfortunately, admitting Pell grant kids is becoming like admitting kids with high test scores. They are both objective and measurable characteristics of students that can be reported by colleges in search of recognition for their enrolled student bodies. The recent USNWR ratings change emphasizing Pell students only exacerbates this. Not that it is a bad thing at all, it just fails to capture the whole picture.
It is so true that despite the efforts of many colleges to meet financial need, what may seem like a generous offer from the perspective of the college (and many observers) can leave some students short of what they need to be able to attend - and it is often just a few thousand dollars. And I also think (based on experience) that many of these families are not terribly good at getting the forms filled out completely right or appealing (or even questioning) why the result is what it is. Often small interpretive things impact the result.
Honestly, I think we ask a lot of our universities to make up for what are deficiencies in our educational and social system in the US. I have served as an elected public school board official and as a member of Boards for parochial schools. Our primary and secondary school system is a mess. Until we get to a world where school provides the real and actual opportunity for any and all students to elevate themselves through the classroom, we are living in a world where the relatively well off students produce results that position them well for college. I do not bemoan the fact that “we have too many rich kids in college” as much as the fact that we have too many potentially qualified students who miss out on these opportunities due to a lack of educational and social support. In truth, being a rich kid does not necessarily get you anywhere in college these days…other than being able to pay for it. Which works at some schools a bit further down the pecking order but not at Notre Dame. I think the students who are accepted and enroll at Notre Dame are truly deserving of that honor, whether rich or poor, white or a person of color, etc. And importantly, they treat each other as such.
@CCSavant Excellent, very helpful input and contribution to this forum! Thank you.
Congrats to those that got merit invites…just a question are these going out to kids that have been accepted or kids that are still waiting to hear??
@PopUpZone1921 To students admitted ND REA - financial aid, both limited merit and need-based, follows admission decision.
@WineLover Hi - congrats to your son on his acceptance to ND and the possible merit scholarship. My DS was deferred and he is working on his LOCI to be sent in the next few days.
We aren’t alum but we have been in touch with local alums. Our neighbor’s son is in the Gateway program and we would love to see them at UND together next year. Its a fit for both.
Has anyone that has been deferred been excepted yet?
@brownpoodle how does your neighbors son like the program???
We aren’t alum but we have been in touch with local alums. Our neighbor’s son is in the Gateway program and we would love to see them at UND together
@HM0527 He likes it a lot. Seems happy!
@Momof3frommich All of the applicants deferred during REA will receive decisions in mid-March along with the RD pool. (And fwiw both of my daughters were admitted after being deferred. Both attended.)
@PopUpZone1921 My son applied RD. He received the merit invite indicating he’s likely to be admitted, as did a friend of his at another HS, so it’s not just for REA kids.
Hi - was the email sent to a personal email address or on the portal.
Sorry- the above email is regarding invitations to apply for scholarships
He received it to his personal email account. My husband and I were cc’d on it.
Me too! They gave us a week to fill out the application and submit the video for the ND Scholars program 
it wasn’t a ton of time so I was a little panicked but I wrote and essay about Space Jam so I think all in all it wasn’t too bad :))
Hi, I’m a deferred applicant to Notre Dame. It is my dream school and frankly, I was excited when I received the deferral because it gave me more opportunities to show Admissions’s my strong desire to attend. I’m wondering if there’s anything I can do, besides emailing my regional counselor with updates and submitting my LOCI? My stats are well within range, but without a legacy status or any family connection or hook (I’m a white female from the mid-Atlantic) I’m nervous.
@lcnova3 my son feels the same way. The Judge’s phone went off in court yesterday and his ring tone was the Notre Dame fight song - I took that as our signal to get his LOCI done, so he just uploaded it this morning. It does not seem like there is much else we can do now but wait and hope- and enjoy Senior year!!. We feel that being deferred was also something to be excited about. He has some other options, but Notre Dame is still number one. I love seeing that many deferred applicants turn into YESES - here is hoping for all us waiting to hear Good luck to all the REAs and RDs waiting to hear. GO IRISH!!!