<p>Son got his acceptance to Civil Engineering in the mail earlier this week! In state (Long Island), GPA 3.3, SAT 1160 (520CR/640Math), average ECs. He’s very happy and I am proud and relieved! </p>
<p>We haven’t visited yet. . . . 400+ miles is a long trip to have son fall in love with a “reachy” school. That and we really just ran out of time. </p>
<p>We are planning to attend North Campus Discovery Day on 4/20 because one of the most important things we have learned is that there’s just no substitute for being there in the flesh to see how a school “feels”. </p>
<p>We are also visiting WVU for their engineering open house on 4/2 and are still waiting on 3 more schools.</p>
<p>I’ve been following many of the posts on several different CC threads. My special thanks to Crazed and Sk8rmom for all the great parent-perspective info they’ve provided about UB. As a first timer in this college biz, your insider info has helped to keep me from freaking out!</p>
<p>To RichNY: I think that $5K per year is the highest Provost scholarship that UB offers. Anyone please correct me if I’m wrong. So when someone else posted that they got a $12K Provost scholarship, I think they got $3K per year for 4 years. The higher scholarship offer is the Presidential Scholarship, which requires a separate application (and higher ACT scores, typically 33 and up). That is for a totally full ride. So, I think your son did great!!! The $5K per year basically covers full tuition and then you pay fees and room&board. There is also the Dan Acker’s scholarship but that has some other requirements. The Provost and Presidential are the two that are purely merit based, at least as I understand it. So congrats to both you and your son!!!</p>
<p>Again, if anyone knows if Provost Scholarships are offered for greater than $5K per year, I’d love to know that. Thanks!</p>
<p>thank you so much sonsami!! And congrats to your son! UB is a great school, just look at some of the stats of kids getting in! Today has been one great day and I’ll remember opening that letter for a very long time. </p>
<p>Maureenk - I was accepted with a 7.5k provost scholarship which means 30k for 4 years. However, I think I only had a higher scholarship because I’m an OOS student. Not too sure about that though! I could be wrong.</p>
<p>Maureenk…thanks for your post. I made contact with UB and they told me the same thing about 2 weeks ago. He is happy with the $5K…so am I. Again, thanks</p>
<p>Our family went to UB today for one of their Visit UB days. I asked about the Provost Scholarship amounts and for in-state students they range from $2500 to $5000 per year for either 2 or 4 year, so the max would be a total of $20K. RichNY also confirmed that but thought I’d add it as well.</p>
<p>Accepted as well, with honors college and 12,000/year provost scholarship.
3.4 weighted
720M/790CR/750W
ECs: intern on GovAndrew’s Campaign, officer of High School Amnesty International, Editor-in-Chief of Video Yearbook</p>
<p>Also, just noticed that some were discussing provost scholarship money above, and I wanted to add that I am out-of-state, which probably accounts for the money about $5k/year.</p>
<p>Hockeyclan and others, congrats on the acceptances and scholarships! That’s really awesome! It’s an exciting time for all of you. My daughter is a junior so we’ll be at this point next year!</p>
<p>Yanksfan, You may want to call UB. With your numbers you should be getting a free ride. I think 1450 and up with an average of 1510 last year got a free ride.</p>
<p>The Presidential Scholarship is not based solely on test scores alone. First, you have to apply for it, which includes 2-3 essays and a resume. That is all taken into account when awarding them.</p>
<p>As far as I know, the only free rides offered at UB are the Presidential Scholarships.</p>