Congrats!
DS accepted to RIT – got snail mail merit award today. He has a friend there now who is enjoying it quite a bit! Good luck to others.
DD got a letter in the mail notifying her of a $15k/year presidential scholarship!
And note that her portal still doesn’t show anything.
Congrats to everyone accepted so far! Thanks for posting.
@thshadow my D got her scholarship letter in the mail on Saturday (letter was dated 2/22)…her portal was updated yesterday afternoon, showing both the scholarship and need based aid
For those of you whose kids decide to enroll at RIT and like to plan ahead…RIT’s Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend is scheduled for October 13-15.
More info here - https://www.rit.edu/gcr/brickcity/
There is also an active parent’s group on Facebook (Search Unofficial RIT Parents).
Nope. My son gets into the portal and logs onto the loop all the time but is not accepted.
This is killing me - waiting for info for my S. No snail mail yet (in Georgia) but just checked the portal and for the first time it let me into the financial aid self-service area (it also worked using @Shea77 's link above). It shows additional requirements (verification) and says that financial aid award is not available yet. So far only schools that have admitted S have asked for verification so…fingers crossed. I’m afraid to say anything to him! When I tried to check this morning and chose financial aid self-service, it told me “you are not qualified to enter this area” or something to that effect. DO YOU THINK HE IS IN??? Applied for Game Design.
I think its a good sign. Shea77’s link did not work for my son. What financial aid self-service area are you referring to? I don’t see that on my sons portal.
@cougheedog I received my acceptance to Game Design on 2/27 (postmarked the 23rd) and this morning for the first time I was able to login to the financial aid self service (it still doesn’t show any FA though). So, I’d say it’s a good sign for you!
My DD’s financial aid page does show up with that link posted above, no real financial info is available; but she hasn’t been accepted or rejected by mail or on the portal yet. So do we think that means she is accepted?
Its a great sign. My son doesn’t have anything on his portal that says financial aid self service. It still says apply for admission above the green checks. Is that where financial aid self service should be?
@MSMead You don’t actually see it on the main portal page. Scroll down to the bottom of the portal page, click on Financial Information under Main Menu on the left side of the page, then click on Financial Aid & Scholarships and there will be a box on the left that says Financial Aid Self Service.
@MSMead After login, you need to view the area where the green check marks are. The green check mark box remains the same. The box ABOVE the green check mark box changes to “Admission Decision Information”. It will have a short message regarding acceptance & new tabs to go into. BELOW the green check mark box, it always said “Complete additional steps/requirements”. This is STILL there but they have now added two NEW tabs to tap into “Pay deposit” & “Financial Aid”. I would assume that if this has been added to your portal, S has been admitted. Our acceptance was posted online 2/22, snail mail was dated 2/20 but not received until 2/27. Financial aid tab was posted fairly quickly after acceptance on the portal. No notice of scholarship / $ yet.
@CARacing Thanks! My son is not authorized for that so his file is still in review. BTW, I called admissions the other day about the process and they said the acceptances are rolling and not in any sort of order. That they will continue through mid-March. My son’s status was in review. It was also noted that the portal does not update until after the acceptance is mailed so I would hope that you and Shea77 will get something in the mail soon.
I called because last years CC thread had a lot more people getting their packet on the 20th of February and those that didn’t hear by March 10th didn’t get the best news. We’ll see how it turns out this year.
I accessed the financial aid section through the steps described by @CARacing but I don’t see the “Admission Decision Information” described by @BreakfastClub1
I sent the required verification in by email last night and received an email acknowledging receipt this morning. I replied to that email asking if this meant he was admitted…haven’t heard back yet, so I am going to wait until I receive confirmation to tell S.
@cougheedog I believe they have multiple people working on updating and everything is going in at different times. The “Admission Decision Information” literally takes the place of the info that had been listed prior. It sounds like that is still listed for you. I would assume that your S is accepted but probably a good decision to wait until everything is posted!
@cougheedog My portal still doesn’t say I’m admitted, even though I got the package days ago. But you should definitely wait 'til you get the package to say anything. It’s nicer to open a big envelope! And you’ll probably get it soon if not today.
S just received snail mail with a Presidential Scholarship. Nothing on portal. It has been approx a week between acceptance letter and scholarship letter. OOS CS
DD received acceptance via mail today for ASL interpreting!