@nj2011mom- congratulations to your son. It’s nice to get an acceptance to a top choice.
We’ve heard from the last of DS’s schools so now it will be decision time. I think he has it down to 2 schools but they are so different from each other that I’m not sure which way he will go. We’re trying to help him with pros and cons of both without swaying him either way.
If he gets into Ithaca, it will come down to the actual feel he gets from doing overnights at each school with the guys he will be around. Both will have pros/cons, as he will participate in different activities. Swim at Ithaca; Corp of Cadets at Va Tech.
Wow, some really great stuff since I last visited. We’ve done the housing deposit at both our twins schools, and one has just signed up for placement tests in April. I couldn’t imagine not knowing yet. Continued luck to all!
Just wanted to check in to say I just got accepted into Earlham today with a 12K scholarship! Was super surprised but it just goes to show that GPA/test scores aren’t everything!
Congrats to everyone!
Just an update on DS’s situation. He wants to go to IU-Bloomington, got on the waitlist, hasn’t officially been denied yet but we know it’s coming (very low SAT). He signed up for the HoosierLink program there and he was invited to apply (YEAH!). I emailed them to ask what the applicant pool is and they wouldn’t tell me, but said there are only 50 spots. One of his friends didn’t get invited to apply, so sent an email asking why (and they told her…whatever, just glad I know). There were so many students desiring to be in the program that they had to cut it off at only those who have a 3.0 or better and even with that…they sent out 1,650 emails with invitations to apply for the 50 seats!!! Can you believe that? He has to do 2 essays.
I told him that I’m glad we know that, but it’s good to be realistic. He’s been thinking all along (and so have I) that the emailed invitation to apply was almost a “go” that you would be accepted.
So…if he gets denied, he will go to IUPUI and live at home and transfer to Bloomington when he can. He won’t go to Ball State, has his heart on Bloomington. I reminded him it’s actually easier to transfer since he’s already an IU student…just not on the flagships campus. 12 hours and a 2.0…that’s IT to transfer if you’re already in the system. HoosierLink actually has tougher benchmarks…but you know, they want to live on the campus I understand.
For him, I think being at home the first semester is a very good thing (although I know it will hurt being left behind as that’s how they see it). He can focus on grades, have support from home and then transfer with a great first semester (hopefully). But…I"m jumping the gun…but that’s how I see it playing out.
S1 accepted to Ithaca a $10/yr merit scholarship! It’s like the biggest scholarship they offer. We are wowed. He has 2 great choices, although I think Ithaca is a done deal for him.
Please look a final cost. We saw a lot of big numbers for scholarships for private schools. They will commonly reduce from their “retail” price. My son got literally a 3 fold greater scholarship from Butler (24k) than from Kelley Indianapolis (IUPUI) but the offer from IUPUI (8K) boiled down was SOOOO much better. Less cost and higher ranked school overall.
Food for thought.
Agree that many schools ‘mark’ up the price and give everyone a scholarship. (S1 got large scholarship from UVM, but it’s still ridiculously expensive for a state school, $36k tuition/$52k all-in; and people complain that Rutgers OOS at $25/$39 is high). That said, I know many kids who have gone to Ithaca and none of them have received a scholarship.
Your son will do great at Ithaca!! Congratulations. Fit is everything, if he is happy there and you can swing it that is awesome!!
Well, he got his denial from IUB last night. We knew it was going to happen, but there was always a sliver of hope. We were all disappointed, but will carry on. Next, the tough competition to Hoosier Link, which will most likely be a denial, too.
DH and I are both IUB alums, so it rankles us. I think more so that they will happily take these students as transfers after their freshman year. I know, I know…the stats are important to publish, but I still can be annoyed!
Sorry @conmama about the denial. I know I was hoping for an acceptance for your son.
We’ve been getting the financial aid packages from D’s schools. So far, one school was confirmed to be too expensive (but D knew that would be the case from the NPC results). One school is very very affordable and the others seem to all be in the same general price range - affordable but may require some cutbacks (however, no loans).
We didn’t qualify for need-based aid in any instance and I knew that would be the case.
Sorry for the sad news @Conmama2 I was rooting for your son. Fingers cross on Hoosier link. I am always so impressed with this group of folks…it humbles me to be in a group who really cares about the future of our next generation…supporting our children.
On brighter news it might hit 50 degrees by Monday…SPRING is on its way and with Spring it brings new life and energy!!
Graduation time is closing in, we need to hug them a little more frequently and tell them we how proud they have made us by becoming great young adults.
@Conmama, So sorry about the news about IUB. That really stinks! Still if you want some ideas about how to maximize your son’s experience at IUPUI shoot me a message. Remind your son that my son really loves it there. This weekend they are enjoying a “Jagathon” and having a blast. He always mentions to people how much he loves school…
Yet, I know your son was dead set on IUB. So, fingers crossed for the Hoosier Link.
Hi all!
Congratulations for the great news and I am sorry about IUB-it’s a shame but the stats do seem to rule at far too many schools.
Looking forward here to a warm up maybe above freezing for the first time in 6 weeks! Brutal winter this stuff belongs in the upper midwest!
Thanks all. DS completed his two HoosierLink essays and submitted his app yesterday. Now, we just have to wait a few weeks. @goodkidsdad…I definitely will get in touch with you if he goes to IUPUI.
He will need some suggestions and his spirits lifted. I say this because I gave him an incorrect answer. To transfer to IU from another IU campus, all you need is 12 hours and a 2.0 GPA. Well…you have to have those 12 hours completed when you apply. I was assuming he could apply right after first semester grades are released in December. NO…application for the spring semester is Nov 1…and they make a decision in 2 weeks. So basically, he will have to go the full year. He was fine thinking just one semester, but I know he will be terribly disheartened if I have to tell him it’s the entire year.
I’ll need to be able to tell him the things there he can get involved in, so he won’t feel like it’s just “drive down, go to class, come home and study…be lonely living with Mom and Dad while all my friends are at IU”.
Penn State
Florida State
UCONN
Alabama
Arizona
Buffalo
3.1GPA 29ACT
We got a “no” from U California San Diego yesterday, but it was a reach school, and actually one of her lowest priority choices. Still waiting on her #1 choice - U Washington.
Got a NO yesterday from Villanova and one YES & two waitlists to Rutgers this week (you apply to up to 3 schools).
Still waiting on WPI, which he expects a NO, to go along w Maryland.
Has acceptances from Ithaca, VaTech, Vermont and SUNY Maritime, with Ithaca the likely choice? VaTech a close second and will be back in them pcture in the event he doesn’t like his overnight next week at Ithaca.
All in all, I’m happy and my stress level is down and I’m not feeling like a bad parent that didn’t push more to the local Jesuit school four years ago, as I knew deep down he would get lost in our big (2000) public school. I think he is ending up at a school that is right for him and would have have ended up in this sort of school even if he had gone to a private HS and had a higher GPA.
31act, 1330/1600 sat, 3.1uw/3.7w w excellent ECs and an essay that was truly him.
Few “upper crust” schools offer my daughter’s choice of majors (civil engineering/NROTC), so there is no feeling of “she could have gone to Ivy League” when it turned out it is all big state schools on her list.
My daughter was accepted to her first choice, which was a huge reach school for her, and it’s so weird when I got on the page with all the other accepted parents. Their kids are all 3.6-3.9 gpa unweighted. I feel weird telling people my daughter’s GPA. I have gotten some downright hostility from some higher GPA students/parents who were not accepted, and even from some who were accepted.
They did accept her directly into a program for students whom they think have potential, but are lacking in some area. It includes a year of (free) mandatory tutoring and frequent mandatory counselor meetings, which we have decided is pretty much a positive overall. All students should have this, not just those they’re “uncertain” about.
Her #2 school did not include any such program, just a regular acceptance, which we now consider to be a less attractive offer.