@brown2024, NLI is indeed the national letter of intent. And it seems I am off by a month for the acceptance, official word is expected around December 15th, not November 15th. Good luck to your DC at Hofstra and everywhere else!
D20 accepted to Nursing at Loyola University - Chicago with the Presidential Scholarship.
She is 6 out of 6 so far, although still waiting for a decision on Nursing at two of those. Waiting on admission at 3 othersā¦but she is ecstatic with her choices so far.
@bigmacbeth congratulations! Very exciting.
@bigmacbeth thatās great news - congrats and hope the good news keeps coming!
Iām sorry to barge in here, but Iām in a bit of a panic and trying to get an answer ASAP. Iāve posted this in the Admissions forum, and will contact the HS counselor tomorrow, but am having a hard time sleeping now.
Iām trying to understand a specific situation in applying Early Decision.
If a school asks you to list alternate major and you are accepted into this major (but not into your primary major), is the decision still binding? If this is the case, and you really would only do ED for the primary major, should you not put any alternate major on the application?
Iām concerned that my child put down an alternate major (a possible minor) that is very different from the primary major, and not one that we are willing to be financially ābound toā. Is it too late to change it now? (has not been admitted yet)
I thought we asked all the right questions before we committed to ED, but it looks like I missed this possibility. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
@WailoftheBanshee I would call the school to find out for sure. If you donāt get the answer you are hoping for I believe most schools give you the opportunity to change the app to RD if acceptance has not yet been offered. But I would definitely call.
@WailoftheBanshee I agree with Dancingmom518, the most accurate answer will come from the college she applied to. Give them a call this morning.
DD20 heard back from UCF yesterday and was accepted :-). Now to wait for the honors college application that she requested from them a few days ago and to work on that. Hoping to hear about merit in the not too distant future. Weāre OOS and sheāll only be heading to Florida if thereās some good merit aid (and if she feels going far from home is something she wants to do). For Florida schools sheās also applied to FSU but they donāt give decisions until end of January.
Thank you. I will call them ASAP. Hopefully they will let us change or remove the alternate.
I donāt know how many others applied at UIUC but I got an email stating an EA admission status will be updated on December 13 at 4:00.
If the school admits by major e.g. CS, Engineering, Bio etc., then they may assume that you are okay with the alternate major.
For schools that do not admit by major (most of the selective ones), you can put alternate majors, just to show your interests in those areas.
Penn. for example allows you to apply ED only for a dual-degree, and if not admitted, then do RD for the individual major/school.
This is what my DD20 has doneā¦
For a large state school that admits by school and major, she did not put down an alternate, as she would not attend if not admitted to her 1st choice major.
For a selective private school, she selected 2 majors, that she hopes to double-major in, and to indicate her interests.
The only way to confirm is to have your child call Admissions and if needed change ED to RD. (it is easier to do now before decisions are announced).
S20 got his first response today! He was accepted to The Ohio State. Itās not his first choice but he would be so happy there and this is such a huge relief to be in somewhere!
Congratulations for all of the acceptances!
Just looked at D20ās SAT scores from the November test and she went up 110 points overall! So proud of her as she was also working at the time and rehearsing for a show so did not get to prep as much as she would have liked.
Wow MommaCat, thatās a big jump. Congrats to her!
Awesome @MommaCat!
DD is also in at tOSU. She is pleased but will not be excited until the Morrill honors program decisions come out. Congratulations to all with decisions! Good luck to all that are still waiting!
My daughterās definitely hitting essay fatigue - perhaps exhaustion at this point. Anyone reading to get a sense for future years, do not underestimate the additional essays for honors colleges and/or merit money. Several schools are up to 4 or 5 essays apiece when you factor in the additional essays. When she was developing the list several colleges beat out other options as they had merit possibilities - but we didnāt look in detail at what those merit opportunities would entail - some of them are really, really extensive. In hindsight, I might have encourage her to narrow down a bit further for the big lottery merit. Lessons learned with the first I guess.
Absolutely agree, @Darcy123. S20 is my third, so I helped him create a prioritized list of big merit school applications. He has dropped two schools from his list because he just canāt write any more essays. Thankfully they were at the bottom of his wish list. Do the top choices first, even if they have a later deadline!
I hear you with those extra essays for the merit scholarships and honors college. It is so much. I am even tired of proof reading them. Then there are the outside scholarships. I do not understand why some outside scholarships have income requirements. Donāt low income kids get need based financial aid anyway?