Trying to determine if we do fafsa because we’re not going to qualify for aid
Some scholarships require it, even if not need based.
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DD accepted undecided for school of arts & humanities with Chancellor’s scholarship ($6,250/year)
OOS
4.14W, TO
EC was largely around softball (played year round club since 11 y.o.) & a p/t job since she was 15
Not sure if this is where she’ll end up, but it’s definitely an option she’s excited about!
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Sorry 
Didn’t mean to be curt, we were confused.
Our Guidance Counselor called today and was told that merit is very school specific, esp for OOS. So Env Design, for instance, did not have any automatic scholarships for OOS merit to award. Just thought this info might help someone else understand- I know at my house it was hard not to take it as a scary sign lol
see my comment below- interesting news from admissions
I thought same thing but was advised to do anyway because automatically get Stafford loan. It’s not a lot ($6k a year or so) but kicks portion of the can down the road a few years.
Thanks!
I’m wondering if we will see more waitlist movement at top schools given the delay in financial aid packages going out.
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I was worried doing FAFSA would reduce admissions chances at schools because they would think that you need aid to attend. Not sure if this is good logic or true tho.
We also don’t qualify for any Fed grants but the “good” thing about Stafford loan is that interest paid by Fed Gov during school and first 6 months after unlike a private loan. So we “filled” it out just in case. I put in quotations because you answer like 6 questions and IRS fills in the rest.
We seem to be in same wave length because I wondered the same thing. Heard from someone who heard from someone (can see where this is going) who implied that some schools do that exact exercise. I’m sure there’s more to how the economics play out behind the scenes but then I wondered does it really matter where the money is coming from if still getting the money in the end.
Although some use CSS, which wasn’t delayed b
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Daughter admitted to Advertising, Public Relations & Design Program in CMCI
OOS
TO
3.62UW/3.98W
Mostly honors or AP classes
Tons of ECs with leadership -
7 years of 4H - Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary
4 years Varsity Cross Country - 2 year captain, 3 year MVP, 3 years All Conference
4 year Varsity Soccer
4 year basketball - 2 years on varsity - 1 year Captain - 2023 Sportsmanship Award
National Honor Society, German Honors Society, Art Honors Society
Editor of Yearbook
Community Service
P/T Job
No merit.
Only sharing stats because it has been helpful in to us in this process.
To those who have been deferred or rejected - we’ve been there and know how it feels. As I have told my daughter, hang in there! You’ll end up where you’re meant to be.
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It seems a lot of admits from this thread applied TO to Boulder…is that more common for Boulder? Have they been advertising holistic? A lot on our list were not TO, or if they were it was TO 
better submit…
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Likely west coasters. California schools are test blind so not as many out here take tests. CU has a ton of CA and PNW kids.
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There are only a handful of universities that require test scores. So the question is more, where do you NOT apply TO?
Does anyone know if all of the University of Colorado, Boulder Early Action decisions have been released? Or do they release in batches? Asking for my daughter’s friend.
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that would have all come out at once. if someone didn’t get an EA decision, something would have been incomplete with their app. I would suggest to them that they contact their admission counselor.
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Offered exploratory studies, rejected (we think?) aero eng.
OOS 4.0 UW, 8 APs, mostly STEM, all 5s except 1 4 + DE math (calc 3&4)
1500 but can’t remember if he submitted for CU. We are PNW and like others said most don’t take it seriously here (it’s hard to even find a test date/location!). Took once with minimal prep.
Swimmer
Very confused by wording of letter. On our visit seemed unlikely to transfer in to major later, but my husband found wording on the website making it sound like if you meet the grade requirements it’s guaranteed. Still seems risky to me. Admitted to Purdue FYE so seems a better bet (aside from being farther from home) along with some other safeties (AZ, MN, Iowa State, UAH). Still waiting for UW Seattle.
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Not true. Several states require tests for all their schools – FL, GA, TN. Many of the “elite” have re-instituted - MIT, Harvard, Georgetown. There’s a long list.
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