I did and I will report back here once I get an answer.
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It never asked me to make a payment when I did mine. Interesting.
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Can you send those resources to me as well, thank you
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Question about scholarships- If I wasnāt admitted to the Honors program or anything special can I still receive a merit scholarship? If thatās the case when do they typically tell the recipients?
My son was not admitted to the honors program after he applied for it but received the presidential scholarship tonight in an email.
From what I know, honors programs may not mean much to employers but they typically result in smaller classes and more accomplished classmates. As a few of my brothers graduated from UVa, Iād recommend it over UF if cost is manageable. UF alumni network is good but UVa has a stronger alumni network, and without considering specific majors,UVa though not ivy league is regarded as an Ivy plus school.
Same here
You can pull both schoolās job placement reports to view the difference. You can do this for other schools like FSU too. Run from schools which donāt have one or have extremely vague placement reports. Also, UVa is one of the few, if not only, public univ which meet 100% need.
Since your D is premed, then itās a different school selection process. Berkeley, UCLA, UT Austin, UF have the highest number of premeds making it to the med school application stage, almost 1,000 at each school according to AAMC stats. So, my oldest kids (both in ranked MD med schools )did not attend any of these due to the intense premed competition.
Pick a Tier 1 research college where sheās comfortable she can make a 3.9 GPA which has an affiliated med school. My D knows a Duke Robertson (full ride) attending an unranked D.O. program. So pick a college where she has a high chance of making a 3.9. Donāt pay attention to any med school placement stats as they donāt reflect numbers. Here are Yaleās:
Note a bunch of Yaleās 1,600 freshman are premed. Thereās a 25% of those starting at an ivy league or equivalent college get into SOME medical school. Itās 3% -10% at the Tier1 Research public univ. Make sure you do your research before deciding where to send her. Numbers are worse at colleges without an affiliated med school as thereās no med school to take their own. Seats supply vs demand issue. My kids picked a Tier 1 with the lowest ACT scores they could find with an affiliated med school. Med school acceptance was 3% at their college but they ended up at a better med school than the affiliated one as they were the top premeds in college. They felt it they had a higher chance of being in the 3% vs 10 or 25% as they are of different student quality competition in curved premed courses with few As.
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Yes all of the Merit awards went out yesterday. Full financial aid packages wont be done until after we get FAFSA info.
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thank you very much for your deep insight, my son made the mistake of choosing Washu for his premed and ended up at a pretty low ranked med school even though he got good mcat score, his gpa suffered (he had admissions from UNC and Case as well), my daughter has better stats and ecs than him. She is keen on prestige, hopefully I can convince her.
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do you mind sharing where your kids went for undergrad?
Do you guys know if there are any scolarships from UF that you can apply to besides the ones that come direct from your application? Canāt seem to find anything online.
A quick update (though I am waiting on answers to some follow-up questions) BUT housingās initial response to me sounds like there is a $225.00 fee if you end up signing the contract now but cancel. I donāt know if anyone else has a different take, but here is specifically what the response said: āThank you for reaching out to us. The housing agreement has a cancellation deadline of May 1, 2024, and any agreement cancellation will result in a $225 cancellation fee. This cancellation fee applies even if students choose not to attend UF. The agreement will be open until May 1 as well, as long as space is available.ā So it sounds like there is in fact a $225.00 fee is you cancel by May 1st (even though we have until May 1st to commit to the school). Also, it seems that you might not get housing at all if you donāt sign the contract by May 1st. Anyways - that is my reading. Not sure if anyone has a different take.
That still isnāt crystal clear. The first time I read it it sounded like you can cancel until May 1st anything after you will be charged. But then reading it again, Iām not so sure. I would email back and say just to be crystal clear if I pay the deposit today and cancel on April 30th do I get the deposit back?
Exactly, like a kid (sorry he is a kid to me) with a grownup mind and thought process. There is no doubt there will be nothing but success in his/her future.
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I did - and so waiting for a follow-up response because it wasnāt 100% crystal clear to me either.
The housing folks told us that they got rid of the deposit for freshman and there was just the $25 fee. I reached out to confirm about canceling to the contact.
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Wonderful!
If they got rid of the deposit how are they even going to charge you in the event that you want to cancel? There is nothing to refund you anymore.