Anyone heard anything from Frost re: specific program acceptances? Karen Kerr said they were going out today, but still nothing.
Univ of miami has exhausted all their funds. A friend of mine got accepted in EA and he was told that there are no funds left
@JOhn245 That is not true. People have been posting even in the last couple of days that they or their child received merit. Please donât spread false rumors.
@joeycorp My S was admitted to Frost and the major was listed on the letter. Also, he got the UM acceptance package in the mail today and that also stated his major.
@Propinquity4444 Thanks. So was hers: it says Music and sheâs doing B.A. Music, but thereâs nothing about CAM. She emailed Karen Kerr to say that info was going out today. So I guess that means snail mail!
Iâm talking about financial aid. Not scholarships.
Thatâs not true, Miami offered a lot of financial aid to applicants who will not attend. There is plenty of aid still available.
Has anyone else not gotten a decision yet? Does this mean I probably got rejected?
@TheSportsGuy I havenât heard back yet but donât assume the worst. prepare for the worse but hope for the best!
i havent heard back, called and said remaining decisions will begin to be sent out tomorrow and that youll know by friday
do you think the remaining decisions are all rejections?
no they said they arent
I finally got my decision. Accepted!!! Marine Bio/Bio double major. Could not be happier to be a Cane!! The wait was definitely worth it
Waitlisted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): None
ACT (breakdown): Composite 32 (superscore) , Eng 35, Math 35 Read 25 Sci 34
SAT II: Bio M 760, Math1 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
Weighted GPA: None
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/84
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (4), Eng Lang (3), Phys 1(5), Chem (5), French (5), Env sci (5), Spanish Lang (5).
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: Linear Algebra, Chem 3, AP COMP SCI Principles, AP Phys 2, AP Calc BC, Latinamerican Studies (obligatory), English (obligatory), Spanish (obligatory).
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honor Roll U. Waterloo Pascal contest and school champion for all (pascal, cayley and fermat). National finalist in UAN Math Olympiad (in colombia), AP Scholar with Distinction, AP International Diploma.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Teaching English to underprivileged youth (leader, curriculum developer, teacher, everything); TEDX talk âNanobiomaterials: Forgotten Physicsâ (speaker and researcher); French and Chinese mandarin classes; Math club (leader and curriculum planner).
Job/Work Experience: Internship at Univesity of texas rio grande (microbiology)
Volunteer/Community service: Teaching English and volunteer club at school
Summer Activities: The internship, Stanford SPCS on biosciences. YYGS Beijing in 9th Grade
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Recs: 8/10
Counselor Rec 8/10
Additional rec 10/10
Other
Intended Major: Natural Sciences
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Colombia
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Latino
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): International, Latino
Reflection
Strengths: I thought my subjective stuff was great
Weaknesses: Test scores and GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: IDK
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Jacobs (accepted), Stanford (rejected), MIT(Rejected), Yale-NUS(Accepted), Rice(Accepted), Vanderbilt(rejected), U.Miami (waitlisted)
Hello so Iâve commented a couple times ab how I was deferred and then waitlisted and how this was my dream school since forever. I still really want to go but most likely wonât make it off the waitlist so Iâm not sure if withdrawing and then applying for second semester be the best option or going through with the waitlist and then waiting a year if not admitted? If you get in from the waitlist you donât get merit so idk if itâs worth the wait? Sorry for this, itâs been a thread of constant deferrals and waitlists for me:(
^Why withdraw now? Can you wait until May when students accept or decline? UM may need to access the waitlist to meet enrollment. I will be deciding between 2 or 3 schools by weekend and should know within 1-2 weeks so I can decline those that I will not attend. The allows schools after 5/1 deadline to pick up students if yield was not enough.
UMiamiâs a great place for STEM/pre-med guys! Congrats on getting in. If youâre pre-med there is probably no better place. Make sure you do not take Michael Gaines for Biology 150, and take St Hilaire for Chem I. Here, if you put in the work exams are not difficult and quite fair if you pick your professors accordingly and strategize your semesters so that you donât have multiple difficult exams in the same week. As for other departments Iâd be a bit wary⊠as a Foote Fellow and triple major I will say that whilst my experience in STEM has been super positive, I cannot say the same about other fieldsânamely International Relations and related social science fields. Language options are quite minimal compared to other schools like Emory and Vanderbilt. Most of our money goes to the Medical School and STEM and endowment per student is not super high so these are just things to bare in mind. That said, compared to schools like GWU, Boston University, Tulane etc I do think UMiami is probably the better pick as it is still fairly well rounded (just not outstanding in fields outside of STEM). Student body is relatively small believe it or notâor at least feels that way.
I do hope for the sake of the University that people who enroll here are a little more focused on âlearning for the sake of learningâ as the environment here is quite pre-professional and in my view, fails to stick to a traditional liberal arts experience.
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Let me know if you guys have any questions about UM, I know a decent amount. Just for background Iâm a Foote Fellow here thatâs majoring in Biology/International Relations/Economics + Pre-Med in the College of Arts and Sciences
@gapyearapplicant My D was accepted to Frost but wants to minor in Italian and learn additional languages. Can you be more specific about perceived weaknesses in foreign language? She is looking for a liberal arts experienceâshe is doing the BA Musicâand thatâs a question. I do know that their study abroad options are a little limited, in terms of what they offer and which other programs theyâll accept credit for (and allow FA to transfer to). What about English, Psych and Creative Writing?
@joeycorp Italian is offered at UM and from what I understand the experience people have had is positive. My point about languages being limited is more in the sense that the actual amount of languages offered here is less than other comparable schoolsâBU could be a good example. Like over here at UM you canât take Hindi-Urdu for example which I feel is a mistake given India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are rising economies with over 1.3 billion people total. If your daughter is studying Music at Frost, from what I gather that is amongst the best Music schools around so she shouldnât have any deficiency there. Study abroad here is def deficient compared to top schools but the offerings are still okay; for biology, there is UGalapagos which is pretty cool. That said study abroad is super focussed on Latin America/Europe which may appeal to some (a lot of UMâs student body is Latin American so) but itâs pretty limited in India and Asia in general so thatâs something to keep in mind if Asia interests your daughter. I know in INS people did some pretty cool things like Engineers without Borders in Peru a few years back to help poverty-stricken places with irrigation.
To be quite honest, in terms of English and Psychology, UM is actually good in these areas. If you refer to the course catalog, there is a fairly wide range of courses that can be selected from the English department and generally speaking my experience with professors has been positive.
http://bulletin.miami.edu/undergraduate-academic-programs/arts-sciences/english/#coursestext
Psychology has an abundance of research opps and is fairly well linked with the Medical School; in fact, I know many Psych majors who have been offered research at Miller. I myself was quite close to conducting for a form of psychobiology research at Miller this year but opted out of it ultimately.
Sorry I canât offer more info on these majors, Iâm a lot lot more familiar with STEM/IR/Econ