@ebersoji if you were going to be offered merit, you would not have been waitlisted. Miami is generous with substantial merit offers, but if a student with merit money does not enroll, they don’t offer that money to an accepted student that did not receive merit aid, never mind to waitlists. I wouldn’t count on anything. Call the office regarding other potential financial aid. And be aware that housing costs rise considerably after freshman year. DS is graduating in December, Nd I was pretty mad when I saw the cost of housing options his second year. His current off- campus apartment costs less for 12 months in a nice building with pool and garage and fitness room and with his own bedroom than a shared bedroom in a university Village apartment for the school year.
Do you think the new housing that’s opening up in fall 2020 will make at least sophomore year more affordable?
@Gudmom How far off-campus is he? Would you need a car for all off-campus housing?
i got taken off the waitlist via email but she said nothing about money???
im international too so like hmmmMMmmM
@ebersoji im the same but i got told over email?? how odd
@ebersoji what transpired during the call? My daughter was also waitlisted and received an email back from them to call re: being accepted from waitlist. She called, but had to leave a message.
Hi my son is looking for a room mate
@Gudmom: Can you recommend off-campus apartment near U of Miami? We will have to look into more affordable housing after ds’s freshman year. Thank you.
@Apso555 @Propinquity4444 My son is at The Valencia Miami, 6001 SW 70th street. He had a bike last semester, it is very close to campus. He ended up taking his car down in the autotrain this semester because he has two jobs that require a good deal of driving. But it’s very maneageable without.
I am sure there are cheaper places than this; but it was close and safe. Some areas can be very sketchy. He pays $900/month for one bedroom in a 3BDRM apt. He had a friend in the apartment already and a room became available, otherwise we may have looked around a little more. Still, compared to what my niece pays in NYC, this is cheap.
@ifer67 They basically said if the interest was still there, they would like to offer me a spot.
If you live somewhere without a kitchen, is there a meal plan you can do?
You can do a full meal plan. You can do 7 meals, which makes more sense. It is easy to have breakfast stuff lying around, lots of kids eat microwave oatmeal or nutrigrain bars or cereal instead of going to the dining hall…and lunch mainly on campus, then dinner a combination. Lots of chipotle and panda express.
I have to say, I’m a little worried about all the fast food. D not the greatest eater to begin with and gains weight really easily
For those of you that got into foote fellows - did you find out when you got your acceptance letter? I’m just surprised there’s not a lot of posts about foote fellows and now I’m wondering if there’s still a chance she might get invited? I was surprised she didn’t get an invite because her stats were good enough to get the president’s scholarship and most of the other colleges she applied to offered here acceptance into their honors college. She is in the College of Arts & Sciences.
Has anyone gotten off the waitlist today?
I got an email this morning saying:
This is Natalie Laurent from the Office of Undergraduate Admission at the University of Miami. This week, we plan to offer admission to a select number of candidates from our waitlist, and your application has been recommended to me. You responded to our waitlist offer that you wanted to be contacted should Miami admit students from the waitlist. Is that still the case? Please call me as soon as possible to discuss this in further detail at 305-284-5761. I look forward to hearing from you.
I guess this means I’m off the waitlist! Not sure if I’ll be attending yet.
Not responding to you specifically, and no disrespect intended, but that’s sounds like it might be the “we might have a spot for you off waitlist IF you’re full pay AND can commit in X days…” scam.
I wonder how many middle income, “aspirational” parents they suck in with that line each year?
@ProudLoomisDad It kinda was. I called them and they said they’re offering me a spot for fall 2019 but I have to submit my enrollment deposit BY MAY 1…which is tomorrow… Also my portal hasn’t even been updated with admission yet even though she said it should be updated today so slowly waiting for that
Well, all I can say is be prudent. It’s hard to say no to our dream school, (even harder to say no to our kids dream school) but try to remain rational. I think they make it far too easy to make really irresponsible financial decisions that will follow us for decades. And the “pressure sell” makes it worse. Be wary. But if it works, really works, good luck and congrats!
@sagh527 did you speak to them? did you accept?
We are still on waitlist and have heard nothing, has anyone else??
though our college counselor thought she would get in. Daughter did not send in a LOCI, she’ll do that tonight.