Tre what happened with Nova?
@tdiemer tre what happened with Nova?
Yay for your son! Iām curious how he found out. My daughter has a 34 ACT, all As, top 5% of 575, 12 APs, all state tennis, over 600 volunteer hours, passed all AP exams, leadership in various honors clubs, etc. and her brother (my son) is a sophomore at U of Miami. I really thought she would be in contention for a scholarship there, but we havenāt heard anything at all. My son has several friends with lower stats than my daughter who have great scholarships and and are Foote Fellows. Did you get an email or did it show up on Cane Link? Itās disappointing to not be offered any scholarship at all at UM when she has good offers elsewhere. We were hoping our kids would be at the same school.
@ufalumn1997 Yay for your son! Iām curious how he found out. My daughter has a 34 ACT, all As, top 5% of 575, 12 APs, all state tennis, over 600 volunteer hours, passed all AP exams, leadership in various honors clubs, etc. and her brother (my son) is a sophomore at U of Miami. I really thought she would be in contention for a scholarship there, but we havenāt heard anything at all. My son has several friends with lower stats than my daughter who have great scholarships and and are Foote Fellows. Did you get an email or did it show up on Cane Link?
@tdiemer make sure your UM admission counselor knows that UM is your first choice. My son is a sophomore at UM and he made it clear to his admission counselor that UM was his first choice. I think he actually wrote to her that he bleeds orange and green. He got in with a 4.3 GPA and 28 ACT (which is about the same as 1330 SAT). He had a ton of extracurriculars, but it sounds like you do too. If you also mention that you are a preferred walk-on, that should also help. I thought PWOs were automatically accepted at colleges, but I donāt know how that works. My daughter is a senior and has a couple of friends that are PWOs to other schools and we assumed that meant they were in. UM wants kids who want them, and you obviously have incentive to attend. Good luck to you. My son loves it there.
@tdiemer I hope you get in man. Iām a huge Cane fan. Looking forward to following you.
did anybody here apply ED 2?
Has anyone who got in for ed1 recieved their financial aid package?
Anecdotally, my son was hounded for financial aid documents from Villanova right up until the day he was denied.
@tmeg01 He received an email telling him to check his portal. There were directions for him to submit another essay based on a prompt.
Hoping they liked his response!
@ufalumn1997 Good luck to your son! My son LOVES the U - itās like a vacation destination. I just wish it didnāt cost like one. 
I just noticed on our To Do list that financial aid says they donāt have our noncustodial parent css profile. We submitted that back in October! I emailed a screenshot of it but hopefully it wonāt be a problem - they said it was due 1/9, yet they never sent an email about it. I hope itās not considered ālateā even though we sent it months ago! I am worried that our aid will be affected because of the mix up.
Can someone give an approximation of my chances at getting accepted?
I applied EA Iām a male from Turkey (international student) and I applied as a Marine Biology Major also I am seeking a large financial aid package.
My UW GPA is 3.68 (my school does not rank)
My SAT is 1500 (710 English, 790 Maths)
My SAT Subjects are Math II 800, Biology E 770
TOEFL: 111
I am an IB student and I am taking 2 sciences and mathematics as HL courses.
I have attended summer schools in which I have taken several courses (non-credit)
I have done 2 research internships and published 2 scientific research papers in prestigious journals.
Also did 1 unpaid internship.
The activities I listed included:
I am the captain of the varsity swimming team and earned several medals.
I have been in the national team for International Geography Olympiads.
I have founded an Astronomy Club and taught students for 3 years.
I have 100+ volunteering hours in a village school teaching project.
I am a professional advanced scuba diver and an underwater photographer and some of my photos got awards in monthly contests (also submitted a portfolio)
I have won a gold medal in World Scholars Cup and won the chance to attend Global rounds.
I was a mentor in Erasmus+ Sustainability Project for a year and presented in several instances.
I was a writer of the science magazine in my school, wrote 6 articles in 4 years.
I won the 1st place in Strategy Games Olympiad in games called Quorridor and Callisto
They notify through CaneLink, the big question is when will they do that?
Back in November, I emailed my counselor because my app status still said incomplete (I applied EA). She said in these exact words: Thank you for contacting the University of Miami. The application will be incomplete until a decision is made. If there are any outstanding documents, they will be listed on your āTo Do Listā in the Canelink Student Center. Thank you and Go 'Canes! Also, I heard only from 1 person (not in admissions) that if you go to campus finances in canelink, and it says under accept/decline that award access not available, and under view financial aid it says inquiry access denied, that it means you were probably accepted. This is one person so I am not saying that you are accepted if that is what you see but it is what I have heard. Anyways, sorry for the long message lol I am just trying to help, I really hope decisions come out this friday (25th)!
Are you sure not everyone has this?
no, I heard its a good thing if it says award access not available because the award access might become available once decisions come out. The fact that it says award access not available implies that there is an award and there would not be an award if you were deferred or denied.
I am not sure at all I just heard this from someone (not in admissions)
@lesimpson520 ??? I thought everyoneās said that?
Iām not sure everyoneās portal may all say it, Iām just repeating what someone told me, they may be wrong