I doubt they were offered admittance to ED2 - they were offered the opportunity to be considered for ED2 (I believe all deferrals are offered that by default).
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Agree, probably not guaranteed but a very high probability
Ok. I think we have to wait until March since he accepted into Frost
Does anyone have the dates handy for shifting to ED2? My daughter is at work so Iām not seeing all the information.
My son got accepted for music performance as well and we havenāt received an award letter yet. We saw the financial aid link but thereās nothing there.
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As an fyi, deferred kids in the past got in with $25k merit.
You can pull if you want but why ???
Outside of ED, their yield isnāt great. If they need you, they could potentially discount. Like CWRU, itās not a school many are willing to pay in full for. But they are need aware and might go after full pay (minus the $25k scholarship).
Itās not personal. Too many take these decisions personally. They donāt even know you. They made a business decision for interest not shown or whatever the reason may be.
If Miami at $25k off is more palatable than USC full price, you might want to see it through.
Itās your right, of course, to bail. But you paid to apply -theyāve yet to make a decision. They didnāt say no.
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Yes. My son received information about his under āScholarship Decisionā as well as an invitation to the Foote Fellows Honors Program.
For those that got merit any of them majored in Music and are going into Frost
Same with my daughter. So I have to take it that this means no scholarship offers or is there a possibility that hasnāt been offered just yet? Website was unclear
U Miami strongly considers deferred applicants who convert to ED2. This happened to my D23, who was deferred EA and accepted a few weeks later ED2 (with a merit scholarship) after she converted her application. If you pursue this route, I suggest also emailing your admissions officer directly with a LOCI.
Itās interesting - my daughter did their form. Then emailed the counselor - who was lame. She was basically like do the form and donāt bother me. It turned my kid off - not that sue was going there anyway as even with $25k off it was barely at our budget.
ED, in and of itself, is all the demonstration one likely needs. But if they still have a form LOI, thatās most important.
The thing is, it costs $93K/year to go to Miamiā thatās why he doesnāt want to ED! Thereās no guarantee he would be able to afford it.
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I wouldnāt assume that. My daughter is a current Miami ED 1 student and was given 25k/year.
Wondering the same. Daughter got into Frost but no merit info. Reading other threads from previous years, it appears that Frost merit comes out later. Wondering if the moderator can confirm? TIA
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when mine was accepted to Frost, yes, the music merit came after. However the instrument professor did reach out earlier to discuss other schools and verbal merit
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My dd got that too, and it says to make the decision by Feb 7th.
Anyone else starting to get irritated with all these deferrals? And offering a switch to ED2, with a $93K/year pricetag, just seems like a cash grab. At first, this seemed like an olive branch but the more I think about it, the madder it makes me. U Miami isnāt alone in its love of deferrals (eg. U Texas, UGA, U South Carolina, etc) and Iām irritated with all of them!
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Donāt forget, this is big business.
The marketing is superb. These schools have you thinking a degree from here will bring you wealth and success in life as opposed to a degree from there.
And the public has eaten it up.
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We feel your pain here! OOS and deferred from UGA, UF, UMich, and UMiami. There is no way we are switching to ED2 because she has too many other places she wants to hear from now in RD (ugh). It is frustrating because these kids prep all summer to have all their apps and materials in by EA just to be pushed to RD. It seems so unfair. These colleges have seen apps rising every year to tens of thousands and they should have prepared for that. And on top of itā¦some donāt want any updates. To me, that puts EA deferral kids at a disadvantage because RD kids had more time to update with senior year grades and achievements. The whole system is broken and it is very disheartening and beyond frustrating for kids who have done everything possible and have amazing resumes. I truly believe each kid ends up where they belong and this is where faith weighs in. But I do think colleges need to revamp their admissions process. It would also be nice to have some transparency and post their EA admits, defer, and reject rates as well as the RD number. It would be nice to know what we are up against. They want to āmeasure up the deferrals against the RD pool.ā I truly hope there were a good amount of rejections or that gives false hope. As grateful as she is to still be considered, the waiting is annoying and defeated the purpose of doing EA for every app. Okā¦ rant overā¦canāt control any of this. Best of luck to your kiddo!
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My assumption is that the RD pool is always weaker than the EA pool at most large state schoolsā¦looking at the UGA data from previous years for example.
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