University of Wisconsin Early Action Class of 2030 Official Thread

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Are the scores showing now? If not, your child might want to contact someone. My D26 applied on 10/30 and received the portal login last night (11/1) and her SATs showed in it. She had sent her scores 3-4 weeks ago.

Yeah, not yet. I’ll have him call. Thanks!

My OOS daughter is applying into the communications major with a 4.34 W GPA and a 3.97 UW GPA. She sent her 27 ACT composite (English:25, Math:28, Science:31, and Reading:28) along with 2 other tests where she scored a 29 on the English and math section. For notable ECs, she is the President of Students against cancer (started a now annual town fundraiser), 4 years Varsity swim team, secretary of NHS, a freshman peer advisor, and photo editor of yearbook club. What are her chances of admission?

She looks like a great candidate but honestly there’s no cut and dry rule that you can count on for admission due to their truly holistic review of the applications. I have a sophomore at UW and the year he applied it was shockingly random – some applicants with stellar stats weren’t admitted, but ones with less were.

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Is merit aid same as scholarships?

I am seeing ā€œAll incoming students with an active NetID and password are automatically considered for scholarships!ā€ on Wisconsin scholarships page (https://financialaid.wisc.edu/types-of-aid/scholarships/)

We are debating whether to do the CSS or not as we are pretty sure we won’t qualify for any need based aid.

We are in the same boat and that’s a great question. I have a sophomore at UW now, and through the scholarships portal he was granted a surprise $5,000 merit scholarship from the State of WI freshman year through the WISH portal, but we don’t qualify for any need based aid and would also like to avoid filling out the CSS for our rising freshman.