Daughter accepted direct admit to business school
OOS
1510 SAT/35 ACT
4.3 wGPA
4 yr varsity athlete
Any insight into business school? Was hoping to visit
Accepted: UCSD, UCSB, U Washington business school, U Oregon business School
Rejected: USC, Berkeley
WL: UCLA
My daughter got waitlisted at UW Madison. She is an OOS from Virginia and this was her #1 choice so this was very disappointing news for her.
Stats:
4.0 Unweighted GPA 4.11 Weighted as of the first quarter of her senior year
ACT: 26 (not the greatest score but not good at these types of tests)
College English, honors courses since 9th grade, 6 AP classes
Student council officer, NHS, Math Honors Society, French Honors Society, various clubs, 200+ volunteer hours, active in band and playing the flute
Applied undecided for her major because she wants to explore her options
Accepted the waitlist offer.
Daughter accepted at Madison EA in letters of science and with honor program but will not attend.
Accepted at Stanford and Duke regular round.
Rejected at Harvard, Princeton, Yale
Waitlist at UPenn and Columbia
Hope this will help students on the waitlist.
I visited in early March and loved the school. The business school is in the southeast part of campus and the building is beautiful. Lots of choices for majors and many great opportunities including mock interviews with companies that come to campus to hire. Over 550 companies recruit on campus just in the business school. I was accepted pre business and it’s one of my top 3 choices. Hope this helps.
accepted, political science
OOS
33 act
3.78 UW, 4.1 W
3 yrs youth&gov with various roles, 13 yrs ballet, 9 yrs piano, volunteer tutor (50+ hours), teenline volunteer (150+ hours), summer job as billing secretary, ap scholar w/honor
ap world (4), apush (3), ap lang (4), ap comp sci princ. (4), ap human geo, ap lit
happy i got in, but unsure if i can attend (out of state tuition is too expensive :/) does anyone know when they tell you if you got a merit scholarship? have they already notified people who got them? (i doubt i got a scholarship but i can dream haha)
accepted to: uw madison, ucsb, ucsd, uc davis, uc santa cruz
rejected: ucla, uc berkeley
waitlisted: u of michigan
So many top students end up at their state U’s because of costs. Definitely consider finances- no school worth going into major debt. Do not count on needs being met by UW.
Waitlisted
OOS
32 ACT
4.14 w/3.96 uw
Hello everybody. I know this is not the correct thread to post this on but I wasn’t really sure where to post it. I am currently someone who has been hit very hard financially by the coronavirus and I was wondering if anyone here has or knows someone that has completed the request action for more financial aid for wisco due to the coronavirus. Thank you.
Has anyone else still not received an aid package? I contacted the office and still haven’t received anything.
It may take longer to hear back. The State of Wisconsin is under a stay at home order and the UW financial aid people have reduced hours from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. (virtual). Current students needing emergency aid are probably a priority.
Have you tried the financial aid net price calculator? I have found it accurate to the dollar in past years to actual aid offered.
https://financialaid.wisc.edu/net-price-calculator/
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@annacf @Madison85 Financial aid decision just came out.
The Office of Student Financial Aid is pleased to provide you with your financial aid offer for the 2020-2021 academic year (fall and spring semesters).
Offers of grants or scholarships are automatically accepted for you, but you will need to actively accept or decline any offers of work-study or loans in your MyUW Student Center:
For MOBILE access – click on the Financial Aid tile and look for your Outstanding Offers.
For DESKTOP access – click on the Financial Aid tile. Under Awards, look for Accept/Decline to review, edit, and accept or decline your offer.
Does that include scholarships?
yes
I sure hope this holds true for us. We make a pretty solid middle class living. However, the calculator is putting us right at our EFC (he’s still Pell eligible, but we make over the 60k for Bucky’s Tuition Promise).
My stomach is in knots waiting for his aid package to get sent to him. UMN’s package put us at about 25k/loans (federal and Parent Plus) just for his freshman year. Honestly, pretty much anything is a better offer than that at this point.
My son also DA to business school and we visited just before the global shutdown. We are OOS and also visited Indiana, Illinois and Washington (In state). All have impressive business schools with aggressive career counseling and outplacement programs. All have pro and cons. Washington: very competitive and seems more individualistic. But in one of the most vibrant and innovative business markets in Seattle. Offers some certificate programs to compliment major (ie sales) Illinois: Well funded. There is a Business/ Engineering program that is attractive. Accounting centric. Felt very homogenous with mostly Illinois kids. Rural campus. Wisconsin: Visited during admitted students day. Nice facilities, feels like collaborative environment. The feel during admitted student day felt less formal and intense than the other schools. Didn’t sense anything unique about the program. Indiana: The most mature program. Highly collaborative and the crown jewell program of the university. Very aggressive career coaching and outplacement. 9000 students. Lots of certificate and add on programs.
All great spots. If $ is no issue, I probably take IU… but can’t go wrong.
In case anyone is still waiting on their aid package… @Madison85 was spot on when they said that the UW Madison price calculator is pretty accurate.
I just got accepted!! International students who had an extended deadline for Regular decision.