<p>Hello all! I have been reading through your very informative thread. Can anyone share experience with how generous Ithaca and Quinnipiac are with merit aid? I have heard such mixed responses. My son has good test scores (CR/M 1300 / 30 comp ACT) but GPA around 3.3 with EC’s limited to sports and working a part-time job. Many thanks for your feedback!</p>
<p>Re driving to Lehigh: we live in Brooklyn, 15 mins from Manhattan/Brooklyn/Williamsburg Bridges. We drove to and from Lehigh on a Monday and it took less than 2 hours. I just looked it up on googlemaps and it’s less than 2 hours either way, including current rush hour traffic.</p>
<p>That said, my daughter (born in China) didn’t like it because it seemed overwhelmingly white. She may be invited to a diversity weekend and she may attend; not sure if that would change her opinion.</p>
<p>Would any of you be willing to provide insight as to my college prospects. I seem to be in a similar position to your children in regard to my GPA.</p>
<p>My thread: Chances for Vanderbilt, UNC, NYU, UF, and Duke? - Chance Me / Match Me! - College Confidential Forums </p>
<p>I’m bumping this thread because it’s been helpful for so many… hopefully we can get some more good reports this spring as decisions start coming in.</p>
<p>My D has a 3.46 UW with just over half honors/IB classes.
2100 SAT
720 SATII World History
790 SATII Literature</p>
<p>So far she has been accepted to Bard College (Immediate Decision Plan) and Hampshire College (EA).</p>
<p>I’m a student, but I figured I’d bump this up and contribute.</p>
<p>I have ~3.5 GPA (My school doesn’t mess with UW/W)
4.0 Senior year though.
29 ACT
~1700 SAT (Don’t remember exact score)</p>
<p>Been accepted to University of Oregon (OOS), Oregon State, (OOS), University of Idaho, Boise State University.
Still waiting on an answer from University of Washington. :)</p>
<p>3.65 GPA
2230 SAT
32 ACT (superscore)</p>
<p>Acceptances: Vanderbilt, Wellesley (likely letter), a bunch of public schools with very generous scholarships/full rides
Waitlist: WUSTL (I ain’t even mad)
Pending: Tufts, Emory</p>
<p>My D had a 3.6 uw when Aps went out.She has gotten into and received merit aid from U of O, University of Puget Sound, Willamette University, University of Portland, and University of Redlands. Rejected Cal Poly, wait listed UCSC. Waiting to hear from UCSC tonight. :"> </p>
<p>DS has a 3.39 UW in IB program as of midyear report, NMF, 2270 SAT, 780 Math 2, 750 US history. Accepted at UF, Rochester (with merit), WPI (ditto), Stony Brook, Virginia Tech, Pitt, UCF, RIT. Deferred EA to RD Northeastern and Case. Waiting to hear from Lehigh. </p>
<p>Son had a 3.6 going into senior year. Senior year grades have been very good, mainly A’s. 2060 SAT, accepted UConn, Tulane, Univ of Rochester, Case Western Reserve, Barrett Honors College, all with merit aid.</p>
<p>Congratulations, everyone! It’s so great to see these kids are getting into some excellent schools. My D is waiting very nervously for notifications later this week!</p>
<p>3.62 GPA
2210 SAT
30 ACT</p>
<p>Accepted: UCSD, UCI, UIUC
Rejected from JHU ED & Deferred from UChicago and eventually rejected
I still have to hear from Cal, UCLA and USC. I’m really surprised that I got into UCSD, though, with my dismal GPA.</p>
<p>Son: 3.4 (weighted)
SAT 2250
Syracuse (Newhouse) - ED</p>
<p>Son -</p>
<p>3.5 UW from respectable public HS
SAT 2030 superset (CR 680 / M 680 /W 67) on two tries
Limited ECs / Volunteer</p>
<p>Accepted - UConn OOS (no merit aid), Delaware OOS (some merit aid), SUNY Bing (generous merit aid for OOS), UNewHampshire (IS - some merit aid).</p>
<p>Waitlisted - Northeastern.</p>
<p>Waiting - Lehigh, GWU, UNC (fat chance on the last; thinking maybe one of the other two). </p>
<p>Unsure of likely destination. Financially, Bing makes sense - which he preferred over Delaware (somewhat surprisingly to me). UConn would be top choice if he’d received aid, I think UNH is VERY local, so out of the picture for him…</p>
<p>D with 3.4UW/3.6W from an average public HS, 6 AP classes (5 senior year), 2 college DE classes
2100 single sitting SAT
average ECs, outstanding LOR</p>
<p>Accepted:
Puget Sound (merit)
Mills (merit)
Mount Holyoke
Lawrence
Alabama (merit)
Cal Pol SLO (history)
Humboldt</p>
<p>Denied:
L&C</p>
<p>Waitlisted:
Northeastern </p>
<p>Wonderful news @Emmasmum!!! I’m waiting until all my D’s results are in to post here, but her stats are almost identical to your D’s. She also got into Mount Holyoke last night!!! Do you think your D will go there?</p>
<p>I really wish she could because she was so excited about that acceptance, but I don’t think it will work out financially. They decided that we can pay about 10,000$ more than our FAFSA EFC, and it will likely go up to full pay when my other daughter graduates and we only have one in college. NPC was not so accurate because of self-employment?
We are in CA though and Mills is relatively close and gave her a great scholarship ($21,000) making it affordable for us - she may be able to spend a semester at MHC if she goes to Mills.
She is waiting on Kenyon, but I am expecting a rejection there, unless they are really swayed by her essay and great recommendations.
I am relieved that she will have options - we are waiting on FA package from Lawrence, but otherwise MHC was the only one to be knocked out of the running because of cost.</p>
<p>Emmasmum,</p>
<p>Those are great results. Hope your D is pleased. Good luck getting the financial angle worked out.</p>
<p>My daughter has a 3.6 (91 UW) at a rigorous, STEM-focused public magnet school in NJ. All honors classes all 4 years, with 4 APs. Good but not amazing ECs/leadership, I presume good recs, very good essay imo, upward trend (92 GPA senior year), 1980 SAT (this includes her weirdly high Writing score- breakdown was 650 M, 600 CR, 730 W).</p>
<p>Her acceptances so far:</p>
<p>Clark U w/$15k/year merit, $4700/year grant, and $2k/year work study (plus the usual loans).
U Delaware CoE w/$5k/year merit and $5k/year grant (renewable).
SUNY Binghamton Harpur, denied at SoE, no merit/FA.
Rutgers U SoE, SEBS, A&S. No merit/FA so far, but was invited to apply for the Douglass Scholarship for admitted students; she won’t be notified about that till May 3.
TCNJ SoE, no merit/FA.
Virginia Tech CAUS- accepted to their Industrial Design undergrad program. No merit/FA.
CUNY- all schools, no merit/FA.</p>
<p>Waitlisted at Smith and RPI. Smith had been her first choice.</p>
<p>Denied at Macalester.</p>
<p>Still waiting to hear from UMCP, U Richmond, and William & Mary.</p>
<p>VT industrial design highly competitive. Congrats on that option!</p>
<p>Thanks, @dowzerw! We’re looking forward to attending Hokie Focus next month to learn more about the school. 
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