Basis Acceptances for college

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is the 2019 class doing? Just curious. I realize that more acceptances will be received in April, but by now, the class will have received some results.

My kid is in the senior class. He and most of his classmates are in at their safeties (mix of state flagships, SLACs, HBCUs) and others are in at their first choice and withdrew the rest of their appications.

Most chose not to apply anywhere ED (seeking financial aid packages and wanted to be able to compare) and are still waiting on some RD decisions (4/1) Per the update from the BASIS college counselors yesterday, 270 applications are still outstanding.

So far, the 41 graduates have been offered a total of $4.5M in merit scholarships.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is the 2019 class doing? Just curious. I realize that more acceptances will be received in April, but by now, the class will have received some results.

My kid is in the senior class. He and most of his classmates are in at their safeties (mix of state flagships, SLACs, HBCUs) and others are in at their first choice and withdrew the rest of their appications.

Most chose not to apply anywhere ED (seeking financial aid packages and wanted to be able to compare) and are still waiting on some RD decisions (4/1) Per the update from the BASIS college counselors yesterday, 270 applications are still outstanding.

So far, the 41 graduates have been offered a total of $4.5M in merit scholarships.

Do you happen to know if most students received scholarship money or if it is concentrated in a subset of students? $4.5M is an amazing amount for a class of 41!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is the 2019 class doing? Just curious. I realize that more acceptances will be received in April, but by now, the class will have received some results.

My kid is in the senior class. He and most of his classmates are in at their safeties (mix of state flagships, SLACs, HBCUs) and others are in at their first choice and withdrew the rest of their appications.

Most chose not to apply anywhere ED (seeking financial aid packages and wanted to be able to compare) and are still waiting on some RD decisions (4/1) Per the update from the BASIS college counselors yesterday, 270 applications are still outstanding.

So far, the 41 graduates have been offered a total of $4.5M in merit scholarships.

Do you happen to know if most students received scholarship money or if it is concentrated in a subset of students? $4.5M is an amazing amount for a class of 41!

I don't know. My kid applied to 2 safety/match schools EA and received about $120K from each. Now anxiously waiting to hear from another 5 this month.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is the 2019 class doing? Just curious. I realize that more acceptances will be received in April, but by now, the class will have received some results.

My kid is in the senior class. He and most of his classmates are in at their safeties (mix of state flagships, SLACs, HBCUs) and others are in at their first choice and withdrew the rest of their appications.

Most chose not to apply anywhere ED (seeking financial aid packages and wanted to be able to compare) and are still waiting on some RD decisions (4/1) Per the update from the BASIS college counselors yesterday, 270 applications are still outstanding.

So far, the 41 graduates have been offered a total of $4.5M in merit scholarships.

Do you happen to know if most students received scholarship money or if it is concentrated in a subset of students? $4.5M is an amazing amount for a class of 41!

I don't know. My kid applied to 2 safety/match schools EA and received about $120K from each. Now anxiously waiting to hear from another 5 this month.

Congrats to your kid!

[Anonymous]

Wow -those are impressive results!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Topping out at Northwestern/Georgetown? Ugh.

Anonymous wrote:Here's the class of 2018 list (from a college counseling newsletter to upper school parents in early April). They collectively earned $3.145M in merit aid and scholarships.

Agnes Scott College
Alabama A&M University
Albright College
Allegheny College
Arcadia University
Arizona State University
Barnard College
Boston University
Brunel University London
Central State University
Champlain College
Cleveland Institute of Art
Columbia College Chicago
DePauw University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Emory University
Fisk University
Gannon University
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Goucher College
Hampton University
Harrisburg University of Science & Technology
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
King's College London
Lawrence Technological University
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University New Orleans
Manhattan College
New York Institute of Technology
North Carolina A&T State University
North Carolina Central University
Northwestern University
Ohio University
Ohio Wesleyan University
Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University - Altoona
Pratt Institute
Regent's University London
Ringling College of Art and Design
Rochester Institute of Technology
Salisbury University
Savannah College of Art and Design
School of Visual Arts
Seton Hall University
Spelman College
St. John's University - Queens Campus
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Syracuse University
Temple University
The College of New Jersey
United States Coast Guard Academy
Universidad de Navarra
University of Akron
University of Hartford
University of Kansas
University of Maryland, College Park
University of New Hampshire at Durham
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
University of San Francisco
University of Vermont
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Union University
Voorhees College
West Virginia University
Wichita State University

You know high school kids can read and go on the internet, right? Don't be such a jerk.

[Anonymous]

PP. that list is helpful. The results are fine but certainly nothing to brag about. A lot of those schools will take just about anybody.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP. that list is helpful. The results are fine but certainly nothing to brag about. A lot of those schools will take just about anybody.

That was the class of 2018.

The "well-known/relatively more selective schools" I've heard of so far (not more are coming out later in March) for this year's graduates include:

Barnard
Cambridge
Oxford
Grinnell
Kenyon
Purdue Engineering
US Naval Academy
Univ of Edinburgh

[Anonymous]

Typo - delete the word 'not' in above post

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP. that list is helpful. The results are fine but certainly nothing to brag about. A lot of those schools will take just about anybody.

Ugh. Because the point of sending your kid to college is to be able to brag about where she goes.

I'm glad I don't share your values.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP. that list is helpful. The results are fine but certainly nothing to brag about. A lot of those schools will take just about anybody.

Ugh. Because the point of sending your kid to college is to be able to brag about where she goes.

I'm glad I don't share your values.

+1 - PP, seriously - WTH? There are plenty of terrific schools on the 2018 list that don't take "just about anybody", and plenty of us who would be thrilled to see those choices for our child. These are hard working kids who all have different dreams, and different life situations. I'm glad they have options that fit what they are looking for.

Why don't you focus on your own child?

[Anonymous]

Gannon has one of the best special education teaching programs in the state of Pennsylvania. So if you want students with special needs to have good teachers, Gannon is a great school to have on that list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP. that list is helpful. The results are fine but certainly nothing to brag about. A lot of those schools will take just about anybody.

That was the class of 2018.

The "well-known/relatively more selective schools" I've heard of so far (not more are coming out later in March) for this year's graduates include:

Barnard
Cambridge
Oxford
Grinnell
Kenyon
Purdue Engineering
US Naval Academy
Univ of Edinburgh

These are definitely worth bragging about!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is the 2019 class doing? Just curious. I realize that more acceptances will be received in April, but by now, the class will have received some results.

My kid is in the senior class. He and most of his classmates are in at their safeties (mix of state flagships, SLACs, HBCUs) and others are in at their first choice and withdrew the rest of their appications.

Most chose not to apply anywhere ED (seeking financial aid packages and wanted to be able to compare) and are still waiting on some RD decisions (4/1) Per the update from the BASIS college counselors yesterday, 270 applications are still outstanding.

So far, the 41 graduates have been offered a total of $4.5M in merit scholarships.

Do you happen to know if most students received scholarship money or if it is concentrated in a subset of students? $4.5M is an amazing amount for a class of 41!

I don't know. My kid applied to 2 safety/match schools EA and received about $120K from each. Now anxiously waiting to hear from another 5 this month.

Does about 120K in merit aid mean about 30K/year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is the 2019 class doing? Just curious. I realize that more acceptances will be received in April, but by now, the class will have received some results.

My kid is in the senior class. He and most of his classmates are in at their safeties (mix of state flagships, SLACs, HBCUs) and others are in at their first choice and withdrew the rest of their appications.

Most chose not to apply anywhere ED (seeking financial aid packages and wanted to be able to compare) and are still waiting on some RD decisions (4/1) Per the update from the BASIS college counselors yesterday, 270 applications are still outstanding.

So far, the 41 graduates have been offered a total of $4.5M in merit scholarships.

Do you happen to know if most students received scholarship money or if it is concentrated in a subset of students? $4.5M is an amazing amount for a class of 41!

I don't know. My kid applied to 2 safety/match schools EA and received about $120K from each. Now anxiously waiting to hear from another 5 this month.

Does about 120K in merit aid mean about 30K/year?

Yes. That's how colleges count it bc it is renewable unless your college GPA drops below a 3.0. Even if parents income skyrockets they won't withdraw that money.