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Anonymous wrote:My daughter received her decision today with very generous merit aid.

OOS?

No, in state (FFX County HS). She applied to the College of Engineering and received amazing merit. 4.2 gpa, SAT 1480, Girl Scout Gold Star Award and lots of other leadership positions.

What is the amazing merit aid you keep referring to? I was under the impression that $2500-$3000 was basically all in-state student could get. But, OOS applicants could get enough merit aid to reduce the price tag = to In State Tuition.

I am skeptical about this too. Everywhere I have seen has instate reporting $3K/yr as max. My instate DD had 1530 SAT, GS Silver Award, FIRST Robotics Worlds, etc and got $3K. Loudoun private school. If the above is true, PP, come back and tell us the amount and the name of the award.

Anonymous wrote:accepted into engineering. no honors college and 3k a year so not much in merit. stats were high enough to qualify for generous merit and honors college at other schools so this seemed strange. but, at least its another option and even without merit, its pretty affordable, all things considering.

In-state? How much are you expecting?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter received her decision today with very generous merit aid.

OOS?

No, in state (FFX County HS). She applied to the College of Engineering and received amazing merit. 4.2 gpa, SAT 1480, Girl Scout Gold Star Award and lots of other leadership positions.

What is the amazing merit aid you keep referring to? I was under the impression that $2500-$3000 was basically all in-state student could get. But, OOS applicants could get enough merit aid to reduce the price tag = to In State Tuition.

Yes, what does "amazing merit" at GMU mean? DS got a smallish merit offer that's about the same as the others I'm seeing listed here, slightly less.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter received her decision today with very generous merit aid.

OOS?

No, in state (FFX County HS). She applied to the College of Engineering and received amazing merit. 4.2 gpa, SAT 1480, Girl Scout Gold Star Award and lots of other leadership positions.

What is the amazing merit aid you keep referring to? I was under the impression that $2500-$3000 was basically all in-state student could get. But, OOS applicants could get enough merit aid to reduce the price tag = to In State Tuition.

Anonymous wrote:We didn’t get information on Honors college either. We did apply for it. I guess you must have certain stats to get in for now.

I am guessing you needed above 4.0, good essay and SAT score of high 1400’s+.
We have 4.30, 1480 and some national/international awards. We got in some a scholarship, not much but a morale booster after a big rejection from a very selected school.

We didn’t get information on Honors college either. We did apply for it. I guess you must have certain stats to get in for now.

My DS is a freshman at GMU. He is in Engineering as well. Please don't fret if you don't have the stats listed here. Mine got in with a 3.6, unweighted and a 1290 SAT. No merit aid, but I wasn't worried about that for GMU's price tag.

My daughter got into GMU Engg with Mechanical as her major with $3000 merit scholarship, Honors college. We are instate.
1530 SAT, 4.2 WGPA.

Yes, accepted for engineering.

Anonymous wrote:My son got into GMU Engg with CS as major with $3000 merit scholarship, HC college.
1480 SAT, 4.2 WGPA, 4 ECs with Leadership positions.

Similar for my DD, but for College of Humanities & Social Sciences. FCPS high school, 4.2-4.3 WGPA, 1450 SAT, 9 APs (5 junior year, 4 this year) - accepted to Honors College and $3K per year merit scholarship.

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Anonymous wrote:21K here too

OOS 3.9 UW, 34 ACT

Did not fill out honors college thing. I believe there was a separate essay?

There was no separate essay this year but I’m not sure if they had to check that they wanted to be considered.

there was an essay listed. Just double checked

To apply to George Mason University's Honors College, please select yes below and respond to one (1) of the prompts below in no more than 500 words:*

Huh. Thanks for the correction.

I guess my kid wrote that essay lol.

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Anonymous wrote:21K here too

OOS 3.9 UW, 34 ACT

Did not fill out honors college thing. I believe there was a separate essay?

There was no separate essay this year but I’m not sure if they had to check that they wanted to be considered.

there was an essay listed. Just double checked

To apply to George Mason University's Honors College, please select yes below and respond to one (1) of the prompts below in no more than 500 words:*

Anonymous wrote:21K here too

OOS 3.9 UW, 34 ACT

Did not fill out honors college thing. I believe there was a separate essay?

There was no separate essay this year but I’m not sure if they had to check that they wanted to be considered.

21K here too

OOS 3.9 UW, 34 ACT

Did not fill out honors college thing. I believe there was a separate essay?

accepted into engineering. no honors college and 3k a year so not much in merit. stats were high enough to qualify for generous merit and honors college at other schools so this seemed strange. but, at least its another option and even without merit, its pretty affordable, all things considering.