Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does Elon give merit to High Stats kids? Does anyone know?
Looks like they give the presidential scholarship ($10K+) to high stats kids that are admitted. Kids also compete for other merit - Honors, Fellows, etc. Even my mid-stats kid got merit aid last week. We are still hesitant at this point because tuition and fees are still expensive (about $37K after $10K merit) and he's gotten into other schools on his list. It also doesn't appear that they have a robust support system for ADHD/EF kids (to my limited knowledge).
What type of robust support are you looking for? My DD has Dyslexia, ADHD and anxiety. They were very generous with accomodations (using her neuropsych report form 7th grade!). She generally doesn’t even use some of the accomodations (because she doesn’t want to stand out). I would speak to the disability office before concluding that they don’t have what you need.
Thanks for sharing this! Our assessment is based on arms length research. We have not formally visited yet, just a drive-by when we were in the area over the summer. Our other kids are at large publics (STEM) and we have no idea of privates. All we know of is US News and other such rankings to go by. DC does not have a formal diagnosis and has had no accommodations in HS so it will all be new to us. He applied because it was one of the few privates he liked and their #1 ranking in teaching.
DC (and our) interest in Elon has waned since he's gotten into several large publics (which he's biased towards thanks to his siblings but likely not a good fit for him) and we may have been focused on drumming up more interest in him if they had offered this merit with the admission notification. I guess a visit is in order. Thanks again!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does Elon give merit to High Stats kids? Does anyone know?
Looks like they give the presidential scholarship ($10K+) to high stats kids that are admitted. Kids also compete for other merit - Honors, Fellows, etc. Even my mid-stats kid got merit aid last week. We are still hesitant at this point because tuition and fees are still expensive (about $37K after $10K merit) and he's gotten into other schools on his list. It also doesn't appear that they have a robust support system for ADHD/EF kids (to my limited knowledge).
What type of robust support are you looking for? My DD has Dyslexia, ADHD and anxiety. They were very generous with accomodations (using her neuropsych report form 7th grade!). She generally doesn’t even use some of the accomodations (because she doesn’t want to stand out). I would speak to the disability office before concluding that they don’t have what you need.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t know that Elon wants to be anyone’s safety, I expect they yield protect.
They have a 75% acceptance rate. Doubt there’s much yield protection going on.
67 percent last year, and goes down every year.
I still don’t buy that there’s yield protection. It’s a great option for lots of kids though, including mine.
My kid goes to Georgetown, got into UVA and Richmond. Was WL at Elon. I know many others who experienced something similar. It's very strange. It keeps their acceptance rate low, but unfortunately, also keeps strong kids who might otherwise go there out as well. I have two close relatives who graduated from Elon and I just don't hear anything other than: it's so nice, pretty, people are nice. Nothing very intellectually deep going on there at all. It seems pretty vocational. Will your kid have a nice time? Sure. Will they come out more highly educated? Maybe, maybe not.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t know that Elon wants to be anyone’s safety, I expect they yield protect.
They have a 75% acceptance rate. Doubt there’s much yield protection going on.
67 percent last year, and goes down every year.
I still don’t buy that there’s yield protection. It’s a great option for lots of kids though, including mine.
My kid goes to Georgetown, got into UVA and Richmond. Was WL at Elon. I know many others who experienced something similar. It's very strange. It keeps their acceptance rate low, but unfortunately, also keeps strong kids who might otherwise go there out as well. I have two close relatives who graduated from Elon and I just don't hear anything other than: it's so nice, pretty, people are nice. Nothing very intellectually deep going on there at all. It seems pretty vocational. Will your kid have a nice time? Sure. Will they come out more highly educated? Maybe, maybe not.
This post sounds like sour grapes.
“I just don’t hear anything other than…” from your limited pool of graduates is nothing to base a decision on. Maybe the Elon grads you know are unmotivated or depressed for all we know.
They are no different than the bottom third of Georgetown.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t know that Elon wants to be anyone’s safety, I expect they yield protect.
They have a 75% acceptance rate. Doubt there’s much yield protection going on.
67 percent last year, and goes down every year.
I still don’t buy that there’s yield protection. It’s a great option for lots of kids though, including mine.
My kid goes to Georgetown, got into UVA and Richmond. Was WL at Elon. I know many others who experienced something similar. It's very strange. It keeps their acceptance rate low, but unfortunately, also keeps strong kids who might otherwise go there out as well. I have two close relatives who graduated from Elon and I just don't hear anything other than: it's so nice, pretty, people are nice. Nothing very intellectually deep going on there at all. It seems pretty vocational. Will your kid have a nice time? Sure. Will they come out more highly educated? Maybe, maybe not.