DC’s friend has been accepted to St. Andrews.

VCU; also applied to VCU Honors College with high stats and waiting on the response by February.

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Anonymous wrote:MSU with $15K merit scholarship. DCPS. Many schools tend to give more merit money for earlier applicants b/c they want to fill seats. That was all the motivation my kid needed. Good luck and congrats to all of the applicants!

Michigan St, Mississippi St, Missouri St.? I ask only because we know DC classmates who applied to the first two!

All good choices and super nice Merit Award. 😃

Michigan State business school.

Anonymous wrote:ASU Engineering, Pitt Engineering, UChicago - attending UChicago

Fabulous! You must be proud! Hope this means your family is done with the race and can focus on getting ready to head to the Windy City. 😃

Anonymous wrote:MSU with $15K merit scholarship. DCPS. Many schools tend to give more merit money for earlier applicants b/c they want to fill seats. That was all the motivation my kid needed. Good luck and congrats to all of the applicants!

Michigan St, Mississippi St, Missouri St.? I ask only because we know DC classmates who applied to the first two!

All good choices and super nice Merit Award. 😃

ASU Engineering, Pitt Engineering, UChicago - attending UChicago

MSU with $15K merit scholarship. DCPS. Many schools tend to give more merit money for earlier applicants b/c they want to fill seats. That was all the motivation my kid needed. Good luck and congrats to all of the applicants!

Anonymous wrote:Love reading about all of these acceptances. When these schools throw in enough merit money to match (or even be less than) in-state tuition, the decision making will be harder once EA acceptances come in.

My kid, is now only considering one of her EA schools as a possible option. If she doesn’t get in, she will enroll in her rolling admission school. She loves to be loved by a school she likes, and is giving her a lot of merit aid Win win for us!

Yes!! This was our DC1 who said “Love the school that loves you!” Junior there and lovin’ it. No regrets!

And another reason to stay positive about OOS or privates that can, with merit, be +/- the same as “in-state.”

Many congrats!

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Anonymous wrote:Auburn! Hoping to get some merit but not sure when that comes out...

That’s great! Acceptance rate was 85% in 2021- but it was only 50% last year. It’s not as easy anymore to get in according to our HS counselors.

Alabama still has a 77% average rate. A lot of reason kids are heading south- not the weather.

Pitt. Applied in Mid-Aug heard back in early September.

Anonymous wrote:Auburn! Hoping to get some merit but not sure when that comes out...

That’s great! Acceptance rate was 85% in 2021- but it was only 50% last year. It’s not as easy anymore to get in according to our HS counselors.

Love reading about all of these acceptances. When these schools throw in enough merit money to match (or even be less than) in-state tuition, the decision making will be harder once EA acceptances come in.

My kid, is now only considering one of her EA schools as a possible option. If she doesn’t get in, she will enroll in her rolling admission school. She loves to be loved by a school she likes, and is giving her a lot of merit aid Win win for us!

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Anonymous wrote:Pitt and MSU.

More than one poster with same two acceptance? Overlap schools?

Same 2 schools for my DD. She wants larger schools, and these two are strong schools that make decisions early, and that she would be happy to attend.

Auburn! Hoping to get some merit but not sure when that comes out...

Congrats to all the kids who've gotten good news! It's great to get the rolling & extra-early acceptances. It lets families relax a little, especially if they have other EA schools that don't release until January or February!!