DivSchoolHopeful1942 Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 Got into Union today, but the acceptance letter didn't mention anything about financial or merit aid. Do y'all know if that comes separately or if I'm just out of luck?
camelears Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) 52 minutes ago, DivSchoolHopeful1942 said: Got into Union today, but the acceptance letter didn't mention anything about financial or merit aid. Do y'all know if that comes separately or if I'm just out of luck? Congrats! Looked back on past forums and it looks like they normally don't release financial and merit with admissions decisions. Edited March 4, 2022 by camelears DivSchoolHopeful1942 1
DivSchoolHopeful1942 Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 1 hour ago, camelears said: Congrats! Looked back on past forums and it looks like they normally don't release financial and merit with admissions decisions. Thank you! Yep, just got the letter an hour or so ago. The aid isn't great, lol... but that's what I've gathered from these forum posts in the past so... yeah. Options, though! And it's a cool school.
camelears Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 The lack of aid and being located in the most expensive city is why I didn't apply, lol.
camelears Posted March 5, 2022 Posted March 5, 2022 Anyone know if schools ever release decisions on weekends? I imagine they don't.
aalena75 Posted March 5, 2022 Posted March 5, 2022 No, I think we can give our anxiety and obsessive email checking a break for the weekend.
aalena75 Posted March 7, 2022 Posted March 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Duh_Divinity said: Back at it again... Exactly how I feel right now. I feel like we should hear from Vandy today but I'm not positive.
alexisjade268 Posted March 7, 2022 Posted March 7, 2022 On 3/4/2022 at 2:50 PM, DivSchoolHopeful1942 said: Thank you! Yep, just got the letter an hour or so ago. The aid isn't great, lol... but that's what I've gathered from these forum posts in the past so... yeah. Options, though! And it's a cool school. I got into Union on Friday too, I think I got more aid than I expected to but I'm waiting to see what other options I have. But, Union is really cool school! Congrats!
DivSchoolHopeful1942 Posted March 7, 2022 Posted March 7, 2022 Vanderbilt posted decisions, it seems. Got in with a nice scholarship which is exciting! Though I can't tell whether it covers housing as both the letter and website page on tuition costs are vague.
aalena75 Posted March 7, 2022 Posted March 7, 2022 22 minutes ago, DivSchoolHopeful1942 said: Vanderbilt posted decisions, it seems. Got in with a nice scholarship which is exciting! Though I can't tell whether it covers housing as both the letter and website page on tuition costs are vague. Where did you see any financial aid information? I got in, too, and it said something about financial aid, but it didn't say specifics.
DivSchoolHopeful1942 Posted March 7, 2022 Posted March 7, 2022 1 minute ago, aalena75 said: Where did you see any financial aid information? I got in, too, and it said something about financial aid, but it didn't say specifics. Congrats on getting in! And it told me that in the body of the letter; specifically that I was awarded a Divinity Merit Tuition Scholarship that covers 80% of tuition. But it's unclear what that actually covers.
aalena75 Posted March 7, 2022 Posted March 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, DivSchoolHopeful1942 said: Congrats on getting in! And it told me that in the body of the letter; specifically that I was awarded a Divinity Merit Tuition Scholarship that covers 80% of tuition. But it's unclear what that actually covers. You applied for MDiv there, right? I wonder if MTS specifies later? It just says "scholarship support is also available to you." I'm not sure what that means.
aalena75 Posted March 7, 2022 Posted March 7, 2022 4 minutes ago, DivSchoolHopeful1942 said: Congrats on getting in! And it told me that in the body of the letter; specifically that I was awarded a Divinity Merit Tuition Scholarship that covers 80% of tuition. But it's unclear what that actually covers. Also, congrats to you, too! Sorry, I'm a little out of it and confused by the wording right now haha.
DivSchoolHopeful1942 Posted March 7, 2022 Posted March 7, 2022 1 minute ago, aalena75 said: You applied for MDiv there, right? I wonder if MTS specifies later? It just says "scholarship support is also available to you." I'm not sure what that means. Nope, I was MTS! Though I’m sure if you contact them asking more about the aid process they could help…? I’m confused too. This whole process is quite enigmatic…
aalena75 Posted March 7, 2022 Posted March 7, 2022 I'm confused because the letter seems to imply I was offered a scholarship/financial aid package, but there's no specification. Here is exactly what it said: "Scholarship support is also available to you for up to summer term(s) when you register for three (3) or more credit hours. Please be aware that should you elect to change your degree program or your enrollment status as a student, your financial aid package may be affected and should be discussed in consultation with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs."
camelears Posted March 7, 2022 Posted March 7, 2022 (edited) I got in as well with a nice scholarship. The scholarship details are in my second paragraph. It mentions the summer information a little further down on my letter. The wording is a little different. I can't tell if the valued amount of my scholarship includes summer or not. Edited March 7, 2022 by camelears
DivSchoolHopeful1942 Posted March 7, 2022 Posted March 7, 2022 3 minutes ago, camelears said: I got in as well with a nice scholarship. The scholarship details are in my second paragraph. It mentions the summer information a little further down on my letter. The wording is a little different. I can't tell if the valued amount of my scholarship includes summer or not. Any idea whether the scholarship covers housing? The Vanderbilt "tuition and fees" page is kind of confusing to me -- it seems the merit covers about $30k a year, tuition seems to be about $20k/yr, so like... am I adding this up wrong, or does that just leave $10,000 for housing for the year?
aalena75 Posted March 7, 2022 Posted March 7, 2022 Weird. I kind of feel like maybe my scholarship info got left out on accident...? Otherwise my second paragraph doesn't make a lot of sense. I'll email them for clarification. DivSchoolHopeful1942 1
aalena75 Posted March 7, 2022 Posted March 7, 2022 1 minute ago, DivSchoolHopeful1942 said: Any idea whether the scholarship covers housing? The Vanderbilt "tuition and fees" page is kind of confusing to me -- it seems the merit covers about $30k a year, tuition seems to be about $20k/yr, so like... am I adding this up wrong, or does that just leave $10,000 for housing for the year? From what you said, it seems like your offer was an 80% tuition scholarship, which means it would cover 80% of tuition.
DivSchoolHopeful1942 Posted March 7, 2022 Posted March 7, 2022 Just now, aalena75 said: From what you said, it seems like your offer was an 80% tuition scholarship, which means it would cover 80% of tuition. Yeah that's why I'm confused -- the tuition cost seems to be less than what I was offered in aid. I've found sometimes (though maybe I'm just misremembering) schools mean "tuition + housing" for "tuition"... but I dunno. We'll see. Might email.
aalena75 Posted March 7, 2022 Posted March 7, 2022 Just now, DivSchoolHopeful1942 said: Yeah that's why I'm confused -- the tuition cost seems to be less than what I was offered in aid. I've found sometimes (though maybe I'm just misremembering) schools mean "tuition + housing" for "tuition"... but I dunno. We'll see. Might email. Did you get a separate aid email with an exact amount or just the 80% tuition statement? From my understanding, it would be tuition minus 80% to calculate what is left to pay. Housing is a separate thing.
DivSchoolHopeful1942 Posted March 7, 2022 Posted March 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, aalena75 said: Did you get a separate aid email with an exact amount or just the 80% tuition statement? From my understanding, it would be tuition minus 80% to calculate what is left to pay. Housing is a separate thing. Honestly, I just checked the portal this morning because I was feeling anxious-and-bored and saw the notification. Didn't get an email for either of them but I imagine they will both be sent out today...?
aalena75 Posted March 7, 2022 Posted March 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, DivSchoolHopeful1942 said: Honestly, I just checked the portal this morning because I was feeling anxious-and-bored and saw the notification. Didn't get an email for either of them but I imagine they will both be sent out today...? No, I'm asking if you got two separate letters or just one.
DivSchoolHopeful1942 Posted March 7, 2022 Posted March 7, 2022 Just now, aalena75 said: No, I'm asking if you got two separate letters or just one. Ohh sorry, nope, just the one. (Also out of it, not enough coffee today... lol.)
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