We know your admissions results are starting to come in, and that in the coming weeks, you'll be making a final decision about where you'll enroll next fall. So, we want to share with you the important steps for seniors this spring. We apologize for the length of this email, but, there is a lot we need to make sure to tell you.
PLEASE enter ALL of your application results in Naviance this spring. Use the edit (pencil icon) for each college on the “colleges I’m applying to” page. This information is essential; it helps us to identify students who may not yet have been admitted somewhere, and the historical data helps us to guide future classes.
Carefully review your financial aid packages with your family. Compare the total costs of attendance (tuition, room, board, fees and other expenses like books, travel, etc.) with what you were offered in grants and scholarships, work study, student loans, and out of pocket contributions. Assess how much you will need to borrow and/or pay out of pocket over not just your freshman year, but what that will look like over the course of four years. If you applied for financial aid and did not receive a financial aid offer with or soon after your acceptance notification, contact the college or university’s financial aid office asap!
You may submit a deposit to only one institution. Sending multiple deposits is considered unethical and will not be supported by Stuyvesant High School. We will send your final transcript to the one college you plan on attending at the end of June. Once you have decided where you'll enroll next fall, inform other colleges to which you were admitted that you have chosen to enroll elsewhere. This can be done via the colleges’ applicant portal or a short email to the admissions offices. This small but important step helps not only the colleges and universities, but other applicants.
May 1 has been the traditional deposit deadline for admitted students. Make sure to follow the deadline your college communicates to you. If, after May 1, you are admitted to an institution that wait- listed you, you are free to change your plans regarding where you will enroll in the fall. You can submit a deposit to the institution that admitted you from the wait list and inform the college where you originally intended to enroll that your plans have changed. Unfortunately, you will likely lose your original deposit; deposits are typically not refundable after May 1(or the stated commitment deadline).
