Dear D2 Students (and Families),
I hope you’ve had a great first week back! Here are some to-do reminders and resources for you.
Resources:
If it’s helpful for you, feel free to make a copy of the College Cost Comparison sheet (pictured above, click on the image if you would like your own template). If you fill in the rows in green, the other rows will automatically do the calculations for you.
Our College Advising website has gotten a facelift! If you’re looking for resources to help with any part of your process, you can find our best resources there.
To Do:
Share Financial Aid Award Details: We collect this information so that we can learn about the financial aid, scholarships and grants offered at universities so that we (the university counselors) can offer more informed guidance to the UWCEA students in lower grades. To say this another way, this helps us to know which universities are most/least affordable so that we can help other students and families find these universities, too. Please note that the information shared here will only be seen by the UWCEA university counselors. Please complete both of the following steps for each university where you are accepted:
Step 1: Submit a copy of your Financial Aid Award form for all offers you have received. The more details you can provide, the better.
Step 2: In your shared folder that includes your counselor brag sheet, etc, make a new folder titled “Financial Aid Award Letters”. In this folder, add a copy of your decision letter and any financial aid award information to your shared folder.
Keep Maia Learning Updated on Your Applications: As you submit any non-US applications, please let me know so that I can add them to your “Applied” list in Maia Learning.
Update your decision status in Maia Learning. In your “Applying” tab, scroll to the university who has given you a decision. Click on the light green “Not Set” bar next to “Application Decision,” and choose the appropriate option in the pop-up window. The most common decisions you’d choose will be:
Accepted
Conditional Acceptance (usually UK/Europe only – this is generally NOT what you would get in the US. This is if you have an acceptance that, say, requires a specific IB score on your final diploma.)
Deferred (this may be your decision from ED/EA applications – they are not denying your application yet, but they are deferring you to their regular decision round.)
Denied
Unconditional Acceptance (usually UK/Europe only – this is what you can choose if they have accepted you without requiring any conditions to be met in your final IB diploma)
Waitlisted
Withdrawn (if you end up withdrawing any of your applications – for instance, because you are admitted into an ED school – then you would choose this for any applications that you submitted but that you withdrew before receiving a decision.)
After you choose where to enroll, you will update your decision for the university where you are enrolling to include the “-> Attend” at the end. For instance – “Accepted -> Attend” or “Waitlisted -> Accepted -> Attend”
When you’ve made your decision to accept a spot:
Confirm your acceptance with the university, using whatever method they’ve asked. This may include paying a deposit.
Withdraw any other applications (if you haven’t gotten a decision yet); decline any other acceptances (either in their portal, or by email).
Start to prepare for your visa application, if needed.
Stop by to get your star to add to my bulletin board!
And as always – stop by if there’s anything I can do to help support your university applications and decision process!
Adam K, University and Career Counselor