<p>Hi…thoses that received acceptance and scholarships can you please post your stats…my daughter received a provisional acceptance last year but we still havent heard about acceptance this year…her stats have actually gone up a little so not sure if there is a problem</p>
<p>I think I read somewhere that the minimum requirements for the Clemson OOS tuition waiver are 31 ACT/1350 SAT and top 10% of class. I’ve heard that USC and College of Charleston are similar. So maybe it’s a policy for all SC state schools? Totally guessing here, so I did a quick Google search but couldn’t find anything definitive. My daughter’s stats are 33 ACT, 4.0 UW, 4.4 weighted, fourth in a class of 300. Hope that helps! Good luck!</p>
<p>im pretty sure clemson’s cutoff is 1370 sat. bc im pretty sure i just barely missed it w my 1360 right?</p>
<p>Son’s provisional acceptance arrived after he posted a 1400 on the SAT. Actually, the real hook is that his math score was 800. Grades are ok (3.96 W) and he’s taken the most challenging courses available. Had a 5 on AP Calc AB last year and taking BC this year. Plans to major in finance.</p>
<p>Yeah it says on the financial aid website: “Usually, recipients of academic recruiting scholarships have an SAT score of at least 1370 (ACT 31) and rank in the top 10 percent of their senior class.”</p>
<p>Is there a way to check application status online?</p>
<p>no there isn’t. Kinda frustrating since you’re not sure if Clemson has received your transcript etc… (and the mailed notifications aren’t very helpful)</p>
<p>@pierre0913 if it says USUALLY recipients of academic recruiting scholarships blah blah blah 1370 and rank in the top 10%, if i meet the top 10% and just barely miss the sat scores, does that mean i still have a shot at one of the tuition waiver scholarships or whatever? bc that would rock…</p>
<p>^haha yeah I guess you would have a shot but I wouldn’t be “expecting” to get one</p>
<p>In my son’s case, he had the SAT and definitely not the class rank. School is new parochial school with just 60 students in the class. Most of the kids are really smart and motivated. He was in top quarter.</p>
<p>My school doesn’t report rank, so I’m waiting to see what will happen. My GPA isn’t great, but I attend a top private school. I’m wondering if with 1410 SAT and excellent recommendations, they might infer that I’m at the top of my class…we’ll see. Definitely not expecting a scholarship; unfortunately, that’s how things go when you attend an above average high school.</p>
<p>yeah sometimes if you have a great GPA but don’t have a great class rank maybe it might be in your advantage not to send your class rank? i dunno haha just theories.</p>
<p>I think what you all are forgetting is that the standards for scholarships are different depending on the school. You may have been offered more scholarships at other schools because there is simply a lower bar. Not saying your kids aren’t academically talented, but you have got to look at the individual standards of each institution!</p>
<p>Well some people need the scholarship money though because they can’t afford the school even with a “minor” scholarship. For example, if Clemson only offers me half the tuition and South Carolina offers me a full ride scholarship and I still can’t pay the rest of the Clemson tuition, I might be inclined to go to South Carolina even though Clemson is the better academic institution :)</p>
<p>It’s different from case to case.</p>
<p>I heard its possible to get oos waiver and not get into calhoun honors…is the opposite also possible</p>
<p>^is that possible? I would think that getting an OOS waiver meant that you’re a top Clemson applicant</p>
<p>It just seems that its harder to get into Calhoun Honors then to get a oos…my daughter just got accepted to the honors program yet to word on any scholarships…just wondering if something could still be coming?</p>
<p>Both are certainly possible – OOS scholarships are based only on rank and test scores and other quant scores…honors is based on responses to essay questions and letters of recommendation as well as scores – so if somone has a 1400 and is in the top 9%, for example, but hasn’t been involved in any service or leadership a their school and has blah recs and poorly written essays, they prob won’t get into honors (and that’s likely the case at many schools that have seperate honors applicaitons rather than it based just on scores)</p>
<p>Thanks…just wondering if its common to get into the honors program and not get any scholarship money…She is so excited about Calhoun honors but without any financial help it might not be possibe</p>
<p>In reference to oos scholarships, my transcripts just got there 2 weeks ago (they lost em 2 different times…), do you think it’s still possible to receive an oos scholarship? My SATs are 1350, with GPA at 4.3 (weighted, IB classes). I’m thinking about majoring in economics there, because I’ve heard that their econ program is pretty good</p>