<p>I applied 11/31, got accepted yesterday. My counselor says scholarship info gets mailed out a little later, so I wouldn't worry that it didn't come with the initial packet. Also, anyone know the kind of qualifications the National Scholars tend to have?</p>
<p>National Scholars are very top of the heap & not just academically. Leadership qualities play as big a role as do the academic qualifications. The program is awesome but does stretch & challenge these kids in ways they never imagined they would be stretched & challenged. If you get an invite to the scholars weekend in February, don't pass it up.</p>
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<p>I wonder if there was a time when the admissions office actually started processing the files? I sent my application in before 9/1....Haven't heard anything. Maybe I'm lost in the shuffle. I have similar stats to your DS</p>
<p>GirlA: what are your stats, locations, and choice of major?</p>
<p>I am still waiting for any kind of reply? Sent in App on 9/29??? Any body else heard? Thanks</p>
<p>Wondering what the heck is happening in that admissions office? HELP!</p>
<p>We are in state (about 14 miles from Clemson), homeschool student all the way through and 5 ap exams, 4.39 weighted gpa, unknown class rank. Just completed Palmetto Fellows Scholarship application and submitted it to homeschool association. Attended Rose-Hulman Operation Catapult last summer. Will receive second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, June 2007, Staff position for the last two years at Tae Kwon Do. SC State Tae Kwon Do Champion. Lead Nursing Home Service Devotions monthly, Member of National Home School Honor Society for 3 years.</p>
<p>My son was provisionally accepted in May of 2006 for Fall 2007 admission. He had only submitted his Junior year SAT scores (1980/2400), completed the intended major survey stuff on sat test and had visited campus once. The acceptance letter said his application would be coming in the mail in August and for him to please fill it out. </p>
<p>He did fill it out in August and was accepted the beginning of October with small scholarship. He took the SAT again in October, scored 2090/2400, was invited to honors college a couple of weeks after test results. </p>
<p>Applied for eureka program, Calhoun Scholars program (my son loves research and would love to do so in Germany).</p>
<p>My son was also accepted to Rose-Hulman with a $5000 scholarship, but it is way out of our budget, so unless there is a lot more aid coming his way, he won't be going there, though he loved it too.</p>
<p>He has been visited Clemson for the past 3 years. Loved it and still loves it. He plans to live at home and commute.</p>
<p>Thanks for all your info.</p>
<p>YARRR<em>for</em>teh_pirates, here are my stats: SC public school, ranked 3/100, GPA 5.10, 1500/2280 SATs, 35 ACT, SAT IIs: 770 Lit, 790 US, 780 Bio, 720 Chem, will graduate with 11 AP classes (5s on Eng Lang, Chem, Bio, and USH), president of 3 clubs, two sports, 100+ hours of community service, job at a restaurant for more than a year (12hr/week during school, 25hr/week summer), interested in biology/history programs.</p>
<p>Anyone else heard anything "NOW" from Clemson?</p>
<p>Those who are accepted early are probably either in the honor's college or made above a 1300 on the SAT.</p>
<p>Hello everyone! I was accepted into Clemson 12/15, Calhoun Honors College 12/18 (though I just got the package on Tuesday, haha) and received an invitation to the National Scholars Weekend today by FedEx (my dad wants to golf the whole time, haha!). I am from Maine, which probably helped me out a bit :)</p>
<p>I may be able to provide some perspective from last year however I understand Clemson has changed some of their requirements esp. for the honors program.</p>
<p>In 2005, I applied early, Sept or Oct, with at 1480/2180, a 3.83 GPA and 8
AP classes with 5's on all tests, was accepted in Nov with an offer of full OOS tuition waiver. I got additional offer of money in a Jan/Feb letter. It was around $2750 per year in addition to the OOS waiver. Total of the award over 4 years was around $64K. </p>
<p>My sister went to Clemson and graduated Magna Cume Laude from there last year so I was pretty interested in the school. My cost would have been in-state tution and room and board and thats it. Not a bad deal esp with outside scholarship money I won. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, even with the high SAT and GPA and 5 other national scholarships from outside, I didn't get an invite to the honors program. </p>
<p>Last year you had to be in the top 3% of your graduating class to qualify for honors. I was in the top 5% at a very difficult school., i.e. two people accepted to MIT, one to Stanford, two to Cornel...you get the picture....top 5% at my school would be in the top 1% most other places.</p>
<p>I appealed but not a word in reply. I got the impression that some staff felt that this out of state kid might be trying to take up our instate kid slots. Again just my impression. </p>
<p>As I said, I liked the school, my sister had a great time and did well there and it was one of my top 3 but without admission to honors I had to write Clemson off. I did get a letter last spring asking why I passed them up and told them the same story as I am telling you.</p>
<p>So bottom line is OOS requires two things.....SAT over 1350 math/verbal and a very early application. Honors has requirements on top of that and last year it was class rank. I found that out by calling and asking.</p>
<p>My take is the OOS waiver offer is a recruitment tool and they use it and yield managment to ensure they get kids who will boost their common data set/national academic rankings at not too high of a cost.</p>
<p>Now you can get into honors later, my sister was invited to join at the end of her first second and third years with a 3.75-3.80 GPA but I just felt there was a big disconnect between offering me $64k and not offering me honors. Not being able to find someone in charge to discuss it with was the tipping point</p>
<p>Last point, my sister got additional money from Clemson, merit based, each year. Not a whole lot, $1 to 2K per year based on her GPA and outside volunteer work so there is the potential for additional money each year.</p>
<p>I wound up at GaTech, for me its free, but there are very few girls and my social life is not as full as my sister had at Clemson. </p>
<p>Please take this as perspective/context as you wait for your offers and think about which ones to take. Clemson is a great school. I have a number of friends there and they are very happy, however for me it just didn't quite work out.</p>
<p>"So bottom line is OOS requires two things.....SAT over 1350 math/verbal and a very early application."</p>
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<li>your way off there with the 1350 SAT for OOS. I've been told that it's more around the mid 1200's for the SAT, with many having even lower. It hasn't become that competitive...yet</li>
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<p>You said, "your way off there with the 1350 SAT for OOS. I've been told that it's more around the mid 1200's for the SAT, with many having even lower. It hasn't become that competitive...yet"</p>
<p>OOS tuition waiver has always been >1300. Recently I heard it went up. Don't believe than just call admissions. Or... see the link below. </p>
<p>You can get in with less, just look at their common data set but OOS tuition waiver requires a 1300 SAT, congruent gpa and early application</p>
<p>From the Clemson website </p>
<p>"WHAT ARE MY CHANCES FOR RECEIVING A SCHOLARSHIP?
Entering freshmen are evaluated for scholarships on the basis of the admissions application. There is no separate scholarship application. Students are ranked based on test scores and high school rank-in-class. Those who are offered an Academic Recruiting Scholarship, which may carry a waiver of the out-of-state fee differential, usually have an SAT score of at least 1300 (ACT 30) and rank in the top 10 percent of their senior class. Stipends range from $500 per year to the full cost of attendance. Recruiting scholarships (which are only available to entering freshmen) are renewable for three additional years provided that the minimum standards are maintained.</p>
<p>Well I know that the average SAT/ACT score for the Calhoun Honors College is 1401/32, respectively, so to get into the regular college has got to be less than that! I read also that it is only the scholarship receivers who hear back before the published 2/15 date.
The admissions staff is very, very helpful though if you ever need anything...even if your parents want a tee time at Walker, they'll hook you up ;)</p>
<p>The Clemson common data set is here <a href="http://www.clemson.edu/oir/commonDataSet/Admission.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.clemson.edu/oir/commonDataSet/Admission.htm</a></p>
<p>Specifically
Percent of first-time, first-year (freshman) students with scores in each range:</p>
<pre><code>SAT I Verbal % SAT I Math%
</code></pre>
<p>700-800 10 15
600-699 44 54
500-599 39 27
400-499 7 4
300-399 0 0
200-299 0 0 </p>
<pre><code>ACT Composite%
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<p>30-36 20<br>
24-29 60<br>
18-23 19<br>
12-17 1<br>
6-11 0<br>
below 6 0 </p>
<pre><code> 25th percentile 75th percentile
</code></pre>
<p>SAT I Verbal 550 650
SAT I Math 580 670 </p>
<p>So you could get in with a 1000 on your SAT with the top 25% of admits having ~1300+/- </p>
<p>So 1300 for OOS waiver seems to make fit as does ~1400 for Honors with high class rank.</p>
<p>Hope this provides some perspective... I think I'll go back to the GATech boards now</p>
<p>i thought you were talking about just getting admitted from out of state, not about the OOS waiver. So, yea your probably right with those numbers</p>
<p>steviesteve, i don't think rank is that important for honors college...</p>
<p>right now, I'm ranked about 8th out of 53 students and I got invited to honors college and NS...</p>
<p>i think it is a huge travesty though that you weren't accepted into honors college</p>
<p>Rank was very important last year when I applied. I talked to admissions and to honors both and it was top 3%...period....Admisssion would not refer my app over to the honors program. It was there decision. </p>
<p>Of course I am from GA, right next store, and 8-10 kids from my HS pick Clemson each year as did my sister so there was no incentive for them to refer.</p>
<p>I do know they said they were rethinking the honors requirement for 2007 so they may have dropped rank. Also as a NS semi finalist you have some to have some pretty impressive credentials over and above your class rank and SAT scores.</p>
<p>Again I was 1480 SAT, rank ~45 out of 740, 3.83 UW with 5's on all 8 ap classes I took as well as a best buy, target, FMA and 2 other scholarships winner. Class rank was the hold up, trust me I called and so did my folks and we sent a written appeal as well but no dice</p>