Chance of merit scholarship..?

<p>I know notifications come out next month (that's right, isn't it?) but I was wondering if I should expect anything.</p>

<p>Here are my stats I guess?
ACT: 32
Class rank: 16/735
GPA: 3.8 unweighted, 4.4 weighted
A decent amount of extracurriculars but nothing really competitive.. (Interact Club (VP), Art Club, Marching Band, Science Club (VP), Literary Magazine, NHS) </p>

<p>That's about all they look at right?
Thanks for lookin at this.</p>

<p>Oh, and I’m in state and would be going into DGS. No idea what I want to do with myself at this point…</p>

<p>A lot of scholarships are college- or department-based. Isn’t DGS for undeclareds? That would work against you.</p>

<p>You may well get something small or a need-based grant, but I think you’re probably in that gray area between being a solid admit yet not quite in the highest tier for merit scholarships. The 5 students who received $15,000 Premier Engineering Scholarships had ACTs of 34-36.</p>

<p>I would expect you to receive something campus-wide, similar to how the upper OOS students almost all received a University Achievement scholarship, but not anything huge. Your stats are good, but unfortunately, U of I admits quite a few people with stats very similar to yours. You just need to make yourself stand out, and without knowing your complete picture, it’s impossible to definitively say.</p>