<p>I just want to make sure everyone is clear on the reduced tuition for OOS students.</p>
<p>In order to get the full reduced in-state tuition of $3973 per semester you much be a non-resident scholarship student receiving the McNair, Lieber, Cooper, McKissick or Alumni scholarship. These are the only scholarships that make you eligible for the actual in-state tuition.</p>
<p>Students who recieve a departmental scholarship of $500/YEAR or more or any many of the other scholarships awarded by USC are eligible for the non-resident scholarship rate of $5882 per semester. This is still a huge savings from the OOS tuition of $10,616 per semester.</p>
<p>kmkord,
do you know how many McKissick scholarships are awarded? the site is very vague and the admissions rep seemed like they handed them out almost pro forma if a student met the criteria...which I am gathering is not the case--what are department scholarships? also, if no application was necessary for these, when are they awarded? at the same time as the other ones that required an application?</p>
<p>kmkord
how sure are you of your information? many of us were given different information at info sessions from what you are stating. Most were given the fact that any scholarship above $250 a semester ($500 year) would reduce OOS tuition to instate levels.
Also, if this is fact the case, there are Honors College scholarships awarded outside of what you listed, including the S Carolina College Scholarship of $1400 a year which "given as a matter of course to all out of state students who have no other scholarship support".This would, in turn, make all out of state students in the Honors College eligible for the reduced tuition rate.
TheFiveofUs:
the number of various scholarship awards are listed at sc.edu/financialaid/factbook<em>freshmen</em>scholarship_0708.html.This will give you the actual # of McKissicks,Coopers,etc. There's lots of them.
Departmental scholarships are listed at sc.edu/financialaid/departmental.html
S was sent a letter ,after he made his enrollment deposit ,from his intended major department listing their scholarships and how to apply for them,it was a separate application.Each departments process may be different so its a good idea to search around that list and the department's webpages.
I would verify what level of scholarship makes a student eligible for instate tuition rates with the admissions or financial aid office,since differnt people seem to have different info here..</p>
<p>I am very positive about this information. It has been a source of much discussion in our house this semester due to my D's situation.</p>
<p>All the scholarships state: All nonresidents students receiving this scholarship receive a reduced tuition benefit as well. It doesn't say an in-state tuition rate. It is called the non-resident scholarship rate. </p>
<p>Even those students in the honors college who receive the honors college $1400 scholarship still pay the non resident scholarship rate vs. the in-state tuition. I would imagine that many in the honors college received the named scholaships the get the in-state tuition.</p>
<p>kmkord
Interesting information.Maybe we hear what we want to hear when the info is explained to us,or maybe its not explained properly?
Frankly, it wasnt an issue for our family as S has named scholarship.He says everyone he knows in the Honors College has something with a "name" on it.
What we need defined now is (according to the fee schedule you cited) what is considered a "General University Scholarship" which gets the in state rate vs a "Woodrow&Departmental Scholarship" which only gets the reduced tuition benifit.Think I'll go back and try to do some more digging around the fin aid site.</p>
<p>If you look at the notes section fror the general university scholarship, it states that onlu the McNair, Lieber, Cooper, McKissick and Alumni scholarships get that rate. All other scholaships $500 a year or more get the "reduced" scholarship tuition. It is still a huge savings over OOS tuition.</p>
<p>kmkord,
those links don't work; also please explain what a Woodrow is? and on the Bursars page they mention a Capstone as a named scholarship and not Honors.</p>
<p>PMaz
km's links worked for me
it might be the Woodrow was the old name for a scholarship thats been renamed since the last I see it listed is 2004/05 with that title,but there would still be students on campus with the scholarship presently.
The various scholarships with names (except McNair,Carolina Scholar,Alumni )can be awarded to any student not just those in Honors or Capstone.For example, 2 years ago a poster here had a D accepted to USC,missed Capstone by a few points on the scale but had been awarded a McKissick.
So she would have gotten the lowest in state tuition rate but she chose to attend elsewhere.
I would still confirm with financial aid or admissions which scholarships get which tuition rates.
Kmkord I see from your earlier posts that your D applied too late to fill out the Honors app and I think enrolled with no scholarship support.Has she been awarded any scholarship for the Spring and is that how you've come to understand the tuition situation better?Have you spoken to anyone on the campus or are you just mining for info on the website as we all are?</p>
<p>Yes my D applied too late for honors and also too late for every other merit scholarship. We paid the full OOS rate for the first semester. She applied to the honors college for spring, and should find out in the next 2 weeks. It sounds as if the honors college scholarship is awarded as a matter of course for all OOS students with no other scholarship support, so we are hoping she will get in and get the scholarship. She will then be eligible for the reduced tuition. We spoke to many people on campus about this since we were trying to find some way to get the lower tuition for this year. Initially, I was upset at having the pay the full price when she would have had an excellent chance at merit aid (4.0 UW, 5.66W, rank 1/526-valedictorian and 31 ACT) I have since accepted that we may pay full price this year, and am just happy that she has found the perfect school for her. She told me last night that she likes USC even more than she thought she would. She will apply for departmental scholarships for next year, so we'll see what comes from that.</p>
<p>sorry southmom,can't answer that q as S isn't a Capstone.
It doesnt seem to be as "automatic" as it is with Honors designation (as stated in the description of the$1400 Honors College scholarship).I do suspect many of the Capstones are scholarship supported though.</p>
<p>southmom,I just looked at the capstone facts page (sc.edu/capstonescholars/facts.html and theres a sentence reading " Most Capstone Scholars qualify for in state tuition by receiving and retaining University Scholarships".
Hope this helps!!</p>
<p>Cathymee: Thanks for the info. My D is in-state so I wonder how that works with any scholarship $$$ associated with the Capstone Program. She did not apply for the Honors College....</p>
<p>PMazOD
From the wording of the statement about the scholarship,it certainly seems so,but if the info is important to your decision I would confirm with admissions or financial aid.
Southmiom
S's friends who are in state have other scholarships out of state students are not eligible for.Scholarship support is excellent there.</p>
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<p>It's nice to be remembered!! I believe the above describes my daughter. She missed the SAT cutoff for Capstone by 20 points. She was, however, awarded a McKissick Scholarship AND the instate tuition rate. When DD applied there was not money attached to Capstone Scholars. But the program has other perks (housing, advising, for example). Truthfully, if DD had gotten accepted into the honors college or capstone, she would be at USC now. BUT she really wanted one of those to make that big school seem smaller. At times she still wonders "what if" USC. She is, however, very happy where she enrolled. Good luck to all of you who are awaiting info regarding scholarships. I will say...that info comes in a regular sized very small business envelope. When it came...we figured it was a "sorry" letter. You can imagine DD's surprise when she opened it and got that scholarship award.</p>
<p>D just got the letter in the mail today with her acceptance to the honors college for the spring semester. Now she just needs to change her whole schedule for spring and find out about the honors scholarship.</p>