<p>Our son received a Trustee Scholarship and was accepted into Dornsife. Can he change his major without it affecting his scholarship?</p>
<p>No extra scholarship for me. 
Do you think I should’ve waited for the award before commiting? Oh well, no going back. 
Still very grateful for the Trustee. 
Price is pretty much the same as the UC’s. The office told my parents to make an appointment if anything seem unaffordable, though; that wiggle room’s definitely am advantage over the state option. If nothing changes, hopefully I get the Latino AA scholarship to alleviate room & board. :P</p>
<p>Sorry you ONLY got the Trustee. Ironic this thread is above the one trying to figure out how to pay for it. Can’t you work to pay for some of it? Summer jobs too? That’s what a lot of students do to alleviate costs, they work for it.</p>
<p>@blueskies2day I’m perfectly fine with working. The problem is the expected parent contribution. My work study was actually only a little over $1k. I wish it would’ve been higher, but instead the burden falls on my parents. Usually colleges don’t let students take some of the parent contribution, but I will ask USC about doing so. I apologize for my parents’ lack of wealth.</p>
<p>As I mentioned, I’m very grateful for the Trustee scholarship. Not complaining, just trying to work out the rest of the costs. :)</p>
<p>@SanFranDad - yes, he can change his major and retain his scholarship. CONGRATS!</p>
<p>@alamemom - can he keep his scholarship even if his new major is in a different school, i.e., engineering or business?</p>
<p>Yes, he may retain his scholarship even if he changes schools within USC. The scholarship policy is here; <a href=“http://www.usc.edu/programs/ugprograms/aif/renewal.htm”>http://www.usc.edu/programs/ugprograms/aif/renewal.htm</a> . Because it doesn’t state outright that he may change schools (the policy lists requirements for renewal, and there is no requirement that he keep the same major/school), to set your mind at ease it would be a good idea to ask your question in an email to admissions so you have written confirmation.</p>
<p>We have anecdotal evidence here on the forum from students who have changed majors/schools and retained their scholarships, but it is always best to get it straight from the source.</p>
<p>Be sure to post the info when they reply to your question!</p>
<p>@SanFranDad, </p>
<p>I did confirm the same information 2 weeks ago with the engineering’s admission director. The answer is “yes”. He can keep his scholarships when switching major or school. The key is to have him discuss the course plan with his Intended (or Future) school and Not the one he is admitted to. Once he gets satisfactory grades, the final transfer will become official. Therefore, you can see the bottom line is the receiving/destination program needs to see his first term’s grades to make it final.</p>
<p>@blueskies2day No need to be rude to Lilliana, I’m sure she didn’t just get her scholarship by sitting around and being lazy. She knows how to work.</p>
<p>@Lilliana330 Congrats on the Trustee scholarship! I’m in the same boat as you. I check everyday to see if a University Scholarship magically appears. How helpful would that be? lol</p>
<p>@Lilliana330 I am waiting as well for the university scholarship to hopefully appear. haha where would it be under? My trustee still isn’t online</p>
<p>Mine is under gift aid with Trustee.</p>
<p>For some reason there isn’t a “gift aid” tab for me. Huh that’s weird</p>
<p>Correction: It’s under “gift aid” which is in the FAST financial aid tab</p>
<p>@chickenfiesta thanks! </p>
<p>@veritasrmc Thanks, congrats to you as well! Lol it’d be nice, it seems like they could add it as late as the end of the month sooo let’s hope for the best. :)</p>
<p>@actstudent Yup, FA tab!</p>
<p>Just to clarify one point. If your FA award lists Workstudy–$1000 (for example), it simply means you are allowed to get a job that is designated work study (if you can) and that USC FA expects you to earn at least $1000 at that WS job to put towards your COA. The truth is–any student may get a job while at USC (although some WS jobs are restricted to just those who have been awarded WS eligibility). Many jobs are not restricted to WS only and they often pay even better, too. Plus, many students work more hours and make more than $1000. (at $10/hour, that means working 100 hours, or about 8 hours/week for 3 months) My point: for students who have the time and desire to earn more $$, there are options. One example is applying for a funded undergrad research project through the Provost’s office. The stipend is $1000 and you get a wonderful chance to do meaningful work, perhaps get published, and join a team that may connect you to further opportunities. Looks great on the resume, as well. So there are ways to work for more $$.</p>
<p>Just to clarify–must one have applied for financial aid to receive the University Scholarship? </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>DreamingFilms, the University Scholarship is a small merit scholarship un-tied to FA. I think all scholarships (merit or FA based) are showing up in the FA section now.</p>
<p>@madbean Thank you! One question, though: Would the extra $$ go towards student loans or towards parent contribution?</p>
<p>@Lilliana330 - The University Scholarship would first be applied to work/study OR subsidized loans. If a University scholarship appears, I would immediately send a email asking that it be applied to LOANS rather than work/study (those accepted to TO may find that the University Scholarship is automatically applied to work/study - the thought is that TO is so challenging that the extra time is needed for study rather than work. I STILL advise holding on the the work/study if possible). Work/study is money you earn that goes toward your college costs, which is far better than a loan you have to pay back later.</p>
<p>ALL need-based aid must be replaced by scholarships before they will be applied to the parent contribution.</p>