<p>...or at least Full tuition++. I'm OOS, so no Tops for me. </p>
<p>Hi, I know about the Golden Oaks, which is a great deal 30 ACT/1330 SAT nets you full tuition, but I was wondering what numbers you would need to get more than that.
I think I've read on here that 33+ ACT means you have a pretty good shot at getting a full ride and a 32 will get you a lot more money to make it practically a full ride. </p>
<p>I have a strong GPA(3.8 UW+) and good ECs, but apparently LSU does not really care about that. Do they care for high GPAs and ECs for things like full ride scholarships, or extra scholarships?</p>
<p>Oh and if I end up with a 30-31, and I get the Golden Oaks award, I can expect to pay $8-10K, right? </p>
<p>Thanks, those are all of the questions I have for now.</p>
<p>you should get a bit of money. for scholarships, only unweighted gpa and act/sat matter.</p>
<p>what is your major and possible career plans? grad school? a number of colleges have special scholarships</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Not sure what my major will be, but I think it is going to be Economics, and I’m going to try and double major with Political Science being the other major. </p>
<p>Not sure about career plans, I change my mind almost every day, lol. I’m probably going to join the military, and I might make a career out of it. This is kind of why I want to go to a big public school that is cheap and/or with a big scholarship, because I think grad school is in my future. Thought about law school, but I don’t think I’d like being a lawyer, but maybe I’ll go back for an MBA or something. </p>
<p>Thanks again.</p>
<p>Yeah, Golden Oaks gets you the tuition and fees. Chancellor’s alumni gets you the room and board and stipend money.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if they still interview you for the Chancellor’s alumni schollie? I know that the numbers (ACT and GPA) are the primary deciding factor, but I also remember them interviewing kids after the initial selection and asking questions like “If you could be any character from any book, who would it be?” and similar crap like that.</p>
<p>If you get a 32 or higher, you’ll get a top 100 award (everyone who qualifies, not only a 100 students get it). That is 2000 a year in addition to tuition.</p>
<p>I got the Chancellor’s Alumni in 2008 with a 34 ACT and a LSU calculated GPA of 3.87 as an alternate. That was before the big economic collapse, so it’s probably more competitive now.</p>
<p>I am planning on law school, and quite frankly, it would have been a total waste of money to go somewhere prestigous for undergrad. Right now all that matters is my LSAT and if I score where I hope to, I can get in anywhere in the country. No one holds going to LSU against you.</p>
<p>Ok, thanks guys. So 32 will get me some extra $ and a 33+ will get me even more $ and possibly R&B costs.</p>
<p>No, a 33 plus won’t do squat unless you’re a Chancellor’s Alumni Scholar. There are only 10 of them a year and it gets more competitive and competitive each year. I got it with a 34, but that was still when economic times were better and people passed up state schools to go Ivy League, etc. Your chances are slim even if you do get a 33. </p>
<p>If you have a 29 right now like I saw, just being honest, but it’s not going to be easy to raise that up to a 34 or 35 which you would need to have a shot.</p>
<p>Hey bleaux, no they don’t interview for the Chancellor’s Alumni. They invite you to a weekend, but it’s just informational, and I didn’t even go.</p>
<p>I did visit and express considerable interest, which may have been a big factor in me getting it. I had also already committed to attend LSU when they offered me it. I think I was an alternate.</p>
<p>I may not be remembering a 100% correctly, but the scholarship office pretty much said they take your GPA and ACT and plug it into some formula and #1-10 get offered, then 11 is the next alternate, etc.</p>
<p>[Scholarship</a> Forms](<a href=“http://www.lsu.edu/financialaid/schlqualifications.htm]Scholarship”>http://www.lsu.edu/financialaid/schlqualifications.htm)</p>
<p>Give the ACT another shot if you feel up to it. The jump in score will take improvement, but it is far from impossible.</p>
<p>If you want a military career, join ROTC at LSU. The first 2 yrs. are non-commitment if you are not on scholarship, so you can get a preview of a military career and easily opt out if plans change. And Uncle Sam has been known to offer a free graduate degree (and sometimes two) to long-term military officers.</p>
<p>I had a 35 ACT and 3.7 GPA and I didn’t get the Chancellor’s Alumni scholarship. I did, however, get Top 100. TOPS covers tuition for me.</p>