<p>I just received notification that I have been awarded the University Achievement Scholarship for OOS students. Will College of Engineering scholarships be awarded in a separate letter or should I not expect to receive any additional merit aid?</p>
<p>DS is OOS Ohio and also received University Achievement Scholarship. We’re wondering the same thing about Engineering scholarships. We’re grateful for the scholarship, but will need more assistance to attend.</p>
<p>i am in the same boat</p>
<p>congrats! how did you find out about the scholarship?</p>
<p>i got a letter in the mail at the beginning of the week.</p>
<p>was this letter included in your admissions package or was it separate?</p>
<p>it was separate. it came on the same day though</p>
<p>Separate. My scholarship notification was sent out 2 days after my acceptance letter.</p>
<p>I received the University Achievement Scholarship as well, and it came in the mail yesterday, a few days after my acceptance package. Does anyone know the timeline for James’ Scholars or individual college scholarships? (particularly AHS?)</p>
<p>Just curious has anyone else received a university Achievement Scholarship in January? I am wondering if they were all sent in December. </p>
<p>Also, wondering if my son would qualify…ACT 35, GPA 3.87 UW, 4.01 W, good ec. I am somewhat surprised he didn’t get it but then maybe the bar is extremely high and he didn’t make the cut.</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>college, is your son an Illinois resident? what college did he get into?</p>
<p>If you’re in state, don’t expect any merit money. My brother applied with perfect ACT and perfect grades with an extremely challenging course load and he only got offered 1000 over 4 years</p>
<p>I echo the issue with Illinois being extremely stingy with In state kids…</p>
<p>My brother applied in 06’, had 33 on ACT, highest honors(~3.75+ in APs) from a very good suburban Chicago H.S., straight 5’s on 8 APs, a published essay in a national publication, glowing recommendations…etc.</p>
<p>He was admitted to Duke…</p>
<p>He received the normal 1/2K in grant money all high scorers get.</p>
<p>Such a joke…then again it was such a good deal instate then he went anyway and got his bachelors there.</p>
<p>Dont look for a full/half ride from UIUC…it isnt forthcoming…you are going to have to pay the 10K a year or whatever for tuition after the grant money is counted. If you dont have it, have the kid take out loans…UIUC is one of the best regarded public universities in the corporate world and 40k in low interest loans to get an Illinois degree is more than worth it in most cases.</p>
<p>10k? No way… It costs close to 30k/ year in state. If it was only 10k I would go for sure</p>
<p>roderick and mk13bball,</p>
<p>He is out of state and UIUC provides a university acheivement scholarship of $10K to top kids then it seems the door opens for another 10K in the eng. dept if they rank high enough. If he doesn’t get the first then obviously won’t get the second and bye bye Illinois. He is accepted at Purdue, U of M, Ohio State, Case with scholarships at each (U of M is tiny since we reside in Michigan -same as UIUC as far as in state scholarships). Also, accepted at GA Tech.</p>
<p>i am looking for an oos who has received notification of the university achievement award in January. Wondering if they were all sent in December just after acceptances came out. If so, bummer!</p>
<p>If he’s been accepted at Michigan, there’s no academic reason to go OOS to either Purdue or Illinois. They’re all top ten engineering schools.</p>
<p>Daughter accepted into both Illinois and Purdue as an engineering major. Purdue offered generous scholarship. D can attend Purdue as an out-of-state student for significantly less cost than attending UIUC as an in-state student. If D decides to attend a big university, this makes the decision easy.</p>