<p>Wait, never mind. Apparently I only received the Engineering Excellence Scholarship which is $7,500 a year, for a total of $30,000. Still pretty nice, though.</p>
<p>My son just got accepted to UIUC Engineering last Friday, but he’s got top stats. I’m wondering if we should just wait or call and make inquiries?</p>
<p>ACT 36.0
Class rank 1/375
SAT II’s 800 each in physics and math II
PSAT 240 (SAT not taken)
8 APs completed (six 5s), 5 more in progress
Captain of Scholastic Bowl, Math Team member with 5 ribbons in 5 outings
mostly white (1/8th URM if they decide to split hairs)</p>
<p>How much is full in-state tuition with room and board these days, anyway? We’re poor enough that the elite private schools could still be much cheaper for us.</p>
<p>Well, it looks like an email with the $15,000 scholarship arrived earlier today. For those of you accepted RD on Friday, watch your email.</p>
<p>So what additional scholarships are available for in-state residents who didn’t take the SAT?</p>
<p>Well, I just got the email about the Frima Lukatskaya Scholarship which gives a full ride for a CS student, but no doubt you received that too.</p>
<p>It’s a shame your son is apparently graduating early (that’s what I’ve gathered, since you say he hasn’t taken the SAT and he had an amazing PSAT score)- he would probably be a shoo-in for the Provost Scholarship if he went through with the National Merit Scholarship Program.</p>
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<p>Yea, I forgot to mention that he’s a 3-year graduate.</p>
<p>For an extra $10k a year, he may well consider taking the SAT. The Dean (what a great guy!) has already agreed to push the scholarship forward if my son takes his desired gap year. So the Provost Scholarship may still be doable. With our low income, however, the elite private colleges should still turn out to be much cheaper, should he get accepted.</p>
<p>The Frima Lukatskaya Scholarship certainly has some interesting essay questions, especially the last one, with its long list of somewhat-overlapping terms.</p>
<p>I got the sense that there are other UIUC scholarships out there, even down to the major level. Maybe they are really small amounts or maybe there’s a bit of flexibility in sweeting the pot in certain cases.</p>
<p>I also got the Frima Lukatskaya Scholarship invitation and I will apply. Actually I just finished my essay. :)</p>
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<p>Are you trying to intimidate other candidates from applying? It won’t work, your competition is too used to coming in first!</p>
<p>I had no such intentions. Actually I had no intentions at all. I understand your distrust of people but you really need to start being less paranoid. :)</p>
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<p>I’m a parent. From this side of the age barrier, we call paranoia HEALTHY REALISM.</p>
<p>(How do you get those smilie graphics?)</p>
<p>Well, than I am sorry if got myself undersood wrongly. I had no intention of intimidating others.</p>
<p>Smileys are inserted automatically. When I write : ) without a space in between, the graphic is inserted.</p>
<p>there’s nothing on the uiuc website on this: Frima Lukatskaya Scholarship
what are the criteria for selection and procedure?</p>
<p>there’s nothing on the uiuc website on this: Frima Lukatskaya Scholarship.
what are the criteria for selection and procedure?</p>
<p>there’s nothing on the uiuc website on this: Frima Lukatskaya Scholarship
what are the criteria for selection and procedure?</p>
<p>"This scholarship provides in-state tuition and housing for a full year, and, with strong academic performance, the following years in Computer Science. In addition, the winner of the Frima Lukatskaya Scholarship will have an opportunity to meet with Max Levchin.</p>
<p>The Frima Lukatskaya Scholarship was established by CS@ILLINOIS alumnus Max Levchin (founder of PayPal, Slide, VP of Engineering at Google) in honor of his grandmother, who, through her remarkable life and career in science, taught him that talent and knowledge must be catalyzed by relentless drive to achieve excellence."</p>
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<p>Actually there is a link to a page on UIUC where you get details and can submit your application, including an 800-word essay. I hesitate to post the URL, however, because it’s probably a by-invitation-only opportunity. You might be able to call or email the engineering college for access, however.</p>
<p>My son got an additional scholarship in the mail; at first it looked pretty good ($7000), but it’s $7k over 4 years, not a big deal.</p>