I’m currently a high school senior and I will be attending The Ohio State University next year. I did not apply for need based aid and my family is able to pay the full cost of attendance, but of course it would be very helpful to get merit money. I want to commit now because housing and orientation dates are chosen in order of when your deposit is received, however I don’t want committing to decrease my chances of getting scholarship money (they haven’t started notifiying students about scholarships yet). Will committing affect my chance of getting merit money or is it unrelated?
Congrats on being born to a wealthy family.
If you can commit now, do so, to get preferred housing/orientation.
According to the school, scholarships are offered to people before and after any early commitment.
can you guys help me. I committed to RIT before getting my scholarship in the mail and i am really worried about them changing there mind on my scholarship. Do you know if my scholarship for RIT will change since i already committed
@Yolo0101 , did you receive notification of the scholarship in some way other than the mail? If so, I wouldn’t worry about it. Schools are not in the business of pulling scholarships because you committed. Or is this is a situation where you’re just hoping to get a scholarship?
I didn’t get a scholarship yet. I asked the admissions counselor how long it will take form me to receive my scholarship and they said 2 weeks. It’s almost been two weeks and I committed before receiving my scholarship. I’m scared since I committed, they will take the scholarship away. Do you know if you committed, will they still give you a scholarship? I’m like literally shaking right now
I believe schools are fair. If you would have received a scholarship before committing, you’ll receive the same after. The school wants you to attend and there is nothing that says you have to even if you commit. If you can’t afford it, you can’t afford it.
There are so many people at universities working on enrolling students your acceptance may not even been known to the one working on the merit scholarships, the FA people, the housing people, the department you will be entering.
In our experience the two (merit vs admissions) didn’t seem to talk to one another. My D committed as we knew better housing went to those who committed sooner. Remarkably they increased her merit off a couple of weeks later.
@NJRoadie did she get a scholarship before she commit? Also was it RIT?
I think it depends. If the merit is highly competitive, then committing before a decision is made is probably a bad idea.
We sent in my daughter’s acceptance fee ($100) before we received her merit scholarship (we knew she was eligible based on info. on OSU’s website). She received her merit scholarship roughly 2 weeks later. Didn’t make any difference. I assume all the school’s are like this. A hundred dollars (or thereabouts) is a pittance when you’re talking about tens of thousands of dollars and I think the schools know this. You can still walk away. So don’t worry about committing and locking in your housing.
“Congrats on being born to a wealthy family.”
:)) thanks for the laugh tonight lol
Yes she had a merit offer, but they raised it after she committed. I do not think it was related, as others who had not committed also got the raise. It was not RIT.
Generally speaking, if you need a scholarship, it’s a bad idea to commit before you know whether you’ll get one and for how much. If you’re lucky enough to have a family who can afford being full pay, then there’s no need to wait (the scholarship being sorta the cherry on the cake but not needed) since it’ll give you better access to housing.