Merit aid or scholarships??

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>I just found out that I got accepted into usc and rejected from cornell LOL
Anyways, i applied as an international because I'm undocumented but do you guys know if I would be able to get any merit scholarships? And when will i hear from them?</p>

<p>I heard that dream act may pass so if that happens before the school starts,will I be able to get any financial aid? I cannot afford colleges and I decided to apply only because dream act may pass but I'm not hearing anything yet...</p>

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<p>You should be able to get scholarships and they’ll send you an e-mail when your fin aid award is ready. We got ours today; my daughter got the dean’s scholarship for engineering!</p>

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<p>Thanks
Anyone else? I’m really curious but I dont know where to ask…</p>

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<p>Yes, international students are eligible for scholarships at USC. The largest scholarships have been distributed, but many smaller scholarships will be posted to student accounts in the next two to three weeks.</p>

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Do you mean the California Dream Act? If so, it is currently in effect, but it applies to California residents who have attended and graduated from California high schools - your posts indicate that you live in Washington. The California Dream Act would not apply to a Washington State resident.</p>

<p>In any case, the Dream Act allows in-state tuition for undocumented California resident students at California’s public universities - the UCs and CSUs. USC is a private university that does not have in-state or out-of-state tuition - the tuition in the same for everyone. The other provision of the Dream Act is to allow grants including UC grants, CSU grants and Cal Grant. The Cal Grant deadlines have passed and Cal Grant is only available to California high school graduates, so again they would not be available to you.</p>

<p>Sorry to pass on bad news,</p>

<p>alamemom</p>

<p>Dream Act Fact Sheet:
<a href=“http://www.csac.ca.gov/pubs/forms/grnt_frm/cal_grant_dream_act_faqs.pdf[/url]”>http://www.csac.ca.gov/pubs/forms/grnt_frm/cal_grant_dream_act_faqs.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
CSAC info on Dream Act: [California</a> DreamAct](<a href=“http://www.csac.ca.gov/dream_act.asp]California”>undocumented-dreamer-students - California Student Aid Commission)
Cal Grant: [California</a> Financial Aid, College Grant, Financial Aid Grants for College: Calgrants.org](<a href=“http://www.calgrants.org/]California”>http://www.calgrants.org/)</p>

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<p>We got a financial status/award change email and it was just concerning a Stafford Loan. Is there still a chance for merit or does receiving this email mean this the final offer?</p>