<p>Wondering what the chances are for myOOS DS to get one of the scholarships listed on their site, is there are way to find out how much/many they give away? Looking for some first hand experience, did your SD or DD get any?</p>
<p>I only know that they use a combination of ACT/SAT score and your class rank. I would call financial aid and ask them how many they give out. In October all University websites are supposed to have cost calculators that will give you a better idea of what you qualify for. We are applying in a couple of weeks, but have no idea what merit aid we will qualify for either.</p>
<p>Thanks Busymom3, calling is a good idea. We are trying to do our homework before applying but it makes it difficult when the details aren’t available on their website.</p>
<p>The Common Data Set from the website has some information, though not a huge amount of detail. </p>
<p><a href=“http://irp.unl.edu/dmdocuments/CDS2010-11.pdf[/url]”>http://irp.unl.edu/dmdocuments/CDS2010-11.pdf</a></p>
<p>The numbers for merit aid look a bit low to me.</p>
<p>Thanks Huskermom2015!</p>
<p>My D had a 31 ACT, and about 4.2 weighted GPA. They don’t rank at her h.s. but she had an I.B. diploma, and ‘summa cum laude’ designation. Cross Country and track letters, and average # of EC’s. She got a George Beadle scholarship. Worth the difference between OOS tuition, and In State. If memory serves worth about $18k per year. Details below. She opted for USC instead, but was sorely tempted by this offer.</p>
<p>SCHOL. INFO FROM NU website.
George Beadle Scholarship, Ruth Leverton Scholarship, Aaron Douglas Scholarship
(admission materials must be submitted and complete by May 1st) </p>
<p>These scholarships are awarded to students from out-of-state who exhibit superior academic performance. Scholarship values vary from $2,500 a year up to the difference between resident and nonresident tuition. When meeting the annual renewal criteria, these scholarships are applicable for up to 135 credit hours or the completion of a bachelor’s degree, whichever occurs first. These hours are inclusive of transfer hours from UNO, UNK, UNMC, study abroad, extended education, and hours earned as a UNL visiting student (i.e., credit hours that are included in the UNL gpa calculation).</p>
<p>Thanks for this info MitchKreyben!!</p>
<p>Talked to them on the phone a few days ago…the main merit aid most of us are probably looking at are the (now) $14k Beadle scholarship and the other one for $9k . These are not “automatic” like the ones at Alabama and many other colleges. Certain GPAs and ACT/SAT scores will “qualify” you for them, but the actual money is awarded only to those chosen by the scholarship committee (or whoever makes the choices). A few days ago a friend of my son got the Beadle scholarship with a 29 ACT and a 3.85 gpa. By the way, the admissions and financial aid staff at Nebraska is amazingly efficient and polite. They make decisions in days rather than months, and seem do it all with smiles on their faces. Many other colleges’ staffs could learn a thing or two from the Cornhuskers.</p>
<p>mooop,</p>
<p>Do you know when your son’s friend completed his application including the personal statement required for the scholarships? Trying to find out the turn around time for scholarships. The admission decision for my daughter took only a day. ACT 32, 4.0 GPA top 10%, great ECs. Hoping for a Beadle $14K.</p>
<p>Dave</p>
<p>Daveverdo, the application and statement went in around the first couple weeks of September. They got the admission decision within a few days. The U of Nebraska folks I talked to on the phone said they were starting to send out scholarship decisions “in late October.” One encouraging thing is that when you use their online price/scholarship estimator, whatever scholarship the student qualifies for comes up (even though it’s supposedly NOT “automatic”). I asked one person on the staff about that, and she said “the estimator is usually pretty accurate.” If so, your daughter would seem to be in good shape for the Beadle. You’ll probably hear from them any day now. Oh, and you apparently first get notified via the “myred” portal: </p>
<p><a href=“https://myred.nebraska.edu/psp/myred/NBL/ENTP/?cmd=login&languageCd=ENG&”>https://myred.nebraska.edu/psp/myred/NBL/ENTP/?cmd=login&languageCd=ENG&</a></p>
<p>moooop,</p>
<p>Thanks. My daughter checked myRed today and there was a Beadle Letter. $14K for four years.</p>
<p>Now she just has to wait for all the other scholls that won’t do anything until February.</p>
<p>Dave</p>
<p>I believe the personal statement is only required if you are applying for diversity, leadership, or service scholarships. </p>
<p>My son received the Beadle scholarship, and then U Nebraska kept giving him additional money as the application process progressed. He received a leadership scholarship, honors program book stipend, BBA honors scholarship and another scholarship but I can’t remember what it was for. </p>
<p>Ultimate my son received a prestigious scholarship from SMU that came with significant perks, so he did not end up attending U Nebraska, but we were very impressed with the school and the entire process.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>D was accepted and got the merit money promised on the Nebraska scholarship calculator to the penny.</p>
<p>I called the admissions office to inquire about the NMF scholarship and was told it is automatic for any National Merit Finalist who names UNL first choice. Also, if you are National Merit Semifinalist, they do not send out any earlier scholarship notification (ie Beadle) but rather wait until you have declared them first choice and then they just send the offer of the NMF package. A little bit nerve racking that you don’t get anything other than the generic NMF marketing stuff until later in the spring, depending on when you name them first choice.</p>
<p>We have also found the staff of the admissions office to be very friendly and helpful.</p>