<p>Son was accepted this week,OOS, and received the acceptance packet in the mail, with no mention of scholarship money. Called, and was told that if there is no mention of scholarship money in the packet, then none would be forthcoming. I know I have seen postings, where the merit notification came after the acceptance packet. Has this happened to you?</p>
<p>No, I think the posts mean that they got the merit after they saw their acceptance online. When I was accepted, all the merit was mentioned in the acceptance letter sent in the mail. You even called and they told you themselves. I could be wrong, but since you heard it straight from their mouths, and I personally haven’t seen any posts indicating otherwise, it seems unlikely.</p>
<p>No, for me the merit money came in my acceptance packet.</p>
<p>Actually, that happened to my son. He saw online that he was accepted into Engineering and the Honors Program. When his official letter came in the mail there was no mention of merit money. I thought that was strange since it seems many of those accepted into Honors get a merit award. I called Admissions the next day and was told the letter was mailed while he was still being considered for merit money. They were able to tell me he received an Academic Excellence Award but would not tell me over the phone the amount. The merit letter came a few days letter showing 1/2 tuition (not including room and board).</p>
<p>The woman at admissions I spoke to was not very helpful, and gave me general information, and did not check under my son’s name or anything, so I guess we will wait and see, and possibly call back next week to check on a merit award. My son did not apply to honors though, but does have 3.7 GPA, with 30 ACT’s, so I thought he might get an academic award. We are OOS. Crossing my fingers!</p>
<p>Yikes, I thought I would get some merit. Nothing else came with my acceptance :(</p>
<p>Last year when my acceptance came in the mail, there was also a letter about how much merit money they were offering me.</p>
<p>So, you can be accepted into the honors program but not be given any merit money?
Guess I’ll be attending elsewhere then…</p>