<p>What types of merit-based scholarships are available at UT Austin for out-of-state students? Secondly, are there any full tuition or full ride scholarships at UT Austin? Finally, how competitive are these scholarships if they exist, what percent of out-of-state students get them, and what are the average scores/qualifications that they have?</p>
<p>You can always search UT website, all information is there.</p>
<p>Full ride
[Forty</a> Acres Scholars Program - Texas Exes Scholarship Foundation](<a href=“http://www.texasexesscholarshipfoundation.org/scholarships/forty-acres/]Forty”>http://www.texasexesscholarshipfoundation.org/scholarships/forty-acres/)</p>
<p>BUMP…I looked at the website, but am still having some trouble to find a good scholarship to aim for. With my A/B grades, perfect test scores (SAT, ACT, and 6 SAT II’s), decent extra-curricular activities, hopefully excellent recs and essays, and being from Tennessee, what would be the best scholarship to aim for. I’d prefer any scholarship that covers half of ALL costs to a full ride. Please list any such scholarships specifically.</p>
<p>[FINANCIAL</a> AID: 2011-2012 Undergraduate Cost of Attendance (COA)](<a href=“http://finaid.utexas.edu/costs/110undergradcosts.html]FINANCIAL”>Cost & Tuition Rates - Texas One Stop - University of Texas at Austin). Please look at this page and confirm that UT Austin really costs 18K to 25K (tuition, fees, room/board, books) for out-of-state undergrads. If that is the case, this is the ideal public university because most others cost at least 40K for the entire package and usually as much as the Ivy League.</p>
<p>those costs are per semester. My OOS son will be attending in the College of Natural Sciences this fall, and our estimated COA from the Financial Aid office was $47k.</p>
<p>We don’t have much info on merit scholarships to pass along. He did not receive any merit aid, with pretty good stats, although better test scores and ECs than GPA. If you search through the UT forums, you will see a few awarded from OOS, but they are out there. The numbers do seem to vary by college, so keep that in mind.</p>
<p>If you are seriously looking at UT, look into the various honors programs and their early application deadlines. They were not on our radar at all, nor was applying for housing in September, so he missed the boat on programs we did not know even existed or on the more popular dorms which basically fill in the fall.</p>
<p>Good luck to you in your application process.</p>
<p>nuum83 is right.</p>
<p>Most of Departmental merit scholarships are awarded through various Honors Programs.
[Honors</a> Programs | Be a Longhorn](<a href=“http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/freshmen/honors]Honors”>http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/freshmen/honors)</p>
<p>Colleges that don’t have freshmen honors programs usually don’t have departmental merit scholarships for freshmen and students admitted there can be sometimes awarded OSFS or general university scholarships.</p>
<p>Here is the link with explanations about different types of scholarships at UT.
[Texas</a> Scholarships: Scholarship Types](<a href=“http://www.texasscholarships.org/types/index.html]Texas”>http://www.texasscholarships.org/types/index.html)</p>
<p>With my A/B grades, perfect test scores (SAT, ACT, and 6 SAT II’s), decent extra-curricular activities with many state-level awards, hopefully excellent recs and essays, being from Tennessee, and maybe advancing in a few national science competitions next spring, what scholarship if any could I possibly get?</p>
<p>DoctorMagic</p>
<p>Did you read the previous posts? (how to make confused face and place it here?)</p>
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<li>40 acres</li>
<li>DEPARTMENTAL (usually HONORS PROGRAM).</li>
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<p>If you apply to College of Undergraduate Studies the chance to get merit scholarships will be very small.</p>
<p>And now go and do your own research on the site of particular college (Honors Program) you are interested in.</p>
<p>DoctorMagic, all CC forums have an archive search feature. I do suggest you review some of the past discussions about merit scholarships at the University of Texas. </p>
<p>Like most other public schools, UT does favor its own citizen/taxpayer’s children, i.e., “being from Tennessee” is not a bonus here, it is a hurdle. This is true at most state flagships. So, for example, before we even get to scholarship awards, UT caps OOS admission at no more than 10% of the student population. It is a very competitive admit! And then, as for merit monies, UT isn’t known for having a lot of merit money to give out…even to the 90% of in-state kids. Instead, UT has chosen to put more dollars into the financial aid pot. This has become a relatively common scenario at colleges across the US.</p>
<p>So…not to discourage you–feel free to go for it–but it would be unrealistic to put a lot of hope in your quest for UT merit, esp. at an amount as high as half to full ride. If you are looking for that much, then perhaps what you really need/qualify for is financial aid? </p>
<p>You might get the red carpet treatment at your own state flagship (also UT!). </p>
<p>Are you a National Merit Semi-Finalist based on your PSAT? If yes, that is your key to a full ride. Go to the National Merit Scholarships thread in the Financial Aid forum. </p>
<p>Hmmm…looking at your recent threads, please understand that most public schools are fairly grade-driven in admissions and that when you focus on the top schools in the country, public or private, few are known for giving good merit because admission is so darned competitive, each matriculant is pretty amazing! You will be considered a reach at top schools…most applicants are…and merit doesn’t go to reaches. You just need to research what schools are known for good merit aid and pay particular attention to how to determine whether a school is looking for a candidate with your stats. In your particular case, you want to identify schools that are “up and comers” who want to attract students with high SAT/ACT scores to boost their numbers in rankings. If you will also need financial aid, you need to know how much. There is a “schools for good merit” thread stickied at the top of the Parents Forum. The Financial Aid forum is a great resource.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>@TXArtemis, thanks. One final post: Does anyone know a top public university in the USA that looks more at test scores than grades, costs 30K-40K for out-of-state students, and has decently competitive scholarship options for oos’s?</p>
<p>^ That’s not a question for the UT forum.</p>
<p>You really need to be doing your own research so you can customize the most savvy search for your particular profile. Input your data into the college search engines at College Board and CC. Work through a Fiskes guide. Read the threads people recommend to you. Here’s another:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1339529-where-would-you-encourage-2400-sat-not-stellar-gpa-student-apply.html?highlight=high+scores+low+grade[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1339529-where-would-you-encourage-2400-sat-not-stellar-gpa-student-apply.html?highlight=high+scores+low+grade</a></p>
<p>Isn’t it University of Alabama that so many people here usually suggest as a full ride option for high achievers?</p>
<p>Ok, forgo the full ride. Can I get into UT Austin as oos? Secondly, why is there such a large range for the semester tuition and fees costs at UT Austin? Finally, is there be any merit option outside National Merit that can reduce my total annual cost to about 30K for everything?</p>
<p>1-Maybe, you will compete against other OOS applicants for a place in the 10% freshman class set aside for non-residents
2-Tuition varies by college, see <a href=“Cost & Tuition Rates - Texas One Stop - University of Texas at Austin”>Cost & Tuition Rates - Texas One Stop - University of Texas at Austin;
3-Asked and answered in various posts above</p>
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