Merit Scholarships / honors

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>Ok, here's the scoop. I'm a senior in high school this year, and am wondering what my chances of getting into the engineering honors program and/or receiving merit scholarships are.</p>

<p>GPA=4.0 unweighted
I'm pretty much guaranteed to be the valedictorian
SAT I=1500 With writing=2190 (730 math)(770 verbal)(690 writing)
ACT=34
I'm going to be a National Merit 'something'
I'll graduate with 6 science credits(AP Chem. and Bio. the rest are honors)
5.5 Math credits (AP Calculus, College Algebra, rest honors)
3 yrs foreign language (1 yr honors)
4 yrs english (2honors, 1 AP, 1 yr college english 1301,1302)
4 yrs social studies</p>

<p>My school lets us take dual-credit courses through an area college, so I'll graduate with college English 1301 and 1302, Economics, Government, Psychology, Algebra, and US History.</p>

<p>I also participate in athletics and have made it to regionals in cross country and track.</p>

<p>In addition, I do UIL academics. I've made it to regionals in a host of events every year, and this year I got third place at state in Science, my team was second, and i was second in chemistry</p>

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<p>Valedictorians almost always get merit scholarships. I do not know about the engineering honors but if you apply early, there will be plenty of scholarships available. First come first serve.</p>

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<p>I'm making the assumption that your high school is in Texas. If so, and you end up Val - first year tuition is waived. There are some specific engineering scholarships but I'm not familiar with them. Good luck.</p>

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<p>are there any automatic scholarships for being national merit?</p>

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<p>Used to be $4000 a year for the first year, $3000 for the next three. I'm not sure if this is still correct.</p>

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<p>That is still the case, at least for this year</p>

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<p>I got into engineering honors last year with stats similar to yours, and I was out of state.</p>

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<p>ya, i would say you're in to engineering honors and merit money is definately a possibility.</p>