<p>I agree, and South Carolina has the McNair and Carolina Scholars, that if you are a finalist, you already get most of the scholarship, if you win, you get the rest which is close to a full ride. As a finalist, the difference is only $4000, so it is a major win to just be nominated…</p>
<p>D was not selected as NS finalist. gpa 4.0 uw, 4.38 w, ACT 36, SAT 2310, SAT Math II 800, Chem 800, class rank 1/455, significant ec’s and community service incl Gold Award. We are very disappointed because Clemson is one of her top choices. Best of luck to those who advanced to selection weekend.</p>
<p>@redbloodcell</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, what did your D select as her first choice major and when did she submit her application?</p>
<p>Re. the comments of pierre0913 and fsceagle about how much money non-winners of the NSP are awarded, I found the following two College Confidential posts from 2007, from two different people:</p>
<h1>1 (February 15, 2007): “Our son was a finalist last year, but was not selected…If you are not selected, you will be offered a nice scholarship enticing you to attend anyway.”</h1>
<h1>2 (February 16, 2007): “I was a finalist last year…I did not get the scholarship, but I was offered everything but about 1k a year.”</h1>
<p>Of course, circumstances might be different now. With the recession, the South Carolina legislature might have been forced to make budget cuts. I am not knowledgeable about South Carolina’s financial situation because we live in another state.</p>
<p>Ah alright so maybe NSF finalists still get offered nice scholarships then. Right now Clemson is in the midst of a huge capital campaign (The Will To Lead) and part of it is raising scholarship money so hopefully that will help too for those who weren’t NSF finalists.</p>
<p>redbloodcell:
I had about the exact same stats as you did, similar EC’s. I think what hurt us was our weighted GPA. A lot of schools have more honors classes, therefore higher weighted GPAs.</p>
<p>P.S. to my earlier post:</p>
<p>I did a little research. In each of 2009 and 2010, there were eight NSP winners. In each of 2007 and 2008, there were eleven. My inference is that available money has declined because of state budget cuts. I later confirmed that there have, indeed, been significant cuts. Hence, it is likely that Clemson has less available money for runners-up than earlier years.</p>
<p>First round Honors College admissions decisions have been distributed by e-mail as of 4:30 p.m. this afternoon! A follow-up hard copy of the admission decision will be mailed in the next week or so.</p>
<p>Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>My son didn’t make honors there, but weird, he got into honors at Villanova and JMU as well as a lot of others…we were hoping for more scholarship money. We are visiting in two weeks…I’m sure he’ll love it. He got 14,000, but not an out of state waiver…</p>
<p>My daughter got accepted to the honors college but not any money…Im hoping some will come later…I would think if you were eligible for an oos scholarship you would be eligible for calhoun honors…</p>
<p>My son is a 2013 Clemson NS finalist. We just finished the weekend. Do not know if he will win one of the scholarships but they impressed the heck out of us. We were put up in a suite in a hotel on campus and treated like VIP’s. One of the places we went was to the Presidents House for a reception. We were put in buses and given a police escort, with officers stopping traffic at intersections. My son was showered with all kinds of gifts and we were very well fed. They did an outstanding job on selling the Clemson experience to him. We went downtown and the hospitality was unbelievable. If you have not looked at Clemson…LOOK!! I am now praying he gets the NS Scholarship.</p>
<p>So jealous. I was hoping for this but they only were interesting in the top 1% of their class. Congrats to him, and best of luck. Clemson is an awesome place.</p>
<p>The 2 week wait is killing me…lol. They only had 31 at the weekend and will pick 10. Students came from as far as Idaho and Texas. Many other states were represented.</p>
<p>They ended up picking 13 students. Unfortunately my son was not one of them. We felt really bad for him as he thought he did well. He went ahead and put his deposit down for Clemson but good chance he may go elsewhere. Waiting to see how much they are offering him. USC would be a full ride we were told. We hope others will turn down the Clemson Scholars(we heard several might) and maybe they might go back and offer it to him…who knows?</p>
<p>sorry to hear that neil29902, hopefully they offer him a lot of merit aid!</p>
<p>Thanks. He is a National Merit Finalist but Clemson does not offer any scholarships for that like a lot of institutions. USC offered him an additional 10,000 a year because of NMF…tempting. Clemson is a great school but sometimes the wallet has to speak. Hopefully we will get a good offer from them soon. Really sorry he did not get into the National Scholars Program but i guess it will be Clemson’s loss. He is very dedicated both academically and in giving his time for causes.</p>
<p>neil29902, did your son apply late in the cycle? I’d have thought that being an NS finalist (and in Calhoun as well, correct?), he’d have been offered decent money, perhaps $10-15k. However, they did say somewhere that you have to apply early to be considered for those awards. (My son got a nice merit schol offer, but didn’t make the NS selection.)</p>
<p>He applied in August. We will find out in April how much he is being offered. I feel they will be generous. It is just not knowing that gets to me.</p>
<p>Exceptions are made for people who go through the NS process, he’ll definitely still get something.</p>