Are all recipients of scholarships notified by February 1, or only the recipients of scholarships which require interviews? Does this notification date also apply to National Merit Finalists?
NM results don’t come out until after January and they do not have anything to do with the USC scholarship decisions in late January. If you are accepted in spring and you are an NMF, and you make USC your #1 choice with NMSF by May 1st, you will get 1/2 tuition scholarship. Or you could have received different scholarship in late January (Presidential - which is also 1/2 tuition and causes some confusion with NMF 1/2 tuition recipients, Trustee, Deans - 1/4 no interview), and also happen to be an NMF (these scholarships don’t stack). NMF is completely independent of the Jan results. But being NMF AND getting accepted does guarantee you the 1/2.
Besides NMF, some scholarships are given in March Admission cycle, but those tend to be a handful of Deans (if any) or smaller departmental awards. The biggies are all at the end of January.
@CADREAMIN thank you for the information!