<p>Everybody got their financial aid award by now, so decision time.</p>
<p>Who is going to be a Clemson Tiger?</p>
<p>Pretty sure I will be. Got an oos tuition waiver plus $2000/yr scholarship. Gotta represent Minnesota!</p>
<p>It is very warm and spring like down here. Some people have been swimming in their pools. Have I knocked you off the fence? Oh yeah, Clemson is a good school! LOL! You'd be surprised at how many northern families now live here. You don't hear the deep southern accent too often anymore.</p>
<p>Congrats on the scholarship!</p>
<p>Admitted to Arch Program, SAT 1280, GPA 4.2, EFC 16K - out of state
Finanical Pkg= $0
Told to make up gap with Plus Loan
What's going on???</p>
<p>I'll be attending Clemson this fall.</p>
<p>NJ, dont feel bad. i got into arch as well</p>
<p>1390, top 18% of a highly competitive school
no merit award</p>
<p>the top 10% is a bit strict, no?</p>
<p>YARRR (love that screen name btw :)) and others in the Clemson forum</p>
<p>My hs junior son is looking into Clemson as a possible school. He, too, is interested in architecture, most likely landscape arch or even engineering. We are OOS. YARR's post worries me as his situation with his hs rank mirrors my son's. Right now he said he is in the top 18th % with a 3.9 GPA (it is weighted though with grades from his honors and AP classes). He scored a 30 ACT and we are waiting on his first SAT score results. His high school is very competitive, too. Something like 30 kids (he ranks 40th) have over a 4.0. </p>
<p>From what you know, is being in the top 10% of your class a required criteria that is strictly adhered to when awarding OOS waivers? If so, he is stuck I guess. </p>
<p>Any information about this would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>My d has the same situation VERY competitve HS. She has a 4.2 GPA and is ranked 21/346. I think the #1 is like 4.5...
Clemson raised their merit award for OOS last year. When we visited in her Junior year, we were told 1300 + top 10% would get a full waiver of OOS tuition. This year they went to 1350 + top 10%.
They really put most of their FA $ with the instate kids.
Very competive for OOS kids to get in or FA $.</p>
<p>I will not speculate on any particular situation or chance, but be aware that Clemson has a national reputation that draws about 33-35% of their students from OOS, many without waivers. The competition is strong to receive OOS waivers. They cap their OOS admission at 35%, while an even larger fraction of their applications (70% if I recall correctly, but I could be wrong) are from OOS. Clemson's rank, reputation, and appeal/character are strong points. My take from following these post is that throwing lots of OOS money in not a strong point compared to some other schools that have to try harder to attract top students.</p>