<p>My daughter is a High School Senior who's #1 choice is Clemson, she wants to major in Architecture. She has already been given a provisional acceptance after sending her SAT scores last year. Although she did not do amazing on the SAT's (1950 CR-M-W) and she scored a 29 on the ACT all of her other Stats are near perfect. She is Ranked #1 in her class her weighted GPA is a 4.8 after this year will have taken 8 AP classes and every possible honors course offered to her and she plays 3 school sports, works part time and has done many community service volunteer hours. We live in NJ so the OOS tuition plus travel expenses is more then we were hoping to pay. With her academic achievements we are looking for some major scholarship opportunities. I understand OOS can receive up to 15,000 for a recruiting merit scholarship but I have also seen lists of other available merit scholarships but I am not sure if those are the scholarships that potentially make up the 15,000 or could they be in addition too? If anyone with similar STATs wouldn't mind sharing their offers I would greatly appreciate it. Just trying to get an idea. Also what do you think her chances are for Honors, her test scores are just shy of what they ask for but she has everything else? Do you think the #1 spot could give her the extra boost to get in? Thank you in advance.</p>
<p>We would like to know more about OOS tuition waivers as well. I called Clemson several weeks ago and asked about these. Someone (I wish I had written down her name and she was not in admissions) said they were looking at additional opportunities for OOS tuition waivers for next year. When my DD received her admission letter last week, I called and asked again. The lady I spoke to was very rude and said all my daughter would get was the merit award listed in the letter. I was so stunned at her attitude I failed to get her name as well. Clemson is my daughter’s top choice, but the OOS tutition is a deal breaker. I certainly understand the reason for the extra OOS amount, but several schools waive this amount for top students. Anyway, at this point DD is going to another school because of the scholarships offered. She is disappointed but realistic about money. </p>
<p>@busyperson1 - There’s no such thing as an OOS tuition waiver, the most you can get is the $15,000 which brings it close to in-state tuition. <a href=“Types of Aid - Student Financial Aid | Clemson University”>Types of Aid - Student Financial Aid | Clemson University;
<p>@Tkp823 - there are additional scholarship opportunities but I’m not sure what you would have to do to get one of those. The guidelines for those aren’t spelled out like the non-resident merit scholarships. The #1 spot will definitely help her out with honors - Clemson likes high ranking students. Her test scores are a little low but hopefully that GPA/#1 class rank will put her over the top! Good luck!</p>
<p>@Pierre0913, I am an OOS applicant with a 2120 SAT (1410 CR+M) but I am not inside the top 10% of my class, ranking around 19%. I attend an extremely competitive private school that has a tremendous reputation in my region. Is there any leniency with the OOS scholarship requirements? </p>
<p>it doesn’t appear so if your school sent your class rank with your application (if you didn’t, they’d evaluate your GPA but it seems that they are pretty strict about the class rank requirement).</p>
<p>@mcave15, When we visited during the summer they seemed pretty definite about thetop10% as a cutoff.</p>
<p>I recently got accepted and was awarded the $7,500 scholarship. I am taking the ACT in December and was wondering whether I could send my scores for a chance at more money even after my acceptance. Does anyone know if this is a possibility? </p>
<p>I am not sure - you can always ask Admissions. You might be able to since the deadline for test scores for academic scholarships is December 31st so if you can get your test scores by that date, you might have a shot.</p>
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<p>What are your SAT scores now? </p>
<p>Clemson has a very high OOS tuition, so their merit awards don’t often make much of a dent in the total cost. </p>
<p>OOS tuition is $32k…so total COA is $47k…which is high for a public</p>
<p>How much merit do you need? What do you want your final cost to be?</p>
<p>@mom2collegekids I don’t know where you are getting you costs from. According to their net price calculator</p>
<p>Estimated total cost of attendance: $41,548
a. Estimated tuition and fees $28,826
b. Estimated room and board $7,228
c. Estimated books and supplies $1,090
d. Estimated cost of laptop computer $1,600
e. Estimated other expenses
(Personal expenses, transportation, etc.) $4,404</p>
<p>They give very generous merit aid for OOS in my opinion. A student in the top 20% of their class with a 31 ACT would get about $10,000/year in merit aid. That brings thing down to $31,000 total cost for OOS. If you are top 10% with a 32 ACT you can get as much as $17,500 in scholarships without any extras. That is less than $25,000 net cost.</p>
<p>Not too many state schools will cost that little for OOS.</p>
<p>My D with a 34 ACT and 3.91 GPA out of 4.0 top 20% got $7500/year.</p>
<p>The class rank is a big factor. When we visited they said you need top 10% to get the best scholarships. They also said the net cost estimator is pretty accurate but not guaranteed. 34ACT Rank 20% is in line with the estimator they use depending if it 20% or actually higher.</p>
<p>class rank is def way more important. As to the above costs, they are somewhat accurate. The only exception being if your OOS student needs to fly to get home vs. drive. If they do, the travel expense listed may be a tad low.</p>
<p>I’d suggest taking a look at Clemson’s Common Data Set. In the 2012-2013 school year (the 13/14 year seemed to be missing data) 54% of their students were in the top ten percent of their class and 34% had an ACT composite of 30 or higher. I think you would need to be above those two thresholds to be considered for serious merit money. </p>
<p>I hope your daughter is offered enough to make her dream a reality!</p>
my son’s OOS admission letter came before Holiday break and included his OOS Merit Scholarship amount of $12,500 annually. He is top 1 % of class, 4.35 GPA, 32 ACT, and also has 31 dual Credit hours from Purdue University (Dean’s list at Purdue)…and this is all they say he will get…I think it is a great amount! Good Luck all!
@oneindianamom Hi, Was the $12,500 the same as what their online merit scholarship calculator estimated? I am trying to see if what those estimates are accurate or not. Thanks.
@daveverdo I am not sure…I never did look at those, just noted what he received…sorry!
My son is a freshman at Clemson. He got the max Out of State amount and then received a small additional scholarship in his financial aid package when he received that in March. (NMF, #4 in class off 300) For what it’s worth… he turned down some top notch schools to attend Honors at Clemson and LOVES it. He told me recently it’s everything he hoped for and more. While I was not overjoyed when he picked Clemson over some academically more prestigious schools, we are very pleased with the quality of experience he’s having academically and are thrilled that he is so happy there. It truly is a special place.
My son got his today. OOS offer 15,000 a year…which is very nice of course but probably not enough for us to swing it…we will wait and see what happens with the others and the final offers etc.