I’ve been researching the UT OOS Tuition Waiver as much as possible. I know you have to have a $1000+ scholarship to qualify, and that each program has a certain amount of waivers they are allowed to offer.
I’m wondering what my odds are of getting the waiver. My stats are alright but nothing spectacular (32 ACT, 3.75 GPA), so what I’ve got going for me is that I’ve been accepted into Plan ii and that I’m a National Merit Finalist.
Do I have any chance of getting a Waiver? Does Plan ii have a number of Waivers specifically allotted to it, or do they share with the whole Liberal Arts College?
@lovingllama My son had excellent stats and got in as OOS. I called the engineering school to ask about the chance of a waiver. The lady politely laughed at me. She said engineering has only 7 or 8 waivers, total, for freshmen through seniors!
My son (I’m hijacking his CC identity again) received a Chris and Abbie Millisci scholarship from Plan II today. For an OOS student, does the award automatically move his tuition classification to in-state or does he need to “apply” with the department? We researched the site today, but it is not clear. The award letter states the value of award, but does not mention in-state or OOS. Thanks for any help.
Once he has received a scholarship worth more than $1000, he becomes ELIGIBLE to be awarded an OOS tuition waiver. The two awards are separate and the fact is that the majority of OOS scholarship winners will NOT receive OOS tuition waivers. You may wish to call the Plan II office to see how many OOS tuition waivers they have for the incoming freshman class. It’s probably also worth asking whether the waiver is automatically renewed if he is fortunate enough to get one for freshman year. Just so you know, the Business Honors Program (probably similar size to Plan II) only has 2 or 3 of the OOS tuition waivers to give out to incoming freshman class.