<p>Does Clemson give out any other full-rides or large scholarships or is it strictly tied to the National Scholars Program?</p>
<p>Signed
-disappointed in the finalist selection but still needing money</p>
<p>i would love to know this as well. rfwcphs1, im guessing that like me, you were not selected as a finalist? i was mad that no one came from west of the Mississippi!!!! No one from our area got picked and i was quite shocked. SC must not like Dallasites:)</p>
<p>Haha Exactly. EVERYONE was from the Carolinas. I was really hoping to attend Clemson, but I need more money than the OOS tuition waiver. I figured there would be at least 50 finalists... and I had no idea that the slots would be so weighted to the east coast.</p>
<p>There are 2 Dallasites that are current NSPers and another Texan from the Lake Jackson area. The 2009 finalists do represent a much smaller geographic area than usual. Wonder if that's because applications to the NSP program were required this year so only those who applied were considered. In previous years, the entire pool of applicants to Clemson were considered. Who knows, but you can certainly ask - I'm sure they would be happy to tell you.</p>
<p>Actually, there is no application for the NSP -- they review the applications to the honors college (says so on their web site), and from what I heard, there were 700+ this year. There's no in-state vs. out of state minimums for selection (or at least, never have been -- there are students in the program from CA, IL, TX -- have been from Idaho, Missouri, MN, WI....). It's likely that most apps to Clemson come from SC, therefore most apps to honors are from SC, therefore..... All the best guesses in terms of college applications is that more applicants will come from instate that in years past, anticipating smaller financial aid availbility for out of staters...plus, more students (or more likely, their parents) are unwilling to go OOS on loans when they can go in state with things like the Life and Palmetto -- and that's the case for states other than SC as well....my bet is that every major state college will see higher in-state applications than in the recent past, and more in-states in their freshman classes.</p>