<p>I spent some time searching through old threads - but would love some input from those that can help us. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>My son has been accepted provisionally to Clemson - and I assume will be officially accepted once all his paperwork is in. He has a 4.0 unweighted GPA, 4.3 weighted (7 Ap's), SAT's are 1320/1600 and 2010/2400 and he is in the top 10% (barely but he's in). I know the ranking is a deal breaker and luckily he snuck in where we needed him to be.</p>
<p>Given that we're out of state and based on last year's results (which I realize change each year) are we likely to see enough money to make it similar to In-State tuition?? From my search, it looks like they no longer give an Out-of-State waiver and it's more a lump sum of money - is that correct?</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your response and the link. I appreciate it. I’ve seen that page - it seems pretty general so I was curous what people were actually given. We may just have to wait and see. Again, thanks.</p>
<p>LJRFRM…my son has almost identical stats as yours, OOS, from NY, all honors and AP throughout HS, 6 AP 's, 1320 SAT, 30 ACT. Received 7500 .00 per year merit scholarship from Clemson. Apply early, as in now, because housing priority, if he should attend, is based on when you applied to Clemson.</p>
<p>Thanks for the information. My son has his application in already. His guidance counselor is on maternity leave until Oct. 1st so unfortunately his application won’t be complete until she gets back. Hopefully she’ll do it quickly once she gets back.</p>
<p>It sounds like Clemson might not work for us - as he wouldn’t be able to attend unless we can get it pretty close to in-state tuition. I guess we’ll see what happens.</p>
<p>Clemson tuition is high…28,000 per year, when compared with other similar OOS college tuitions. There are also a lot of litle random fees at Clemson that add up, lab fees, PO box fees, ETC…, that we did not have when my older son went to JMU. It is something to consider strongly, when making a decision. Good luck to you!</p>
<p>The fees are already included in JMU’s tuition but overall tuition there is a lot lower. If you go to UVA though, tuition prices is $36,000/year for out of state students so it really varies from school to school (Clemson is in the middle of those two)</p>
<p>Don’t give up hope yet. My son is a freshman this year and he had scores of 1330 on the SAT and 32 on the ACT. He had a similar GPA and 10 AP classes. He received $15K which did bring the tuition down to a little more than in-state. They told us his ACT score increased his award. If your son has not taken the ACT, I would highly recommend that. Some students do better on one test or the other, and Clemson will take the higher of the two tests. Good Luck!!</p>
<p>agreed! I did ok on the SAT but then for some unknown reason I got a 34 on the ACT (still convinced they screwed up haha) so some people do better on one test vs another and I’m pretty sure that is why I got into Clemson. The SAT focuses more on critical thinking while ACT has more questions that you would see on school exams.</p>
<p>My son also is OOS, CT, with similar stats and an ACT of 31. He received $11K and then the $2,500 given to all OOS students. The ACT score was key to more money.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for your input. My older son was able to go out of state at his school of choice by getting tuition near in-state rates. We’re hoping son #2 can do the same. He did take the ACT and didn’t do as well as the SAT. It’s a bummer he can’t seem to get a higher score on either of those tests. We’re lucky though we have some good schools here in VA if it doesn’t work out. Of course, son’s top 4 school choices (other than UVA) are all out-of-state. We’ll have to see what happens as this year plays out.</p>
<p>My son just submitted his application to Clemson yesterday. He did very well on the ACT (32), but his grades are not great (3.3 unweighted, lots of honors and 3 APs). His SAT is around 1900 and he just took it again last weekend. His rank is somewhere in the top 20-25%</p>
<p>My son has been accepted provisionally to Clemson he has a 2100 SAT and 34 ACT. He has a Unweighted 0f 3.9.(7 AP classes) however he attends a high school where they use the unweighted gpa for class ranking plus honestly there are a lot of smart kids in his high school so he just outside the top 10%. How important is the high school ranking? I was assuming that provisionally meant as long as his grades were good he be accepted.</p>
<p>He’s in the top 5% of all students by his test scores (I don’t have the exact stats handy), his grades are clearly very good, and his curriculum is strong (7 APs). I think that in cases like this being just outside the 10% band is not a big issue, they don’t treat all high schools the same.</p>
<p>Is it possible for your high school to not send your class rank to Clemson? (I know my high school let me select what stats I wanted to include or not in the stuff they sent to my college) If they don’t send your class rank, they will evaluate your GPA and give you a class rank for that GPA based on other applicants (which would be pretty good since you have a 3.9 GPA)</p>
<p>Unfortunately I have to disagree with pierre here! When I applied to Clemson my GPA was around a 3.6, and that was weighted with 4 APs and the rest honors. I was accepted with no issues. I was also in the top 25%, but I was also a female engineer and that, I’m sure, helped me. It helps if you visit and he can even submit a nice letter saying how much he would like to go to Clemson, etc.</p>
<p>wait, visittodecide, did you get a scholarship to Clemson? I think that’s the topic of discussion here - I would definitely agree that all of the people here would get accepted to Clemson</p>
<p>I am the one that asked the question and it was not geared towards scholarships…just was curious if DS had a shot at getting in at all. My relief is palpable…thanks!</p>