<p>So I'm totally bummed that TAMU has given me next to nothing when it comes to grants/scholarships. I got a $3,000 grant, but of course that wouldn't give me in-state tuition (which I needed). If you're an out-of-state student who got some scholarships, would you please list your SAT/ACT scores and other stuff like that? I thought that with a 31 (27 math, which I know is low, and 35 in English) and being a HS ambassador with other school/community involvement would be enough to at least get me $1,000, but I guess not... :(</p>
<p>^What was your GPA and rank?</p>
<p>GPA is a 4.01 and my rank is 8 out of 203.</p>
<p>That’s strange that the grant didn’t give you in-state. I’m a junior applying to A&M this summer and I heard at a seminar at A&M that any scholarship/grant from A&M of $1,000 or more would qualify you for in-state tuition. Might want to look into that more.</p>
<p>With your scores and rank, I’m surprised they didn’t give you more. I guess I should start worrying…</p>
<p>I have an SAT score of 2250 (770R 750M 730W) and a 3.95 and they gave me awesome scholarships including an out of state tuition waver. I think it has something to do with the fact that I’m majoring in petroleum engineering.</p>
<p>^Were you a NMF?</p>
<p>S is OOS and accepted to Mays Business School. Had to request by fax for a “counter-offer” to all multiple scholarship offers he received from other schools. Stats are: 32 ACT, 34 ACT Superscore, 8 APs with 4s and 5s; dual enrollment; multiple ECs and leadership roles/sports (Big Brother program mentor, captain varsity Tennis, Tennessee Governor’s School, etc).
Happened to look on Howdy portal and he was awarded “Aggieland Bound Scholarship” for $1000. Called the Scholarship office and spoke to someone who said this would allow for in-state tuition. Called a 2nd time as was making flight arrangements and the person said that this is not a competitive scholarship and would not qualify for in-state tuition. Sent email and phone message(s) for clarification in writing and no response.<br>
Does anyone know what the truth is with this scholarship?</p>
<p>No, I just missed the cutoff but earned a commendation. I know that they only look at SAT CR+M for one sitting and ACT for one sitting, so superscores won’t help. I also was Varsity #1 for golf, starred in a few theatre productions, started a company, and did about 100 hours of community service. For APs I took Physics C Mech, Physics C E&M, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, English Lit, and Chemistry.</p>
<p>My dad called the scholarship people and said that they were rather rude… has anyone else had that experience or do they just not like many out-of-state people? I’m trying to see if something was lost on my file, since I had been getting updates for the A&M campus in Galveston. All I really need was $1,000 of competitive scholarship for in-state tuition… but it doesn’t seem like they really care about me.</p>
<p>I remember when my S applied to TAMU 3 years ago (he was an OOS NMF), he received all of the NMF merit awards which was no surprise. He also received the Keys to Aggieland for $1,000 which was a surprise. When I called them asking about this they said it would waive the OOS tuition. This was awarded thru Admissions, not the scholarship office. Apparently they had no clue that his OOS tuition was already waived.</p>
<p>My daughter received a $1000 / yr. ($4000 total) scholarship from the Mechanical Engineering Dept., and when the adviser from that department called a couple of weeks ago to see if she had any questions, I verified with him that this type of scholarship would waive the OOS tuition. He said, “yes”, so that’s where she’s headed. Having OOS tuition waived was a make or break for us.</p>
<p>I don’t fully understand why they give it to some and not others</p>
<p>Example: I got $1,000 from the Opportunity Award and that also got me an OOS tuition waive. I have a roughly a 4.1W GPA, 30 ACT and top 10% of my class. I took all AP classes and scored decently on most of them. I got in as an Engineering major</p>
<p>Only a year before me, my friend, also an engineering major, had almost the exact same scores and rankings and he got nothing.</p>
<p>Honestly the true workings of the process is a mystery to me.</p>
<p>^Kind of unfortunately, imo, this could have been the difference between your genders. Female + engineering = more likely scholarships than male + engineering.</p>
<p>I don’t mean to detract from your worthiness for the scholarship that generated in-state tuition. Those are great stats; the people who award scholarships evaluate these things all the time and know what they’re looking for; and you are certainly deserving. But as you pointed out, he had the same stats. (On the other hand, that was last year, and none of us know how the applicant pools compare between last year and this year.)</p>
<p>It seems like non-under-represented applicants often don’t get equal rewards in college admissions. When we attended various engineering information sessions around the country, engineering admissions folks made no bones about fawning over the female applicants. Nearly every group made a point of expressly communicating their desire to recruit the females in the room. No particular excitement about the males in the room, lol. Under-represented = more scholarship potential, in general, I think.</p>
<p>kmwjes…I’d recommend calling the Scholarships and Financial Aid office at 979.845.3236- I’ve heard mixed results with $100 scholarships meant for waiving OOS fees.</p>
<p>Historically, A&M’s most generous scholarships are Presidents Endowed Scholarships and those tied to NMF. Both of these used to be directed by the Honors Department (honors.tamu.edu), but there have been admin changes in blending Honors with the Undergraduate Research Department over the past few months. I’ve heard from Honors personnel that incoming freshmen scholarships have been kind of a bumpy ride.</p>
<p>^Interesting, icecream. “Bumpy” in what way? Do you know? Fewer this year? Or more confusion? Or a different incoming student body this year? Curious about the bumps! ;)</p>
<p>*correction on my previous post; I meant $1000 not $100</p>
<p>Bumpy as in it is difficult to know who you can get information about your financial aid status from. This is true for continuing students as well as incoming freshmen. There definitely are not fewer scholarships. But receiving information about (1) what scholarships have been received and (2) how scholarships affect OOS tuition status can be frustrating.</p>
<p>For example, for many of my classmates and I, final tuition for Fall 2011 will not be determined for another 2-3 weeks (later than normal) and though I know how much scholarship money I will be receiving in Fall 2011, it will not be credited to my account till August. I can imagine that this might affect finances for those that are OOS.</p>
<p>So in short, there’s just more confusion but I cant stress how much calling the honors office and financial aid office will help!</p>