@mwoolley17 As stated by HRSMom, the acceptance letter on the online portal contained the Honors notification. The letter in the mail did not say anything about it. Although they were received at our house the same day, the scholarship letter was dated one day later than the acceptance letter. With your stats I think you will receive a scholarship. I would not worry yet.
@catlover606 thank you for your response! I am hopeful that perhaps I will be admitted into the Honors program at a later date, even though it didn’t appear in my online portal.
@mwooley17, I’m not sure if this was covered but did you express interest in the Honors program on the Common App? I believe there was a yes/no question. Beyond that since your stats are so good maybe you should call.
My D was admitted as undecided into Arts and Sciences and received a nice tuition offset. Was it necessary to declare a major to be eligible for additional honors tuition offset? There is not a high chance that she will go, but if she does, can she declare a major and possibly get additional merit wards for honors or other sources?
@jmd5505 I actually hadn’t mentioned it on here but yes I did say I was interested! Thanks for your input, I may do that. I don’t mean to sound as though I expect automatic entry into the honors program, as I know Miami has a great applicant pool. I just found it a bit unusual given others with similar or slightly lower stats were being admitted
@DHMchicago I am not an expert about this. If I am wrong I hope someone will correct me, but this is my understanding - There is no additional scholarship money associated with the honors program. However there is a scholarship associated with the University Academic Scholars Program. I believe it is $2,000 each year. Students are chosen for UASP by the faculty of the student’s major. Departmental scholarships have not been awarded yet, but would be based on a student’s major. Thus, you may increase your scholarship award by declaring a major.
15k a year. 3.4 UW, 33 ACT.
@jpamsel Are you in-state or out of state for Miami University?
@catlover606 Out of state.
Very surprised… Just got my merit package. $4,000 per year…
Officially crossing Miami off my list. Congrats to everyone who is happy with their aid and best of luck!
You’re out of state right? With your stats the minimum should have been $16K (half tuition). Are you sure you are reading it correctly?
That said, we also received our award today and are pretty disappointed. 35 ACT, 4.7 WGPA and received an amount closer to half tuition than full. And that even includes admission to Scholars. Very bummed.
15,000 per year. OOS, 32 ACT, 3.9 UW and 4.2 W GPA
@lisa6191 Yep, 4K per year for a total value of $16K with Scholars admission. Disappointed, but Miami was not one of my top choices- I’m more so discouraged because I don’t feel I have good chances for UK now since that was a Common App school too.
It’s entirely possible I just wasn’t what Miami was looking for right now, but I’m taking it a bit to heart.
Received merit scholarship today and were surprised- 34 ACT, 5.1 wgpa, oos = half tuition, no Honors, no Scholars. Miami had been at the top of the list, but he’s really put off by the package offered. May be crossing Miami off the list.
@Boymomx3 We were surprised too. Seems like a lot of the awards are lower than expected this year, especially for OOS. People are saying the same thing on the Miami parents FB page. I wonder if more money will come later? I hope so, because my son is set on Miami regardless. Some of it has to do with expectations - we thought that since he was at the very top of the stat pool he would get one of the highest awards, but I am starting to understand that it doesn’t necessarily work that way. It may depend on popularity of major, how many students from each state applied, etc. It’s hard not to take it personally, but we are trying. 
@mwoolley17 It looks like something went way off track. Maybe they processed your application as an in state rather than OOS? I’d definitely call and verify that a mistake hasn’t occurred.
@jumbletumbles We emailed today and we’re hoping to hear back. I don’t mean to come off as entitled, but as I said, I was surprised and disappointed. Hopefully it can be resolved!
Just to give another stat. OOS student. 33 ACT, offered $24,000 scholarship a year.
Does anyone know if the scholarship amounts realistically will increase after April? I called the school last week and they suggested making the acceptance decision based on what was in the original letter, as it would likely not change. I had thought there was a ~$1200 scholarship tagged on for Honors College kids as well, is that in the original amount? I figured there are people on this board that have already done this with previous children for past years…
@snydertech - My son is an OOS freshman. He was not initially admitted to the Honors Program, but was admitted in in April. His scholarship amount did not change.