Scholarship chances at UTD and UTA

Paying for College
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<p>Could you tell me what my chances are of getting the Academic Honors Scholarship at UTD or the honors distinction scholarship at UTA? I plan to major in Chemistry.
My Stats:
1430 SAT (M&CR)
790 SAT II CHEM
Top 5% rank
24/503 rank
11 AP classes
15 hr/week internship at engineering firm 10-11th grade
35 hr/week work at Chipotle in 12th grade.
(Those two form the majority of the time I spent in my extra curriculars.)
other smaller EC's are
JV baseball 9-10
Stuco 9-11
UIL academics 11-12
sunday school teacher 12
Good letter of recommendations.</p>

<p>Thank you so much!!</p>

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<p>I would guess you would get one of the AES scholarships.</p>

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<p>Since UT-A has moved largely away from merit, I would say that you won’t get anything (or not much) from UT-A.</p>

<p>UT-Dallas does give merit, so you could get a nice award from them. </p>

<p>How much do you need?</p>

<p>If you need a large amount, then quickly apply to some schools that for sure will give you merit for your stats…deadlines are coming.</p>

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<p>So, due to the nature of my families finances, my EFC will be much higher than anything we can actually afford, and I need to find colleges that will give me merit aid to get through college. I was wondering if you guys could give me some advice. I plan on majoring in chemical or electrical engineering, and colleges with strong engineering programs would be preferred. My home state is Texas.</p>

<p>If you apply NOW (before Jan 6), then Alabama will give you FREE TUITION. The app is EZ…no essays, no LORs.</p>

<p>Are you still interested in ChemEng’g? If so, you’d get another 2500 per year from Bama for eng’g. All of Bama’s eng’g disciplines are ABET accredited. My younger son graduated from Bama with a ChemEng degree last May. Although he went on to med school, his graduating classmates were immediately hired into highly paid positions $75k+ jobs.</p>

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<p>UT Austin - CNS has very few scholarships even in honors. Engineering and business honors give out some scholarships.</p>

<p>I think it is a good idea to apply to schools like Alabama which have defined scholarships tied to scores and GPA. I would suggest free tuition at UA is a better choice than free tuition at UTD.</p>

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<p>I have already applied to UA, and received the full tuition + 2500$ scholarship. I am simply trying to apply to as many schools that offer large scholarships as possible so I have some extra options. If I got the highest level AES scholarship then my COA would be 2k(ish) and would make it a better deal than UA.</p>

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<p>UTA is UT Arlington, not Austin
<a href=“https://www.uta.edu/honors/funding/hds/[/url]”>https://www.uta.edu/honors/funding/hds/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>*If I got the highest level AES scholarship then my COA would be 2k(ish) *</p>

<p>??</p>

<p>At which school? UT austin…or UT Dallas…or UT arlington?</p>

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<p>UTD has some aggressive scholarship awards, which are called AES awards.</p>

<p>[Academic</a> Excellence Scholarship - Office of Undergraduate Education - The University of Texas at Dallas](<a href=“http://oue.utdallas.edu/aes/]Academic”>http://oue.utdallas.edu/aes/)</p>

<p>Academic Honors places the COA at about 4.5k/yr, or 2.25k a semester-- perhaps this is what OP meant?</p>

<p>If you a National Merit scholar, you are guaranteed a package that brings the COA down to 2.4k/semester.</p>

<p>University of Houston as a competitive Tier One scholarship that is full tuition for four years and R+B for two ([Tier</a> One Scholarship - University of Houston](<a href=“http://www.uh.edu/tieronescholars/benefits/tier-one-scholarship/index.php]Tier”>Tier One Scholarship - University of Houston)), as well as a nice package for NM scholars.</p>