Scholarships for OOS?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>Hey guys, I got accepted into UIUC and I want to thank you all one more time for chancing me =D</p>

<p>but looking at the cost of attendance, it falls in around 44K/year...I don't know if it is really worth absorbing 216K debt (not even counting grad school!) for an engineer. Do you guys know how much merit-based financial aid they give out for OOS students? </p>

<p>I posted my stats below, do you think I can get any financial aid?</p>

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<p>Weighted GPA - 4.28
Unweighted GPA - 3.67
class rank - 59/428</p>

<p>very competitive high school (because of the IB program)</p>

<p>ACT composite: 35
english - 35
math - 35
reading - 32
science 36
(english/writing - 31) I got an 8 on the essay ='(</p>

<p>SATIIs:
math IIc - 800
physics - 780
chemistry - 750</p>

<p>national merit commended</p>

<p>Middle Years Program Diploma (9th-10th) w/ completion of Personal Project</p>

<p>Expecting to graduate with Full IB Diploma</p>

<p>IB tests: (out of 7)
IB math 2 SL - 6
IB economics SL - 6
IB Spanish SL - pending
IB History HL - pending
IB Biology HL - pending
IB English HL - pending</p>

<p>12th grade schedule: (hardest possible schedule, except math which has one level above it)
AP Calculus
IB English 2
IB Theory of Knowledge
IB Global Studies (history) HL
IB Spanish 2 SL
IB Biology 2</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Certificate of Merit - Piano - lvl. 5
6 years experience in mallet instruments
National History Day (1 year) - regional finalist, state finals competitor
Quiz Bowl B Team - two years
Science Bowl C team captain - 1 year (going at it again this year, hope to make B team)
Science Olympiad B team member - 1 year (going at it again this year)
Member of National Forensics League (debate) - 2 years - merit level recognition
won 1st place novice public forum debate at Yuba City HS Tournament
Quiz Bowl Officer: Tournament Chair 1 year (going at it again this year)
Model United Nations Officer: Treasurer (1 year)
Co-founder of UTSAV Youth Group
President of UTSAV Youth Group
Internship with UC Davis medical center Pathology dept. 240+ hours</p>

<p>Community Service:</p>

<p>approximately 230 hours comm. service
FLASH program - (2 years) mentoring/tutoring elementary/middle school kids
Library community service - (4 years) book shelving; upgrading children’s books record-keeping system on FPL library catalog; Summer Reading Program volunteer</p>

<h2>UTSAV Youth Group (2 years) - organized coat drive for a local women's/children's shelter; organized Spring Clean-Up event for local park; organized fundraiser for same shelter listed above; organized cooking event for said shelter, currently organizing Christmas toy drive</h2>

<p>thanks in advance for your time guys, I really appreciate it</p>

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<p>they’d prolly give u like 100K for that a year. stop trippin man.</p>

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<p>quit being sarcastic lol, their cost of attendance is 44K/year
do I have any real shot?</p>

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<p>Speculation isn’t going to help. You need to wait like the rest of us to find out what kind of merit aid you qualify for. I understand that merit awards usually come out mid-march.</p>

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<li><p>I had stats similar to yours, but with ~34 ACT, almost no extra-curriculars, no volunteer hours, and a top-1% class rank. They give me 12k per year. I’d be very surprised if they didn’t give you the OOS scholarship.</p></li>
<li><p>The 44k per year is very misleading. In reality you pay much less than that. The costs break down like this:
Tuition/Fees 27,944 +3,176
Room/board 9,284
Textbooks 1,200
Other expenses 2,510</p></li>
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<p>-If you live frugally, your “other expenses” + “textbooks” will be only a few hundred dollars.
-Room and board is only expensive the first year, when you’re forced into university-mandated housing. However, you don’t have to buy a meal plan if you live at Europa House, which is $5000/year (I wish I had known this)
-After freshmen year, you pay much less for housing (apartment rooms are $300 to $500 / month).
-With that much AP/IB credit, you could be out of UIUC in three years. I had a 5 on 8 AP exams: even though I didn’t do three years of a language in high school, I can still get out of here in three years, which I plan on doing.</p>

<p>Hope this helps.</p>

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<p>balthezar: mid-march, i’ll keep that in mind. thanks</p>

<p>saturninus: wow 12k/year…very informative response, I think it would be a major game changer if I got that scholarship and/or if I could finish in 3 years! thanks for letting me know</p>

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<p>saturninus ：you are UIUCer now?</p>

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<p>“With that much AP/IB credit, you could be out of UIUC in three years.”
do you mean that if you already took AP Calculus or AP Physics , you don’t need to take same courses in college?</p>

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<p>Tony, if you scored a 4 or 5 in most cases, you get some kind of credit for it. Check out their AP credit page at [U&lt;/a&gt; of I Admissions: Advanced Placement](<a href=“http://admissions.illinois.edu/academics/placement_AP.html]U”>Academics, Undergraduate Admissions, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)</p>

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<p>I’m a bit curious also. I have seen that 12k/year scholarship, but how selective is it and how many do they give out per department/overall? I think getting that scholarship is a huge game changer for attending U of I.</p>

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<p>does anyone know how selective or the minimum requirements for this oos scholarship? do i have a shot? 31 ACT (34 Math, 31 English, 31 Science, 29 Reading). 4.08 weighted, 3.98 weighted. near top 10% i believe. Most rigorous math and science coursework offered at high school. Accepted into College of Engineering. Listed as Civil now, might go EE or AeroE.</p>

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<p>@tonyecc: I’m at UIUC now. Going in, I had a 5 on:
-Mechanics
-Electromagnetism
-Calculus AB and Calculus BC
-European History
-US History
-US Gov / Politics
-Chemistry
-Computer Science A
I also got credit on the Rhetoric class required by UIUC due to my SAT reading score.
To be a sophomore you need 30 credits, but I ended up with about 45. I’m pretty sure I’m on track to get a B.S. in 3 years.</p>

<p>Please note, you can save quite a bit of time if you take 3 or more years of one language, and also if you do well on a foreign language/lit exam! They are very, very liberal with what they give credit for. This was one of the major reasons UIUC appealed to me.</p>

<p>@einstein10:
I believe they give the scholarship to about 100 people. I don’t know how many OOS people in the US get accepted. You have a shot, but the ACT score might be below average.</p>

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<p>thanks saturninus. yeah, i was worried that might be the case</p>