<p>Does anyone know what it takes to be awarded a Diversity Excellence Scholarship, General University Scholarship, or Laurel Scholarship?</p>
<p>I just discovered the Diversity Scholarships and I'm not in the mood to do another application after completing 10+ apps if I don't have a realistic shot at one of them.</p>
<p>And good luck to our Ducks tomorrow against Auburn! Bring the Natty home to Eugene!</p>
<p>Are you a continuing student? (I thought the scholarships were automatically considered for incoming freshman and didn’t require an additional application.)</p>
<p>Yeah… and Go Ducks!</p>
<p>As far as I know, only the Diversity and Presidential scholarships require additional paperwork.</p>
<p>I too would like to know the chances/statistics regarding the prior scholarships.</p>
<p>My experience is only with the application for continuing students. My daughter transferred to UO as a sophomore. That was a couple years ago. Since then she has applied each year for the General University scholarship. There’s no way for me to guess how competitive those awards are since my I only have the sample group of one applicant. ;)</p>
<p>She has gotten some scholarship money each year – about $2000 each time. For us, that’s a big help, although the number is not huge in and of itself. Still, it takes a big bite out of the tuition bill.</p>
<p>She has very strong grades, I think her essays are quite good. I don’t know, of course, what her recommendation letters from her professors have looked like, but I assume they are positive. She also has financial need, although I don’t believe her scholarship awards have been need-based in any way.</p>
<p>So, it’s tough to say whether they’re worth the effort when you are completely fried from other applications or the are taking time away from other things. I usually split the application work for them up with my daughter --since the award helps me as much as her (more even since I pay the bills)-- I do the purely clerical part; filling in the basic info well ahead of the deadline, putting together the “activities” list, etc. She then takes over and writes the essay and gets the professor recommendation.</p>
<p>I wish I knew more about the diversity and presidential scholarships, but if they’re anything like the general university scholarships for continuing students, I think it would be worth applying for. You may well get something out of it… free money is free money.</p>
<p>I don’t know the answer to the question, but I might suggest that you pose it on the UO Admissions Facebook page. They seem quite responsive, so even if they don’t have the answer they will refer you to someone who can give you good info.</p>
<p>So I was wondering the same thing. Son is getting pretty burnt out with applications, scholarship essays etc. and I didn’t want him to do the UO application if there was NO way we could afford to go. I called the UO scholarship office and just asked “hypothetically” what the maximum scholarships someone from California could receive if they received everything possible including the Diversity Excellence. Son has a medical disability and it was not clear from their website if “documented disabilities” were included or just URM. </p>
<p>What seemed like a simple question turned into a classic, hilarious and somewhat bizarre lecture from the scholarship “adviser.” I was told that" indeed candidates with medical or learning disabilities would be considered for the Diversity Excellence Scholarship. Didn’t I know that Albert Einstein had a learning disability? That is the kind of differences that would provide great benefits to their campus community." Huh???</p>
<p>got a letter from them a couple of days ago saying that i got a $6,000/yr scholarship. I had a 3.9 weighted gpa and a 31 act. good luck to everyone else waiting!</p>
<p>^Nice, well done. I got 2K/year, with a 4.0 unweighted and 32 ACT, but my parents make over 100K a year. :P</p>
<p>^ About these letters informing us of scholarship, do you know if this is the total amount of scholarship money we will receive from UO? Or is it just one scholarship and there will be more later?</p>
<p>Hi, I am wondering about whether all academic scholarships are tied only to GPA, rather than a composite that includes SAT scores. My son attends a very competitive high school (Northwood High, Irvine, CA), so his GPA is not as high as it may have been at a less rigorous school. GPA is affected by grade inflation at some schools, and is also impacted by academic rigor, so kids taking lower level classes could have higher GPA’s. However, his SAT scores were quite good and may be a better reflection of his potential (2200 combined). But we can’t swing U of O paying full fare for out of state tuition and we won’t qualify for need-based aid.</p>
<p>I was informed today that I won the Presidential scholarship. </p>
<p>For reference, my stats were a 4.0 unweighted GPA, and a 32 ACT (2160 SAT equivalent). I am president of my school’s student council and am the class valedictorian (haha, in a class of 12). I think that the main spark of my application was my track career, which I have invested more than 3,000 hours in since my freshman year (and have received quite viable results). </p>
<p>I was told that ~50/400 students receive the presidential scholarship each year. She couldn’t remember what the statistics were for the diversity excellence scholarship.</p>
<p>^^Congratulations! D2 also got notification that she received the Presidential scholarship this week.</p>
<p>Now that we have a representative from UO here, I’d like to repeat the question asked earlier, will more scholarships be awarded until April 1, or later? Thanks!</p>
<p>Has anyone been successful in asking for more MERIT aid than UO has initially offered?
I am an OOS student and have been offered $5000 (scholarship was unnamed in the letter I got. I am grateful, BTW) but have offers from other schools with more merit aid and therefore will be less expensive to attend. UO is my top choice and i really want to go there but don’t know if i can convince parents as they are feeling a little stretched already. Help?</p>
<p>I received the presidential scholarship about a week ago, but I haven’t heard anything about the diversity excellence one, which I also applied for. No one at my school that I know of has received anything about the diversity excellence one yet, either. We’ll see!</p>
<p>^If you win the presidential scholarship, you won’t win the diversity scholarship, regardless of how excellent your application/credentials were. </p>
<p>UofO’s scholarships only cover tuition, and if you are awarded with more than one scholarship, they will rescind the lesser one. Since you won the presidential scholarship, you can’t win any others. (Likewise, I won the presidential scholarship and my dean’s scholarship was voided.)</p>
<p>Thanks for the info OS, as I hadn’t read the ‘fine print’ of the Presidential. Earlier D2 got a scholarship for 2k/yr. The letter doesn’t give the name of the scholarship, only that it is “in honor of your outstanding educational achievements”, but according to the wording in the Presidential, this scholarship would be negated since it would go over the cost of IS tuition.</p>
<p>UO really isn’t helping itself keep top students with these restrictions, now D2 has an OOS school that has a COA that is cheaper than her IS public!</p>
<p>entomom, in answer to your earlier question, we have a goal to have all university-wide scholarship decisions out to prospective students by April 1. Our office understands that prospective students need the time to review their aid offers and make decisions of where they plan to attend before the May 1 Advance Tuition Deposit deadline.</p>
<p>Any scholarships awarded to the student should be listed on the financial aid award letter that the student receives in early April.</p>
<p>collegeyikes: To answer your question about schaolrships and GPA, it will depend on the type of scholarship the student is applying for. Some scholarships only look at grade point average, others look at GPA as well as ACT or SAT scores. Different scholarships may have essays as part of the application or as for information regarding leadership or volunteer service activities. </p>
<p>The student will be reviewed for scholarships through the admissions process, but the student should also look for other scholarship opportunities that they may be eligible for. </p>
<p>At present, scholarships for out-of-state students are only partial tuition scholarships. There are not any full-tuition scholarships available to nonresident students at the University of Oregon.</p>
<p>General information regarding scholarships at the University of Oregon can be found here:
[Scholarships</a> | Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships](<a href=“http://financialaid.uoregon.edu/scholarships]Scholarships”>Scholarships | Financial Aid & Scholarships)</p>
<p>@UOregon, Thanks for the reply, good information to know. I’m assuming that full tuition is the maximum that an IS student can receive, is that accurate? Also, how does UO deal with outside scholarships if the student has no financial need and has received full tuition in institutional scholarships? Can the outside scholarship be applied to R&B or given back to the student to use for books, travel and other expenses?</p>
<p>^It depends on the scholarships; some specify that they may be used on room and board, others are designated to only go towards tuition. You just need to notify UofO that you won it.</p>