<p>For the school of engineering, when are acceptees informed of scholarships, if they are to receive them?</p>
<p>According to someone from the Engineering office who talked to me,if you haven't received a scholarship offer within 4-5 weeks after you're admitted then you probably won't be getting one...unless you apply to outside scholarships</p>
<p>i had the same type question...i heard the engineering department has run out of funds for merit scholarships...has anyone been recently informed about a meirt scholarship in engineering? how much..</p>
<p>they've run out of funds? that totally sucks. :(</p>
<p>"i heard the engineering department has run out of funds for merit scholarships..."</p>
<p>Who did you hear this from? I agree that that would really suck!</p>
<p>From the engineering dept!!! they were suppose to meet 2/7/05 to go thru the last round of merit scholarships but the meeeting was postponed..then cancelled..supposedly they ran out of merit money.</p>
<p>You guys must remember that Michigan is limited financially. It must compete with the MITs and the Stanfords of the World...and yet, it charges its students an average of $15,000/year in tuition. Stanford and MIT charge TWICE that much! Michigan is one of the top 6 or 7 undergraduate Engineering programs in the nation. The other top programs are Cal, CalTech, Cornell, MIT, Stanford and UIUC. Cal, Michigan and UIUC are probably the only ones that gives Merit aid...and they are the cheapest ones.</p>
<p>Now Michigan is positioning itself financially to be able to offer more Merit...but it still needs a few more years to get to that level. At the moment, they is limited to those who apply early. That is why I recommend students always apply to Michigan early...it increases their chances of getting in and it increases their chances of getting merit aid.</p>
<p>my understanding is that soph and above have a chance of getting "retention" merit scholarships so we all shouldn't give up hope after deciding to go to um.</p>
<p>Well, looks like I won't be headed to Michigan. :(</p>
<p>hey, don't get so down...Alexandre posted back to someone who just got accepted and he felt that merit money may be still available. She wanted to be an engineer.... I believe the person had super stats and so maybe you shouldn't feel so left out. Call the financial aid dept and engineering dept. state your case...don't give up yet!! Everyone is different. Don't give up on a great school like Michigan!!</p>
<p>Why give up on Michigan Samwise? Are other schools of equal caliber offering you scholarship money? At any rate, Eagle is right, call the financial aid office and see if anything can be done. Keep us posted?</p>
<p>Geez, don't give up hope yet. I haven't heard that they are out of money. And even if they are, that is just one pool of scholarship dollars. There are other scholarships administered by the financial aid office instead of the Coll. of Engineering.</p>
<p>The other thing is that engineering applications are down nationwide. Or so we've been hearing. That may shake things up in the scholarship game. Please don't make any decisions until you KNOW from all your colleges what your status is.</p>
<p>"Why give up on Michigan Samwise? Are other schools of equal caliber offering you scholarship money? At any rate, Eagle is right, call the financial aid office and see if anything can be done. Keep us posted?"</p>
<p>I'm out of state, so I'm having a tough time justifying the full out of state cost of Michigan against UIUC's in state tuition (and at UIUC I get another 50% off tuition because my parents are state employees). That said, I would much rather attend Michigan if I could. I'll definately give them a call and see if there's anything they can do. I'll let you know how it turns out.
Thanks everyone for the advise and cheering up!</p>
<p>Samwaise, if you intend to major in Engineering and are a resident of Illinois, you CANNOT beat UIUC unless you get a great package from another top 5 or 6 Engineering program. So yes, without an aid from Michigan, you should definitely pick UIUC...especially if finances are an issue.</p>