Hey I’m, well, looking for a full ride for universities in Texas and I’ve done a little bit of research. I want to go premed and major in either chemical engineer, biomedical engineer or biochemical engineer, so I found
Lamar University’s Mirabeau Scholarship
UH’s Tier One Scholarship
Baylor’s stuff (not exactly sure about how these work)
And UTD, UT, UTA, Texas Tech’s Terry Scholarship’s
These are the main schools I am looking at and could you guys tell me what my chances are of getting these scholarships or if I’m leaving any good Texas school out/scholarships that apply to the corresponding schools?
ACT: 33 composite
Class Rank: 3 of 173 or so
Extracurricular: Student Council Class Treasurer, Cross Country, Track (Regionals in 800), Tennis, NHS, Eagle Scout, NASA HAS alumni (which is super cool and if you want more info just ask), active church member, AP classes, UIL Spelling which made it to Regionals and UIL General Math and Number Sense.
APUSH - 4
English III- 3
Thank you for helping me out!
Oh and I’ve also been looking at the NROTC scholarship but I’m not sure if it covers full tuition or full ride or if I have a good chance at a regular full ride anyway.
I don’t know anything about Lamar… but your info isn’t exceptional for the Terry. UH is a chance, but obviously not an overwhelming chance. I think you’re looking at a bit of a reach to be expecting a competitive full ride scholarship to schools like UT with your current application.
You have a 33 on your ACT which qualifies you for many full ride scholarships if you take a look at the pinned threads in the FA forum. Not sure how many are in Texas though
tigerrocks13 thanks for being upfront about it, what do you think could boost my chances up the most? Bringing up the ACT to a 35?
shawnspencer I’m pretty new here… What is the FA forum?
shawnspencer never mind, I found it, thank you
http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/ that’s the link he’s talking about. Yeah, you would have a shot at automatic full tuition/ride scholarships, but I can’t remember any of those being in Texas. These are competitive scholarships. As far as boosting your chances, there’s one big way to set yourself apart from other candidates. Get a passion (assuming you’re a rising junior; if not, your time is virtually up). If you can get a few EC’s that can point towards your intended major, and then write your essays and get your recommendations to mirror this passion, then you would have a much better chance. Scores definitely help, but it’s the passion that they want to see.
tigerrocks13 The problem with that is I go a small school of about 800 students so there are not many EC’s that point towards any majors, only the generic EC’s that every school has. But passion, I could run with that. Do you happen to know how I could display my passion? I really love reading because it’s kind of my escape, so I suppose that would be my “passion”. How could I build upon this? Would this work for college admissions?
Are you good at writing? You could try to get published if so; that would be good. And as far as gearing your EC’s toward your passion, don’t let your school hold you back. My passion is law/politics, but being at one of the smaller schools in the district, we don’t have a mock trial team. I attempted to start my own, but I can’t find an attorney coach. I didn’t let this hold me back. I got involved in city politics, state student council, etc. The key is to find those unique EC chances. I don’t know if reading would be a good passion. I’m more talking about your intended major. If it’s English or something like that, you could go to local Boys and Girls Clubs and read to the kids once a week. Something like that that pertains to your intended major, and that most applicants won’t have. Does that make sense?
Yes sir, but I don’t really have a particular love for a subject other than math, because it’s just so mesmerizing, like how you can use this formula to find out that and apply it to this and get that, but really and truly I like to explore new ideas and come up with solutions to problems. That is why I want to be an engineer but my parents are pushing me towards a medical career because it is more “stable” so I want to go into like disease research or medical device engineering, rather than the typical office doctor. Do you happen to know EC’s that would work for this? Something along the lines of finding a solution?
That’s tough. I really don’t have a clear cut answer for that. You just have to find those EC’s… they’re out there. Pursue them, and they’ll reveal themselves.
You would still have to pay a huge chunk at Baylor (unless parents paying) because the only way you get free tuition is NMF, and if you have that, they quit giving you any sort of scholarship/need-based aid.