<p>Anyone receive a scholarship package yet? I know the website says late March, but I was hoping they might start rolling out this week. We are waiting to see if daughter is awarded scholarships before we make the trip out from Florida to visit campus and make an admission decision. At this point, out of state tuition is out of the question if she doesn't get a substantial scholarship (waiver is not issued until summer and by then she will have had to commit to the cost of OOS for the first year regardless). If anyone has earned a scholarship, departmental or texas exes especially,please post how you received the notice (email, online , snail mail, etc.) so I know what to be waiting for. Thanks!</p>
<p>gritsmom – my son is a freshman OOS in CS at UT. He had never heard of Turing and did not apply until after all the honors program deadlines at UT, basically because he ruled out Georgia Tech after spending a visit weekend there and hating it, but loving the idea of a top 10 CS program in warm weather (we live in Chicago).</p>
<p>Last year, we were told that the entire CNS program (undergrad and grad) had about 28 department scholarships available. If you receive a $1000 scholarship that in-state applicants also apply for, you are eligible for an OOS waiver to pay in-state rates. My son knows no one who earned that. Having said that, however, he has seen that the Turing kids are given special attention, and are more likely to receive money just as they have special privileges at career fairs.</p>
<p>To become a TX resident, the rules were tightened up around 4 years ago, just when they also took away the National Merit in-state tuition scholarship. You need to do the following to claim residency: live in TX year-round for a minimum of one year prio to application, OWN property and pay utility bills in the student’s name, and/or have been employed. Within UT, if you have a 20 hour/week job (my son is in the FRI and could apply next year, but won’t given the workload) at the university, you are eligible for a tuition waiver for the year that you are working. Neither of these options will help for freshman year. We met several families whose OOS kids were given waivers last summer during parent orientation – one family had previously live in TX, another had a girl who was going to be on the UT debate team.</p>
<p>Good luck with your decision process. My son is loving UT and CS, and there are a lot of opportunities there. We justified the cost as being less than that of a private university, but it is more expensive than in-state options, for sure.</p>