My son received the EXACT same amount yesterday. We are from Pennsylvania and were also expecting to see a merit award.
Hopefully, we’ll see Merit in March.
We are OOS also. There’s a financial aid document with $$$ in his portal but it says Review Status: Incomplete. Are yours marked “Complete?”
Yes. only a few public colleges meet need of OOS students.
Good to know. I would think they would since a smaller percentage of their applicants are out of state, but I just looked it up and Utah understandably has more OOS than others schools. They are 30% and a school like Michigan State is 14%, so I can see how it would be harder to meet OOS need.
The Financial Aid link has not been updated in any category for our son yet. Tick, tock, tick , tock…
It’s merit not need for OOS. In past years I think the minimums based on ACT have been at or above the 75th percentile of applicants (29) combined with a relatively high UW GPA (I’m guessing 3.8-3.9). But who knows where they will go this year without using test scores. The lower end merit is typically an amount of $6000-$12000 for year 1 to discount the OOS premium of about $16000, with an expectation that you’ll get residency for year 2 onwards. But the path to residency and the low instate costs mean that even if you pay the full OOS premium in year 1 then the overall cost for 4 years (~$120K) can be comparable to instate costs in other states.
I swear I have read merit announcements will be in March
And those state schools that meet need ar highly competative. UVA and W&M meet need for instate only. UNC Chapel Hill, I read meets need also, but I have no experience with that school.
Ours neither. We did have to submit additional information about 2 weeks ago.
@swimwiththefish - did the school reach out to you to ask for additional info?
Has anyone heard how or when we will know WUE information?
yes, email
Good March 1 morning all. As of 7:30am CST we have have no merit aid info. Please let me know when you get yours - and if you are comfortable sharing, basic stats would be nice to know too. GOOD LUCK!
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Is it definitely today?
No. Originally (for several months) the website listed March 1 as the date but then at some point it changed to just ‘beginning in March.’
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I’m still hoping that we hear something today. I know there will be enough of us checking that the word will spread on CC as soon as merit is posted.
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Now the website says merit scholarship notifications will be sent out mid-March.
thanks @bluebird91! I’ve been stalking email and portal but no the website… that is disappointing but is good to know. Now back to work! 
Thank you for the update. Just like @TXParent500, I will now stop stalking the portal and start having a more productive day!
Do we know why some received their financial aid and others did not. Did we have to confirm our enrollment in order to see it?