The terms and conditions of the OOS merit scholarships says:
If you are classified as a non-resident when you are awarded this scholarship, and your residency
classification changes to resident, the amount of your scholarship will adjust to the resident rate.
I emailed FA to ask for clarification and was told the student would receive resident tuition and the resident President’s Scholarship ($12k). That’s very close to the original President’s scholarship, and make the 2nd through 4th year very inexpensive. Roughly:
Tuition & room and board: $23,206- $12k scholarship- $5k housing award= $6,206 per year
Yes, after the first year you can live in apartments so no meal plan is needed. MHC is about $8500 per year for a single room in a 4 person apartment with full kitchen, shared bathroom (2 per apartment) and sitting room. A shared double in those apartments is about $1000 less.
Daughter was awarded the OOS Flagship Scholarship. She’s already 99% decided on attending Alabama, so the wait was just to see what they’d finally offer at Utah. Disappointed this process was so drawn out, Utah had been a top pick for her for awhile. She received the Presidential Scholarship plus the Engineering Scholarship at Bama and no need to establish residency to maximize savings, so it’s a better offer for her plus she fell in love with the campus in Tuscaloosa.
OOS 3.86 UW GPA
8 AP classes plus 4 CIS/Dual Enrollment
35 ACT
I wouldn’t be too patient @TXParent500. At least one scholarship offer last year got misplaced because of a spelling error. So probably worth calling to check on status if you don’t hear tomorrow.
Apart from Eccles (which does have a ranked list of runners up and will tell you your place on it if applicable), I don’t think there’s any provision to reoffer merit scholarships that are turned down to other applicants.
I am beyond frustated with Univ of Utah Financial Aid. After initially telling me all students with a 3.0 of higher GPA will be reviewed for WUE. My daughter was sent a letter stating she did not meet the GPA requirements. Although her GPA was and is greater than that. We had planned a visit to SLC in two weeks and were exciting about her attending. However, without WUE, we live in WA state, it would be less expensive to go to private school here. Has anyone here ever appealed a WUE rejection. TIA.
I would start with your Admissions Rep since that’s separate from financial aid and they were the ones who said 3.0.
Be aware that the difference between 4 years of WUE and one year of OOS tuition plus 3 years instate is only about $5K total and you don’t run the risk of losing the WUE scholarship if you fall below a 3.0 GPA. Some people take a light courseload of 12 credits the first two semesters and then catch up in the first summer when everyone pays instate rates, which makes the difference slightly smaller.
Just wanted to know, for those who did receive a merit award, how exactly did you receive it?
We are OOS, and I would be absolutely shocked if there was no merit awarded (4.4 W gpa, 7 APs, etc), but it’s of course possible.
I saw people above mostly speaking about Presidential, which I suspect she would not get at this point. Wondering if the other OOS merit offers are already out. And if so, where are people seeing them. Portal web page? Umail? Personal email?
