<p>Ours came in the gold envelope in the acceptance letter itself.</p>
<p>Son hasn’t gotten anything yet…got merit money from every other school so was hoping would get some from UW too.</p>
<p>$7,000/year
2180 SAT
32 ACT
3.94 UW GPA</p>
<p>Awarded to top 1/3 of entering class…</p>
<p><a href=“Scholarships | Office of Admissions”>http://admit.washington.edu/paying/purplegold</a></p>
<p>Just wish there was more out-of-state money…cost is still high</p>
<p>I agree. The estimated cost is around 46-48k?<br>
Does this come with the welcoming packet? How did those of you who have it, receive it?</p>
<p>Also, I was wondering. If you guys go to your financial aid status on myUW, do you see the purple and gold scholarship listed?</p>
<p>Yeah the award is there in financial aid status and the welcome packet. Again it is only was awarded to a select few. Apparently this is the first year it was offered at the Seattle campus</p>
<p>@lakerstype The scholarship was not awarded to the “top one third” of out of state students, it just says simply “one third”. It was awarded to one third of the OOS students with stats being only one component. When I called and asked admissions about it, the counselor I spoke with could not explain the criteria and became kind of vague. It may have something to do with overcoming hardships? or something that was a trigger in the essays? I don’t know, but the person I spoke with at UW could not even begin to explain the criteria. Stats wise there are out of state students who had higher stats both GPA and SAT and number of AP courses than some of the recipients of the award. It made my D feel somewhat frustrated as a classmate of hers whose GPA is lower, number of AP classes is lower and whose EC’s are somewhat limited received the recognition of being a Purple and Gold Scholar while my D who will be valedictorian, has killed herself to get straight A’s including seven AP classes, scored 2020 on the SAT and has strong EC’s in many different areas, will not be a Purple and Gold scholar. That being said D is happy for her classmate as they can use the money:) I think if D had been awarded the lowest amount she would have been happy just to be recognized as a Purple and Gold Scholar! Now D feels that UW must not like her that much and so they have dropped out of her top three as a result. Crazy isn’t it? Before, we didn’t even know about this award and were not expecting any merit scholarships as an OOS student. And then when we saw it mentioned on here we figured her stats weren’t high enough. But then it became apparent that her stats are high enough and higher than some of the recipients and so I called admissions to inquire about the criteria and the person I spoke with could not explain the process of selection at all. Anyway I am truly happy for those that received it and they must have something special about them to have been selected:)<br>
I think when the criteria is black and white like stats or rigor of classes it is easier to see why you weren’t selected… your stats just weren’t high enough or you didn’t take enough AP classes. Easy to understand. But when it is subjective as this apparently was it becomes more personal and harder to understand. It’s all good. D has many awards and merit scholarships at other schools and she will survive. LOL. (Not meant as sarcastic but as humor.)
I started this thread merely for information on a subject that has been tough to get info on. Nothing more. And again I am genuinely happy for those who were selected for the Purple and Gold Scholarship!!! Congrats!</p>
<p>Also, after spending time reading the acceptance and rejection stats on some of these threads it just further illustrates what a crapshoot this whole process is! D was rejected from USC along with some kids whose stats were off the charts and she was accepted at UCLA but some of the USC accepted kids were rejected from UCLA… CRAZY CRAZY PROCESS! I read these threads and I get so happy for the kids who are accepted and so sad for the ones who weren’t. I would never have gotten into any of these schools if I had to apply today. </p>
<p>@notmadeofmoney Yes, you’re correct it just to 1/3 of out of state residents. My D got $4K/yr and I called admissions and financial aid as well to get clarification and got same the feedback you encountered. We really would like for her to attend but the cost are still high ( UW - 50K over 4 years = 200K). Also you should factor int the fact that kids tend to live on or near campus at least 1 or more summers so that’s another 10 - 20 K. That’s really hard to swallow compared to the in state UC cost we would pay (about an 70 K difference over 4 years). My D also got a national gold scholarship from the U of Minn which is worth about $30K (covers difference from in-state vs out of state for 4 years). Plus U of Minn participates in the NSE exchange program ( <a href=“http://nse.org/”>http://nse.org/</a> ) which could give her the opportunity to study at UW for a semester at the same cost of attending U of Minn. Unfortunately the UC don’t participate in the NSE program. I’m trying to convince her this would be a great alternative and would allow for her to experience college life at two great universities. Her biggest concern about U of Minn is the weather (and this year’s extended winter is not helping my case for her to go there) and compared to the sunny mild climate at UCSB or possibly UCD means she’ll probably stay in-state.</p>
<p>Anyway I wish the Seattle campus had a more straightforward formula similar to the Bothell campus. I just think $32K a year for state school is too high. I also wish UW was apart of the WUE exchange. I encouraged my daughter to apply to Washington State and she got the Cougar Academic Award - $36K over four years…the cost is roughly $32K year to attend WSU but the school is not ranked as high and its on the other side of the state. But WSU out of state tuition is $24K compared to $32K at UW. </p>
<p>I agree with you on the crazy acceptance process (especially at the UC campuses) it would be hard for me to get into one of these good schools. But also factoring the undergrad cost along with potential grad school and head just can stop from hurting. These are exciting times…congrats to everyone again for your hard work.</p>
<p>Sounds like your daughter has some wonderful opportunities in front of her!!! I have a friend whose daughter went to U of Minn and who lives right there. If you want her email to ask questions about the school PM me. I’m sure she would be happy to give you her perspective on the school, weather and community. We are looking at out of state tuition for UCSB and UCLA as well as UW and it is hard to justify for us as well especially if she wants to go on to medical school. (So now she is debating on changing her major to Engineering or CS and if that is even possible at some of these schools.) But our instate schools are not anywhere near the level academically as those three and we would like her to have an out of state school experience. She has been accepted to some private schools in California with merit scholarships so we are visiting a few of each and then will see what makes sense. Congrats to your D and good luck with the upcoming decisions to be made by most everyone on here:)</p>