I goto plano west and around the middle 50% with a 3.45 weighted GPA and a 34 ACT. I have lots of extra curricular and volunteer hours as well as work experience. I submitted my application will all 3 essays this week. What do y’all think my chances for AES are. Thanks!
I don’t know but you will know soon. They are saying that they are releasing AES info with the admittance letter. You have a great ACT score but your GPA and rank are going to hurt you. Give it a couple of weeks and you will have your answer. Good luck!
Got the lowest tier with 34ACT/4.0 GPA/decent ec’s/class rank 1/439. I checked my portal financial aid section today. Guess theyre getting really competitive as I hoped for the second tier ):
That’s tough! @moremuffins are you in state? If you are and you stay ranked #1 you’d get the Texas Val scholarship which covers full first year tuition. If you’re OOS getting any level of AES gives you in state tuition rates.
@moremuffins I’m surprised you only got the lowest tier offer. Did they send you a letter yet, or did you just see the offer in galaxy portal? And did you have many AP classes (I’d presume so given your rank…)?
Oh no! It looks like they are changing AES awards!
I sure hope not. Other than this thread and the one on reddit, have you heard any other details?
They took down all the info on AES from the UTD web page and only have this
https://www.utdallas.edu/enroll/freshman/aes/prospective-students/awards/
IM SORRY. I read my scholarship wrong. I saw 3k and thought I only got the 3k/semester but that was apparently my stipend. I was too devasted to think straight and couldn’t read anything right loool. I got full tuition AND 3k stipend so thats Honors. IM SO SORRY IF I STRESSED ANYONE OUT. I just went full stupid. But no I didnt get a letter with the scholarship, but on the day I got my acceptance letter I checked my portal and my award was there!
@acapla Please read my updated comment I feel really bad for accidentally spreading misinformation, but I got the full tuition with $3k stipend!! I was just stupid and misread bc I was on the mobile galaxy portal, and I was just being really dumb.
@moremuffins Thanks for the follow-up and don’t feel bad – congrats on the huge scholarship!
@moremuffins where do you see your awards? Can Is it under “Accept/Decline Awards”?
My son just got accepted to UTD. I was wondering where would the AES award appear on the portal if he got one?
Is AES award granted only after the student submitted FAFSA?
I do know you do not have to submit the FAFSA first. Notification about the AES award either comes with the acceptance of admission or can take up to 2 weeks after, is what the students are saying. Is there a financial aid tab on the portal, if so, that is where it will show up.
How come UT system gives no money to UT Austin for merit scholarships but UTD gets lots?
UT Austin made a decision that they do not need to offer merit scholarships to attract top students. UT Austin feels the strength of their academics, reputation and sports programs are enough to entice desired students to attend. It is not the case that UTD and other UT schools are given a pot of money earmarked for scholarships and UT Austin is not, it’s each universities decision what to do with the money they receive…
@StrafeXAura What level of AES did you get