<p>UC seems to be very slow on getting any scholarship info out. The web site says early to mid February but I haven't heard of no one getting anything.</p>
<p>My son just got news on his international scholarship just two weeks ago, so you may not have much more waiting to do.</p>
<p>Cincinnatus notifications went out about a week or two ago, but they were just notification of qualification for the merit award. If you received that email, then you’ve been determined as being eligible for at least a $1,500 in state Cincinnatus. Out of state Cincinnatus-qualified students get an additional $3,000 to offset a little of the OOS Tuition surcharge. The final, exact Cincinnatus award amounts, it is my understanding, will be sent out in mid march.</p>
<p>My son got a letter with an award a couple weeks ago. </p>
<p>Also recieved the very vague receiving a scholarship of at least $1500. I am surprised by the lateness of the merit scholarships. Many other schools have them out. </p>
<p>Meh, some do, some don’t. The key is that all offers are available for acceptance until May 1st. By then you should have the bottom line TOC (Total Cost of Attendance) in hand with which to make your final decision among all your offers. Financial Aid, in most cases, is still waiting for applicants (and their parents) to collaborate and file FAFSA before the initial financial aid award letters can be mailed. Now Cincinnatus is totally merit-based and is not dependent on filing a FAFSA, but for them to determine whether you qualify for any need-based aid, they give you until, I believe, March 1st before the initial Aid letters go out listing merit, need-based and loans (from your parents, the gov, or private lenders) needed to cover the cost of attendance. That doesn’t mean that if you don’t get FAFSA done by then, you’re out of luck, but the initial letter potentially won’t be accurate.</p>
<p>It is kind of funky how they handle Cincinnatus, and I’d be curious to find out the official reason. The initial letter says “Hey, we’ve determined you’re eligible, but we don’t know how much you’re getting yet”, and that definitely is strange. Maybe they’re worried that you’ll accept somewhere else, and they want to dangle the carrot of merit aid in front of you so you hold off on making that decision a bit longer.</p>
<p>The problem with holding off is that most freshman have to arrange housing, and in most cases, housing is first-come-first-serve, and they’re taking housing applications already. So, that presents a perfect catch-22. Sould I “accept”, putting down a (usually) non-refundable commitment deposit, plus a housing deposit/app fee, when I might ultimately not go to that institution based on my not yet knowing how much aid I’ll be getting? Universities are aware of that particular “gotcha”, but seem not to be in any hurry to fix it. I wonder why… Anyway, it is what it is, and you have to deal with it. That’s part of the process. Good luck! I hope you get a good chunk of Cincinnatus…and I hope my daughter does too!</p>
<p>I’m with Balthezar - this IS a catch-22. Fortunately, the “back-up” university (should UC’s offers be too low) puts my daughter in Honors housing, so no drama over that! We just can’t see committing 150 bucks to a school (two, actually, if you include Virginia Tech, who doesn’t give their award until 4/15!) on the smallish chance that they’ll come through big time for this OOS student.</p>
<p>I emailed w/ the financial aid department earlier this week. They said that the financial aid award offer will go out mid-March. This will include financial aid available to you based on the 2014-15 FAFSA, as well as scholarship aid (which I believe means Cincinnatus type scholarships). </p>
<p>What I don’t get is there is no competition for the 10 full rides? You are going to award them based strictly on the app?</p>
<p>Pretty much, yes. Scores, Grades, Course Rigor, Extracurricular Activities, and your statement/essay responses are the competition.</p>
<p>Yes, the full rides are based on the initial application. The amount of money that is given out for scholarships at UC is a little frustrating, and the fact that it is based only off the application is a little unfair, though they do usually pick some pretty deserving recipients for their full rides. </p>
<p>Got our notification. It’s certainly OK but it’s 3K less than Ohio State. Makes Cincinnati a much harder sell. </p>