<p>I understand that a student must be unconditionally accepted into the program, but when does that usually occur? I guess my main concern/question is: are students usually unconditionally accepted into a degree program before the start of their freshman year?
I am looking at going to LSU for petroleum engineering and it seems from the LSU website that you dont get into a specific college until about after your freshman year? is that true or can you get the academic common market instate tuition before you start your freshman year?</p>
<p>My son is enrolled in an Academic Common Market program and it is a little confusing. Your best bet is to find the person at LSU who works with ACE and ask your questions. In my son’s case, as long as he went in with the intent to major in a certain area, he was covered. However, it did not show the in-state tuition rate until after he enrolled for classes, which made me very nervous. They explained that since you have to be a full-time student to qualify, they don’t have proof of that full-time status until you register for classes. Again, this is based on our experience at a different school, so you do want to find who the contact person is at LSU.</p>
<p>At LSU you can get instate tuition if you are a Petroleum engineer. First you have to get accepted. Then you have to fill out an online form on LSU’s website with the intent to use the Academic Common Market. Then you have to contact your local Academic Common Market person. Then after you finish your senior year it is all signed off from what I understand. </p>
<p>@scubadive Can you tell me where this Common Market intent form is on the LSU website? I have searched everywhere. I see the common market mentioned a couple of times but no link or instructions that an “intent form” must be filled out first. Here is the paragraph I have found twice on their website. </p>
<p>To enroll as Academic Common Market students, applicants must be accepted for admission into a program to which their state has made arrangements to send its students and obtain certification of residency from the Common Market Coordinator in their home state. Applications for admission should be made directly to the institution offering the program. Additional information about the Academic Common Market and programs available at in-state tuition rates for residents of Louisiana can be obtained from the Office of the University Registrar.</p>
<p>We have applied and been accepted to LSU and the forms have been filled out and will be sent to the MS region to apply for academic common market, but after reading your post I just want to make sure that we arent skipping an important step in the process. thanks </p>
<p>@jeannemar We were told that my son would be offered the OOS scholarship amount even though paying instate costs. Was that the case with your son? I just want to make sure before we go further with this application. I was assured twice this was the case. It is a HUGE difference in an ACT scholarship award amount compared to the instate, but after researching, I am assuming it is left this way because the OOS students are not offered TOPS. But, the OOS students who dont apply for academic common market dont get TOPS either, but still have the extra expense of OOS tuition. So, I just want to make sure this is the case. </p>
<p>Nvm … I found the form!! WOW we almost missed that step! I have talked to LSU 2 times in the past couple of weeks and no one even mentioned this step to me even though I specifically asked about common market and what I needed to do. So happy I stumbled on this thread at CC!!! </p>
<p>We are doing the common marketplace with LSU as well, I will PM you.</p>
<p>At a meeting the LSU admissions people gave us the steps to go through. I would have missed that step as well.</p>
<p>I just sent you a message back!</p>
Regarding LSU’s ACM and OOS scholarships, after visiting with admissions representatives, a student gets the out-of state scholarship dollars and is still a non-resident student. The ACM is considered a tuition “offset” credit on the bill.