<p>Hey. I saw your post saying that you got OOS waived plus some money, I was just wondering your SATs and GPA, because I'm hoping and praying for the same, slim chance for me though.
-kelly</p>
<p>I think you had to apply early to get the OOS waiver. I applied back in early Oct. </p>
<p>You asked about my stats......1480 SAT ~3.8 uw all honors, gifted, AP. total including senior year of 8 ap's. Rank in top 7% at difficult HS. Not invited to honors at clemson but appealing</p>
<p>Lots of ec. Job 15 hours a week as mechanic. peer leader, school leadership team, eagle scout, math tutor at hispanic title 1 middle school, wierd sports...kayaking, ulta lite backpacking, mtn biking. </p>
<p>I am very similar to other people on the board wo applied to Clemson and did not get money...I just applied early that is the only difference I can see. </p>
<p>I suggest you get your FAFSA in....that will qualify you to be looked at for FA. Apply for other outside scholarships esp the local ones. Go to the FA and scholarship section of this site for suggestions.</p>
<p>I got into Clemson back in December w/ scholarship offer. I'm in-state and hear good things about Clemson but don't know if it's the school for me. I got into UF as well so that's enticing, especially with an out-of-state tuition waiver in the works...:P Congrats to all who got in! If the scholarships good, maybe I'll see some of you next year.</p>
<p>anybody got any more news about their clemson scholarships, honors invites, etc?</p>
<p>jlauer95, We went with S to Clemson's National Scholars Scholarship weekend last weekend. Had a blast. Very impressed with Clemson. They did a superb job of recruiting and wooing. There were 33 invites and 16 were selected NS winners. Unfortunately, our S was not selected. He was (we all were) very down for a few days. However, Clemson did offer a $6,000 per year tuition discount which was nice. Clemson is still high on Ss list. The sting of the Clemson NS reject was softened a bit yesterday by an invite to Furman's Herman Lay scholarship weekend the end of Mar. What a roller coaster ride. I gotta tell you, we were so very very impressed with Clemson. It really is a great school. As parents, we would feel extremely comfortable with our S going there.</p>
<p>Furman is a very good school. Along the lines of Grinnell and a few others like that. Kids at my school go there and like it. They are all top students. </p>
<p>FYI, I think their football kicker from a couple of years ago turned down Harvard to go to furman. His Dad works with my dad. I think his name was kovack. Must have been a good decision as he won a national championship and has a ride to law school</p>
<p>I still have not heard from honors. Have mailed in my fall grades, 4.0 all but one class is AP. Don't feel I have much of a chance for honors as the person in Admissions said "We don't refer unless in the top 3%". Iam at 6%. Also admissions seemd a little rude too almost like they thought an oos kid was taking a SC kid's slot.</p>
<p>Too bad my sister loved the school. Brag point I won a Target all-around got the notice yesterday . Its 1k anywhere I want to go but non renewable. Every little bit helps.</p>
<p>Steviesteve007, I hope that if you eventually don't get Honors, you won't sour completely on going to Clemson. Initially, our S was so upset about not winning the Clemson NS, that he said he didn't want to go because he would forever have to hang around, go to school with and see all the NS kids he met who did win. His pride was getting in his way. Now that the dust has settled, he is strongly considering going to Clemson anyway. I don't know how this college search roller coaster will end. S won a 1/2 tuition scholarship to Rice and I think he likes Clemson better. Our S could end up winning lots of merit aid to top schools and he might thumb his nose at all of them and go to the good ole state U with the least merit offer. Doesn't make sense sometimes. It isn't necessarily which school offers the best deal as much as which school is the best fit. If you don't get honors at Clemson upon admission, you know you will be considered for honors after your first semester there. Keep your cards on the table as long as you can. When you get closer to 1 May, you might be surprised at which school surfaces to the top. I agree with you about Furman. It is a great school. We'll see how the fit feels the end of Mar. Keep us posted on your progress!
- Lukester</p>
<p>P.S. Way to go on the Target scholarship! Good on you!</p>
<p>Lukester: We visited Clemson last Monday with our junior year hs son. He loved it. Going on a school day was awesome -- got to see the school on a normal day -- all the action, the kids, the food, etc. </p>
<p>Son wants to go there but will need OOS tuition break, etc. Tour guide told us that OOS breaks are given to SAT scores over 1300 (m + e) so son has that already (so we hope tour guides words are true)</p>
<p>Stevie: Did they mean top 3% from your high school or top 3% of their applicants?</p>
<p>Our son's hs doesn't rank to that level -- just will say top 10% -- even tho son is #2 in his class.</p>
<p>I was told it was the top 3% of your grad HS class. All schools the same despite the fact that not all schools are the same. </p>
<p>If you go to a magnet school, you lose because of the difficulty and lack of average kids..... </p>
<p>I don't go to a magnet but my school is very competitive so even with a high gpa and AP's I am still not in top 5%. </p>
<p>Also I don't know if the 1300 is correct. I think its more like 1350 if I remember correctly It was 1300 when my sister went but I think its been raised because of the competition.</p>
<p>Call and ask....When they were talking to me I felt that they felt I was just another kid and wanted to get back top revieing apps. </p>
<p>I think they get a lot of complaining.</p>
<p>Stevie: I will tell our GS about the need for specific % when son applies to colleges next year. My son goes to a private school, so there is a bunch of high achievers. Luckily, he is #2 in class (#1 is a former homeschooler who came to hs having already taken many hs classes so the high school is having her take college classes at nearby college while attending high school)</p>
<p>The 1350 SAT req't is okay for in-state, son has passed that.</p>
<p>If they see you grad number 2 or 3 in your class and know the class size I think Clemson would calculate the rank for you. I did not have a rank % just the number of kids in grad class ~700 and my rank in it...Clemson admissions made the "not top 3%" comment. They are the ones who refer to the honors program.</p>
<p>I think Clemson made the calc for me. 3% of 700 is top 21. and I'm not there...more like 52 or 53. Even with a 1480 there are at least 25 kids in my class with higher SAT's than me for sure. </p>
<p>For example, a kid in my scout troop, in my patrol even, got an 800 on the math as did one of our school's football players. I also know one other at school in my class besides those two who got 800's on the math section. That does not include the asian and south asian kids either. As for the verbal prob same ranges fit. </p>
<p>So my chances of top 3% are pretty slim. You son's on the other hand is pretty good. There should be no question about honors if you are in the top three or four of the grad class, have the gpa and have the test scores.</p>
<p>Stevie: I think that it is ridic to just use top 3% if a school. They should ask top 3-5% of their applicants. It's just not fair to kids who go to higher performing schools (magnet, private, etc). My friend's daughter is awesome, but not top 10% even though her stats are top. It's just frustrating.</p>
<p>Jlauer/Stevie, I agree with you ref how Clemson picks for Calhoun's Honors. When we were up there for the National Scholars weekend, they mentioned that next year Clemson was going to go to an entirely new selection process for Calhoun Honors. They are going to have a separate application much like US-Carolina does. They also said they intended to shrink the size of the Calhouns as they thought it was too large and therefore had lost some of it's meaning. They admitted that they had not finalized all the details. There was also some discussion of having an honors within the honors. Sort of like two levels. Who knows what the selection process will really look like. I think everyone agrees that they aren't too happy about how it is currently done.</p>
<p>kni you may get in-state tuition rate. We went on Clemson tour last month and tour guide said that she got in-state for having a 1300+ SAT.</p>
<p>I got my scholarship package in the mail today. $6700/ year for Palmetto Fellows and a $4000/year Trustee Scholarship = $10700/year.</p>
<p>wdlan88, Outstanding! Congratulations! That is some nice $$$!</p>
<p>wdlan88, Outstanding! Congratulations! That is some nice $$$!. </p>
<p>I am still waiting for a further offer and consideration for honors. I did get a phone call from the engineering department encouraging me to enroll. The call was funny they used my middle name as my first name and my first name as my last......"McBride Steven we really would like to see you at Clemson.:</p>
<p>I corrected the caller and tried to be nice but it just was not a very lively call after that. They were happy to hear my sister was graduating from there. </p>
<p>Wdlan88 can you give us an idea of your stats so we can compare your numbers and offer with our numbers and offers? </p>
<p>I'm OOS and while I have an offer for oos tuition wiaver and 2k, reviewed yearly, that means I still have to pay instate at full along with housing and meals. I am hoping I can get a little bigger break.</p>
<p>I'll even change my name.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Here's the stats in a nutshell:</p>
<p>720 Math, 700 Verbal, 680 Writing...Top 2% of Class...In-State...Lots of ecs with leadership positions and community service.</p>
<p>S got his scholarship package in the mail yesterday. $6700/ year for Palmetto Fellows and a $5000/year Presdential Scholarship = $11700/year. Still hoping for a little extra NMF $ but Clemson not big on NMF. GOOD LUCK to all who are still waiting to hear. My thoughts and prayers are with you.</p>