Will I qualify for the Gold National Scholarship (or at least Maroon National)?

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<p>so, i live in texas, and if i were to get into ut austin, it would be much cheaper than minnesota (4k/yr, so about $16-20k). however, if i were to get the gold national scholarship, they would be the same price and hopefully i would be able to make a decision based on which school i like more rather than worrying about cost. so, what are my chances for gold national or at least maroon national? </p>

<p>unweighted gpa: 3.7 / 4</p>

<p>class rank: top 8%</p>

<p>Out of State (Texas)</p>

<p>National Merit Commended Scholar</p>

<p>31 ACT (35 Math and 32 English)</p>

<p>Marching Band all 4 years and section leader senior year
Member of Math and Science Team</p>

<p>Some tutoring jobs where I worked 2-3 hours a week.</p>

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<p>also, any other scholarship info please? i’ve already been accepted and REALLY want to go. my family is rich so i won’t get any need based aid, but if i could get this school to the same price/ cheaper than ut austin that would be fantastic!</p>

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<p>abcd…For what it’s worth, I would think you are in a good position to get at least the Maroon National. One description of these scholarships says top 5% class rank for the Gold and top 10% for the Maroon, while another page lumps their description together and says top 15%. In any case, I think your stats would put you in line for one of them. D1 is OOS also and waiting to see what scholarships might be offered as well. Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>thanks for the info Wolverine86 and good luck to your daughter!</p>

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<p>Do either of you know if they consider weighted rank as well, or only unweighted rank?</p>

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<p>hopefully they do weighted, cause only smarter kids can get higher in weighted. you can take all lower level classes and get a 4 and beat out much smarter people</p>

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<p>my school doesn’t even do unweighted rank, so i hope not!</p>

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<p>i got gold!</p>

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<p>congrats, abcdegsds.</p>

<p>I’m just curious, with UT austin being ranked 45 on USNews and UMN at 64, what attracts you to leave your home for UMN?</p>

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<p>for one thing, i don’t care at all about prestige, i care more about program quality (minnesota and ut both have excellent chemical engineering programs, and minnesota was actually slightly better). another thing was that i kinda want to get out of this state. im very liberal and being stuck in texas is pretty terrible haha. i do realize that ut austin is much more liberal than the rest of texas, but i wanted a change of scenery too. and of course, i miss the snow! (i used to live up north when i was younger)</p>

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<p>oh, i see.</p>