<p>There are some smaller ones (sims and woodrow) that don’t give you full instate, just a reduction. But if you got one of those letters that said “at least 2000”, then I think you’re correct. Unless you are NMF and then you get Leiber also. The only other would be McNair/Mcnair finalists but you would already know about those since they were done by invitation/interview.</p>
<p>Does anyone know who has gone through this process in previous years if you are OOS and get a scholarship, such as the McKissick or Woodrow, if that’s it on aid/grants/scholarships/loans, or do the offer a “package” on top of the reduced tuition based on EFC and the Fafsa? </p>
<p>Thanks :)</p>
<p>^^Read AUgirls comments earlier in this thread. Might answer your questions.</p>
<p>^^Any Federal aid that you qualify for is added on top of scholarships. I received a USC scholarship (albeit only $500 a year) and still get the Federal Pell Grant, work-study, and Stafford loans.</p>
<p>They won’t give you more than the cost of attendance per year though. So it’s capped around $20,000 or $25,000 a year I think.</p>
<p>AUGirl - that is interesting. I thought for sure if you got the instate +2K or 4K and your EFC was lower than the balance (8 or 6K) that there would be no financial aid. I certainly hope what you experienced is still the case. That would be a pleasant surprise for us!</p>
<p>Is USC generous with grants or not so much? Northeastern gave me 10 in scholarship, and 10 in grant aid, so I’m hoping for atleadt 10 from USC but is that even possible?</p>
<p>My son got a letter today that gave him a Thornwell Scholars award of $500.00 per year. Since he is a Palmetto Scholar, that Thornwell will become a Dean’s Scholarship so instead he’ll get $3,000.00 per year. He will be in a high-need field of science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) so he’ll get an additional $3,300.00. So with the Palmetto Fellows, Dean’s Scholar, and USC STEM, he will get $13,000.00 not including FAFSA which we hope will cover more.</p>
<p>He is waiting to hear what Clemson is offering before making a decision.</p>
<p>^^Are you talking about STEM enhancement for Palmetto Fellow? Check the fine print to verify but I don’t think the STEM enhancement applies until sophmore year. Unless USC is now giving something to freshmen. (Clemson offered us basically the enhancement amount for one year to fill until sophmore year when D was looking. D picked USC). When we applied PF was 6700 freshman year, up to 7500 sophomore year and then you could also get STEM $ second year.</p>
<p>The letter said it’s new this year, and it can be added to any other university scholarship offered. It then goes to $2,500 for sophomore through senior year if he still qualifies.</p>
<p>^^So basically it gets you to $10,000 each year just on Palmetto Fellows. That’s great! That makes the planning for 4 years a little easier to have it be the same amount. If the requirements are the same, getting 14 hours of qualified coursework is not that hard…basically 2 classes a semester if at least one has a lab or is a 4hr class.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.che.sc.gov/StudentServices/LIFE/Directives/PolicyGuidelineforthePalmettoFellowsandLIFEScholarshipEnhancements.pdf[/url]”>http://www.che.sc.gov/StudentServices/LIFE/Directives/PolicyGuidelineforthePalmettoFellowsandLIFEScholarshipEnhancements.pdf</a></p>
<p>This is the link they gave us on the letter to check more out.</p>
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<p>Not really. I don’t think that USC gives out any grant money aside from the Gamecock Guarantee (which I narrowly don’t qualify for. On my mother’s side, I’m the first and only person to go to college.)</p>
<p>I have a 0 EFC and the only things I’ve gotten are Federal Work-study, state need-based grant, federal pell grant, and then the loans.</p>
<p>Northeastern is crazy expensive and if you’ve only got $20k in merit/financial aid, then you’re looking at $30k a year to spend, plus it’s a five-year school with the co-ops, so that’d make sense why they give out more grant money. (And it’s private)</p>
<p>USC only costs about $20k a year as an in-state student, so they don’t have to give out lots of grants for students to be able to study here. USC also only receives about 10% of its funding from the state, so there isn’t a lot of extra money to lie around. It really relies on tuition money.</p>
<p>With all that said, if you received the Pell Grant at Northeastern, then you’ll get that at USC. But I don’t see you getting 10k in grant aid. Are you in-state or out-of-state? If you’re in-state, then LIFE is $5000 and the max Pell is $5550 and the max state need-based grant is $1500, so that could be $12000, which is what I got as a freshman.</p>
<p>@AUGirl: nope, Out of state :/</p>
<p>I called this morning to find out if they have been mailed or not-
She said that they were “in the process of finalizing scholarships and they were hoping to have them in the mail Tuesday of next week.” </p>
<p>Good luck everyone :)</p>
<p>Scholarship came :D</p>
<p>Woodrow. We were hoping against hope for the McKissick, but we are happy! </p>
<p>31 ACT, 1950 SAT, 3.95 weighted, 3.2 unweighted, 9 AP’s</p>
<p>Got letter today. McKissick, as expected since she got a letter in December saying she would receive at least that. Good luck to all - I’ve heard that average scores and grades from last year to receive scholarships are now minimums due to caliber of applicants. # 1 choice for daughter and this seals the deal.</p>
<p>Congratulations NCdad1 & terporgamecock!</p>
<p>Congratulations to you both!</p>
<p>@terpor where are u from?</p>