What a waste. 39 scholarship opportunities wasted? Don’t they have alternate candidates?
That’s what I am wondering. Does “Finalists” mean that they were awarded the scholarship and that 39 declined or that there was one more cut to go?
Wasted?
It says “Back in February, 54 impressive finalists visited UT campus for a full weekend of in-person interviews and a glimpse at what life on the Forty Acres could be.”
So I think that means that only about 15 and perhaps a few more were actually chosen from the 54 finalists. So we don’t know for sure how many actually declined the scholarship?
https://www.texasexes.org/scholarships/news/forty-acres-scholars-program-class-2023-announced
The 40 Acres is a small scholarship, usually between 12-15 students. What happens after finalist weekend is the exact number of students they’d like to have for the class are called and offered the scholarship. Some finalists are outright rejected. Others are placed on the waitlist. As students decline the scholarship, students on the waitlist are called and offered the scholarship. It’s a carefully managed process to get exactly the right number of students and not one more than that.
Good luck to all!
@txstateomind No sorry if that sounded confusing, I just got into McCombs and was replying to @Slayyy
Does UT give out merit? I qualified for 0 of the Texas Exes scholarships so Forty Acres is my only hope at this point but it seems extremely unlikely.
@Slayyy when you say UTA are you referring to UT Arlington? I am asking this earnestly, I promise. I was genuinely confused. If you meant UT Austin, then yes, my son found out last Tuesday. UTA usually refers to the university of Texas at Arlington and normally everyone calls the University of a Texas at Austin just plain UT. I’m assuming since you are on the University of Texas at Austin group that you meant UT, but I was a little confused.
@saltypretzel UT does have some limited scholarships besides the 40 Acres. My D was awarded (2 years ago) full tuition+ for McCombs.
Which is only confusing for those that aren’t from Texas and also applied to Tennessee. LOL
So no one has heard anything on 40 Acres yet?
I’m sure the minute the semifinalists emails start hitting peoples’ inboxes someone will announce it.
Emails to semifinalists went out today.
How do you know emails went out?
My son got an email for Semifinalist at 4:14 pm.
My daughter is one of the 190 semifinalists.
Still 60 finalists?
My daughter got a semi-finalist email today. She’s an OOS candidate. .
@UT2020Hopeful Because I saw one.
@CodeNinjaTX Last year there were 50 or 45 so I think the number changes from year to year.
@Jennibc Thank you.
54 finalists: https://www.texasexes.org/scholarships/news/forty-acres-scholars-finalists-announced