<p>As hoveringmom noted, Coastal Carolina can be an affordable option, especially when you add in scholarship options. A couple of things to keep in mind if you are planning to audition for CCU and want to maximize your scholarship opportunities:
- The highest level merit scholarship is the President’s Scholarship ($7,500 per year for OOS students and $4,000 per year for in-state students) and it is available only to students ADMITTED by January 1. So if you meet the academic requirements and you plan to audition for CCU, it’s worth it to go ahead and apply in the fall and get your academic acceptance in so you qualify for this level award. The other 2 merit levels require admittance by March 1. These awards are stats based and do not require any special application. And they are renewable every year as long as you maintain the GPA requirements.
<a href=“http://www.coastal.edu/financialaid/meritbased.html#CCU[/url]”>http://www.coastal.edu/financialaid/meritbased.html#CCU</a> - There are also application-based scholarships. These do require an additional application and they are due March 1 of each year. These are available to incoming freshmen as well as returning CCU students. These can be combined with the merit-based awards. My D currently receives a merit award and 2 “application-based” awards. So if you have been academically accepted before March 1, it is worth reviewing the information and applying for any awards for which you are eligible:
<a href=“http://www.coastal.edu/financialaid/documents/applicationbasedscholarshipguide2012.pdf[/url]”>http://www.coastal.edu/financialaid/documents/applicationbasedscholarshipguide2012.pdf</a> - CCU also offers talent awards based on your audition. You are automatically considered for these when you audition. My D doesn’t receive one of these, since for her the academic award was higher, but since it is also a merit-based award I believe it can also be combined with the application-based awards.</p>
<p>It’s so hard to keep track of everything for auditions, much less for these type of scholarship and award requirements, so hope this is helpful.</p>