<p>Cathymee,</p>
<p>Yes my D applied too late for honors and also too late for every other merit scholarship. We paid the full OOS rate for the first semester. She applied to the honors college for spring, and should find out in the next 2 weeks. It sounds as if the honors college scholarship is awarded as a matter of course for all OOS students with no other scholarship support, so we are hoping she will get in and get the scholarship. She will then be eligible for the reduced tuition. We spoke to many people on campus about this since we were trying to find some way to get the lower tuition for this year. Initially, I was upset at having the pay the full price when she would have had an excellent chance at merit aid (4.0 UW, 5.66W, rank 1/526-valedictorian and 31 ACT) I have since accepted that we may pay full price this year, and am just happy that she has found the perfect school for her. She told me last night that she likes USC even more than she thought she would. She will apply for departmental scholarships for next year, so we’ll see what comes from that.</p>