<p>Okay, so here was my experience:</p>
<p>All my materials were in by 11/29. For future reference, apply before November. There was a high chance of being waitlisted if you applied late November this year (they had a record number of apps, and apparently accepted too much by that time). I doubt it will be like this for other years, but if you want to hear back soon (in ~4 weeks), apply before November.</p>
<p>I received an acceptance letter on 2/22. I got the 12k on 2/26. The merit aid is much smaller for in-state students. Although they immediately consider accepted students for merit aid, they stop doing that after 3/1.</p>
<p>I got my financial aid award letter today. The max institutional financial aid they give to OOS students is 10k (at least for this year). But if you got the 12k scholarship, you don’t qualify for institutional financial aid, regardless of your EFC or AGI (both were 0 for me). So the only thing you’ll get is the Pell grant and some small loans (total: 5.5k). Work study is 1.5k.</p>
<p>Fwiw, they’ve also raised the tuition to 29k for OOS students.</p>