<p>Scholarship notification for other “named” awards doesn’t occur until early March. If you didn’t make McNair you more than likely will qualify for one of the other “named” awards and the financial benefits are still quite significant.</p>
<p>I posted this previously in another thread: </p>
<p>Those who qualify for “named” scholarships like McKissick and McNair also get their tuition reduced to the actual in state tuition level before reducing it further by the name scholarship monies. Others can qualify for reduced tuition that is somewhere between OOS and instate level based on the amount of their merit award.</p>
<p>My D is now a second semester senior at SC. She was awarded a McKissick Scholarship and named a Capstone Scholar as well. Her tuition is reduced to actual instate level and then the McKissick award is applied to that amount. This resulted in a net cost below that of our state’s flagship school.</p>
<p>Incidentally, there are also departmental awards but interestingly, SC usually waits to award them until AFTER you have accepted admission rather than using them to be a deal maker. Their thought I guess is to give them to be people who really want to be there. My D was called by her chosen major department during her HS commencement practice and told that she had been awarded a $6K Coca Cola scholarship on top of everything else. This stacking of awards brought our net cost for freshman year well under $10K for the year!</p>
<p>Be patient…they are generous with merit monies if you have earned them.</p>
<p>PS:</p>
<p>It doesn’t hurt to let them know you really want to be there and that merit $$$ would be a factor in the decision.</p>
<p>**dallasespa: </p>
<p>from your name I am guessing that you are from Dallas; we are as well. What HS does your D attend? If you would like more information about life at SC please PM me.**</p>