OOS Merit Scholarships

AUAlumni
Fri, 22 Feb 2019 14:52:49 +0000

This is a tough year to get merit aid from Clemson. My daughter was accepted in November and just received her acceptance to Calhoun Honors. I realize this thread is for OOS Scholarships but I’d thought it would help to know that its just as competitive in-state to receive merit award. Obviously, we have the South Carolina state awarded scholarships but the money provided by Clemson on top of that was minimal.

My DD attends one of the top three public high schools in the state of South Carolina, graduating class of 530. Rigorous academics and very competitive. Her school has recent graduates at MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, Duke, Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, UNC Chapel Hill, Georgetown, Brown, Boston College, etc. I could go on. My point in sharing this is that Clemson is now competing for these same kids at her school with its rigorous academics, in-state tuition, and honors college. More and more of the high-stat, in-state kids are choosing to attend Clemson. I think its just getting more competitive all around for anyone to get much merit award.

Congratulations to everyone for their acceptance! I’m sure there will be some tough decisions to make in the coming months. Best of luck to everyone on this college journey!