<p>Does anyone who doesn’t get Honors ever get the OOS waiver?</p>
<p>Yes. Those winning “named” scholarships like the McNair and McKissick and others get their tuition reduced to in state level on top of their merit award. There is also another level where the tuition is reduced to a number between in state and OOS for certain students.</p>
<p>[Academic</a> Scholarships](<a href=“Scholarships - Financial Aid and Scholarships | University of South Carolina”>Scholarships - Financial Aid and Scholarships | University of South Carolina)</p>
<p>Yes, I’m not in Honors and I got an OOS waiver.</p>
<p>Thanks for the link, eadad. Knights09, do you remember when you were notified? And is the waiver guaranteed for 4 years?</p>
<p>I was notified around this time last year. Look for it in the next two weeks. I can’t remember for sure but I’m pretty sure it’s renewable for a total of 8 semesters as long as you keep a 3.0 cumulative GPA.</p>
<p>As I recall scholarship notification came out around the 15th of March so there was still enough time to plan a visit for Scholars Day in April.</p>
<p>The award is renewable for 8 semesters based on maintaining a certain GPA (don’t remember specifics) and even applied to the courses that were fulfilled as part of my D’s mandatory internship that she took over the summer. There was no merit money for the summer but the six credit hours were calculated at instate rates rather than OOS.</p>
<p>D got McKissick notification today in the regular mail! $2000/yr. renewable with OOS waiver.</p>
<p>If I read it correctly, if you graduate in under four years (8 semesters) you can use the remaining time on your scholarship for your masters, provided you continuously enroll for the entire 8 semesters. Not at all out of the question if you’re bringing in AP credits.</p>
<p>studious mom… do you recall your daughter’s gpa and sat scores? I’m interested in knowing what the cutoff was to recieve the McKissick. </p>
<p>I met all of the requirements for the McKissick on the website, but I only recieved the Woodrow Award in the mail today…</p>
<p>obviously only a guide, DS met requirements for Cooper and only received McKissick… still a nice vote of confidence, but money is money.</p>
<p>pittpens1-SAT 1830, ACT 29, Rank 4/247. GPA 3.865 unweighted.</p>
<p>mine were SAT-1980, UWGPA 3.4 / WGPA 3.75, I’m dissappointed I only got the Woodrow… It will make my decision much more difficult financially.</p>
<p>DSs GPA must have killed him, 3.65w, 34 ACT, put him at 26% ranking.</p>
<p>I’m sure it’s like so many admission decisions. Don’t try to figure it out. Maybe it involved extracurriculars and the kind of class they are trying to build.</p>
<p>Back when my D was applying we were told that they used a very formulaic grid that required a certain uw GPA /SAT or ACT combination at each level. If a candidate fell short in one of the areas they dropped to the next lower scholarship but at the same time had to have both GPA and test scores above the criteria baseline to qualify for each level. It turns out that D had the uw GPA but missed the next level scholarship (Cooper) by less than 20 points on her SAT.</p>
<p>what do you think an African Almerican girl majoring in Engineering might qualify for with SAT of 1830 and a 4.4 weighted GPA and 4.0 unweighthed GPA?</p>
<p>pittpens1,
i am surprised yo only got woodrow!
i have sat 1960 and gpa 3.65 and i got mckissick…
and misswhite you might also get mckissick, granted you hav around a 1250/1600.</p>