Questions about the Provost scholarship

drusba
Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:02:14 +0000

Very tough. He has to be National Acheivement, National Hispanic Scholar, or National Merit Finalist (otherwise there is no cut-off score and obviously ACT does not get you in because those are all SAT awards) so unless he acheives finalist status he won’t be considered. Second, as part of that program he must have designated Illinois as his top choice college. Third, they award only 30 a year and final decisons take account of anything in the file but particularly high school rank and course difficulty (there is a minum 3.0 GPA requirement but that is a pointless requirement since Finalists usually have well above that) and thus ultimately it depends on how many there are to choose from and how he stacks up against the others. It does not favor in state versus OOS.

There are other scholarships but full tuition scholarships are rare outside that program (one is the James Hunter Anthony endowment for which very high rank/test score applicants (including ACT) may be considered but only 5 to 10 are awarded). There is a Campus Honors program that enrolls about 120 a year for which you need to be in the top 1% to 2% of all applicants (rank and test scores) to get in but only scholarship related to that program is that they usually award OOS by charging them only in state tuition.

There are then many merit awards, anywhere from the $500 to $8,000 range (higher ends usually for OOS) but averaging $1,000 to $4,000, most of which are controlled and awarded by the particular colleges at UIUC and engineering usually has more to award than others.

For the university and particular college related scholartships no separate application from your regular application for admission is required, i.e., he will be considered if he qualifies for any scholarship based on his application for admission file.