FWIW Southern Mississippi & Mississippi State also offer lots of scholarships.
I have not checked out “marine science” major, however. But Ole Miss offers some strong writing programs–if I recall correctly.
https://www.collegevaluesonline.com/rankings/bachelors-marine-science/
https://www.collegevaluesonline.com/rankings/bachelors-marine-science/
UNC-Wilmington
Univ. of Hawaii
University of Southern Mississippi
N.C. State
Stony Brook
University of Alabama
Univ. of Maine-Orono
Univ. of South Carolina
Rutgers NB
UConn
Alaska Pacific
Univ. of Mobile
Hampton Univ.
Nova SouthEastern
Samford University (Alabama)
St. Joeseph’s College
Univ. of New England
Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida
Univ. of Miami (Florida)
Boston University
You may have missed the Honors College scholarship deadline of December 1 for the University of Southern Mississippi.
The top scholarship for which you were eligible, although not guaranteed, pays tuition, room & board & books for 4 years. If you want to study Marine Science, then this school should have been on your list.
Coalition app doesn’t have that school on it unfortunately ?
So just got my financial aid offer.
I would have to pay $16000 annually ?
Do they offer monthly payments? Maybe I can waitress? I don’t think workstudy was included?
Apparently the school has #1 zoology program in the country which is a great entry to my want of sea animal study ?
I’m in literal tears
@Petal12 is that for Miami U? Is that after you apply federal loans? Work study is a fixed pool of money at each school. It is likely all distributed. I would not assume that you can make 16k a year. That is $15/hour for 20hours/week.
@Petal12: So you are turning down a state flagship university (with one of the best honors colleges in the country) almost assured offer of a full out-of-state tuition scholarship–and possibly more–because of the cost of applying to that college ?
Did you even request an application fee waiver ?
Did you even contact the school ?
It has been more than 5 weeks since you were informed of this option.
My thoughts are quite candid, but I will be diplomatic. If I understand your situation, you only applied to Ivies & other ultra-selective schools needing 100% financial aid without applying to a safety. You didn’t apply to your safety–Univ. of Texas at Austin–because you missed the deadline.
Using one’s common sense is an important part of life.
There must be some other barrier causing you to not follow the suggestion. If the school is not good enough for you, then that is fine.
P.S. Maybe the coalition application doesn’t have that school because it awards too much in merit scholarships & financial aid ? And the school prefers to make offers to those with genuine interest.
Link for ole Miss application. You do not need to apply thru the common or coalition app for this school.
@Petal12: Of the 11 schools that I know about, all were very significant reaches for you as your SAT score was easily in the bottom 25% for all of those universities. Even with URM status, your chances for admission were not good–as you know now.
I only repeat what you already know in order to help you see your situation in a mature, fact-based light.
Folks want to help you, but you need to help yourself as well.
I wish you the best !
I’m confused. What 11 schools are you referring to?
Are you referring to ole Miss school? I don’t remember being suggested that 5 weeks ago. I will definitely take a look at that tonight!
I am not turning it down at all.
Please understand I am extremely stressed here…my desire for security in regards to leaving for the fall is very high. I don’t mean to convey ungratefulness or disregard of suggestions. Just that I jumped on the 1 school that finally accepted me when I thought my situation was hopeless.
I will still keep options open and will take a look at that school too.
Thank you.
Please read the thread carefully again. There’s a lot of information but it seems you skipped over some posts.
Did you run the NPC on the colleges listed in #110?
(net price calculator)
@Petal12: We communicated via PM on April 21 & April 22. At that time you shared 11 schools to which you had applied. After reading that list, I was hesitant to suggest the University of Mississippi Honors College as you might not think that it was in the same category as the 11 schools to which you applied. (8 were Ivy League schools.) I then informed you about Ole Miss on April 22.
Then on May 6 & May 7 we discussed the meaning of URM.
Apparently, you may have been a bit overwhelmed with information & suggestions.
At Ole Miss, I suspect–but cannot assure you–that you would have received a very satisfactory financial package of scholarship awards. Some are automatic & some are discretionary.
For some reason. I preferred to share that information with you privately. Probably because I was fairly confident that the results would please you & that you privacy would be protected if you elected to attend Ole Miss.
Also, I shared that Ole Miss has great inspiration, instruction & opportunity for writers & writing–one of your interests.
Please understand that the folks I know whom have been associated with Ole Miss are quite well known & respected & successful in their fields.
Ole Miss has several incredible programs & strong relationships with major employers in certain fields.
Ole Miss is and has been a fantastic suggestion.
Same for Southern Miss.
Where are you with that?
I think that Southern Mississippi has a december 1 deadline for the main scholarships.
FWIW An ACT score of 30 or better is needed for Southern Mississippi’s top scholarships.
Southern Mississippi was important to OP for Marine Science/Marine Biology.
P.S. OP would still get a substantial discount if her desired major is not available at Texas publics under an agreement which covers several states including Texas & Mississippi.
The apparently automatic scholarships for stats would give $12k for the OP’s 1380 SAT score, assuming GPA >= 3.0: https://finaid.olemiss.edu/scholarships/#8 . But University of Mississippi’s out-of-state list price is around $36k, according to https://finaid.olemiss.edu/cost-of-attendance-2019-2020/ , so the OP would need additional competitive scholarships or other money to make it affordable.
The OP’s SAT score converts to a 30 ACT, which, if GPA >= 3.0, gets a full tuition scholarship at University of Southern Mississippi: https://www.usm.edu/undergraduate-scholarships/freshman-scholarships.php . However, the deadline was 12/1, and non-tuition costs appear to be about $15-16k, according to https://www.usm.edu/financial-aid/cost-attendance.php .
@ucbalumnus: OP would also qualify for the Red & Black Scholarship Award & might get a further discount under the agreement between several states for reduced tuition if a major is not available in their state.
Plus, there are more scholarships. You just need to know more about OP. Plus, OP is a URM & there may be a scholarship for that.
Ole Miss permits scholarship stacking.
THere are so many available that you have just touched the surface with the non-resident academic merit scholarship.
OP would almost certainly receive substantial funding under the Red & Black scholarship–if I understand correctly.
Assuming that OP only took the SAT once & has a 1380 (a 1390 would yield a much larger merit award) and as OP’s GPA is well above 3.0, OP would receive a significant amount under the Red & Black Scholarship. Could cover all remaining tuition plus more. OP missed the April 1 priority deadline, but is still eligible based on fund availability.
Again, there are additional scholarships for scouting, boys & girls club type activity, tuition discount under the states’ agreement if applicable, language scholarships.
P.S. Would also receive an additional $8,000 per year Doris Raymond scholarship if selected to the Honors College. Unfortunately, the deadline may have been January 5, 2020 for this award.