<p>I am an international undergraduate student who will be attending the University of Illinois as a CS major this year. I have qualified for India’s training camp for the International Olympiad in Informatics. Will receiving a medal in the IOI make me eligible for any merit-based scholarships? </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I doubt it. It will probably be an element the school considers in whether to offer you some merit aid, but by itself, no.</p>
<p>Thanks. Even I doubt that there exists any “IOI scholarship” per se. Could anyone here go into the specifics of certain scholarships I might receive? Thanks.</p>
<p>I’d suggest looking at your prospective school’s financial aid website to see if they list merit scholarships. You could then look through them to see which to apply for.</p>
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<p>I don’t know, but it will put you at the head of the queue for summer jobs and possibly for university-internal positions (ones paying undergraduates for programming in a lab or teaching CS, rather than cleaning dishes in the dining halls). I assume that IOI is incredibly competitive from India. If you had a high rank on JEE or other credential making it clear that you were high on the admit list for IIT, mention that as well. Technical people in the US know what IIT is.</p>