My son revived his Cox and bba scholar admit this morning… He was awarded a scholarship of $20,000 over 4 years ($5000 yr) It was stated in email.
My daughter was accepted to the Cox Business Direct last night and was given the Distinguished Scholar award this weekend. I assume she didn’t qualify for the BBA scholar award since she would have been notified of that as well last night.
From the SMU Cox Business Direct site:
The SMU and SMU Cox admissions teams worked closely with the university to launch the new model in time for recruiting. Whereas before, Cox accepted about 300 pre-business students for their junior year, in 2020, Cox will accept 300-350 as freshmen. In addition, there will be a window for transfer students to apply each semester. The BBA Scholar Program, dedicating to admitting “star” high school students (average 1495 SAT and 3.8 GPA) from around the country, will not be affected by the Direct Admit enrollment change.
Her stats are just below the above average. My father, sister, and I are all SMU alums and we are hoping that she will get additional scholarships but it seems like a long shot at this point. Perhaps she can get the IB scholarship. Seems as if the standards for the Presidential Scholarship are very high.
SMU has really gotten competitive (way more than when I went) which is a good thing in general but difficult when you have a child trying to get as much scholarship money as they can.
Good luck to everyone!
Son Accepted and BBS Cox scholar. 34 ACT and 4.0 unweighted gpa, lots of AP’s OOS. Provost scholarship and Cox scholarship
accepted into Cox! We should make a group me
Accepted into Cox last night! Offered the SMU Distinguished Scholarship (25k a year) with EA decision. No BBA Scholar from Cox. 33 ACT and 3.8/4.2 GPA. 7 AP classes and good ECs with multiple leadership positions.
In addition to the Provost, DD just received the $9000 Discovery as well!
My Son just got email to apply for Presidential scholarship. Provost and BBA scholarships already given.
i also got a 9000 discovery in addition to provost! did anyone get an email saying to write 2 additional short answers in consideration for more scholarships?
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Do you mind posting his stats?
@jmdpdheieio Has he been selected as BBA Scholar to get the $9000 Discovery? Thanks!
Yes
The Discovery scholarships go to STEM majors. BBA scholarships are for Business majors.
34 Act
4.0 unweighted GPA
10AP
OOS, NJ, I’m from Texas went to Baylor
4 year varsity XC
Tons of Extra Curricular, volunteer etc
@jmdpdheieio Got it! Thanks!
Today our son also received a Discovery Scholars scholarship for $9,000/year to go along with the SMU Distinguished Scholarship ($25,000/year) he received on Saturday. SMU clearly believes in intermittent reinforcement.
My son was denied Cox.
Got the letter to write the two additional essays for President’s
DD got email to apply for the Presidential scholarship. 1590 SAT and 4.0 UW GPA.
I got the letter also…I wonder how many prospective students they reach out to for that…ugh another essay
Daughter. OOS. Accepted.
Act 36
4.0 UW
7 AP
All state athlete
Provost (sat)
Cox accepted w $ (weds)
Presidential Invite (thursday)
SMu makes sure to keep you on your toes !