<p>I posted this on a thread, but realized it would probably be lost there . . .</p>
<p>My son has a 32 ACT, 3.5 unw, 4.0 weighted GPA. He attends a small, extended-day fine arts school which also has a math/science department. They do not rank students.</p>
<p>He is very interested in University of North Texas for music. Does anyone have any personal knowledge and/or experience in if they will still offer the “automatic” board of regents scholarship to him. Or perhaps there is some other similar academic scholarship for his test score and gpa (he’s in good shape as far as ECs, also) or is he out of luck because his school doesn’t rank? We are out of state, if that matters.</p>
<p>Thanks for any help!</p>
<p>UNT seems to hold hard and fast to the class rank requirement for any scholarship in which class rank is a factor. Because you don’t have to seperately apply for a Regents, go ahead and apply to UNT and the music school including the audition. If you don’t hear about the Regents after being accepted then class rank was required. A quick call to UNT financial aid office should also provide the answer. Good Luck!</p>
<p>The admissions office indicated that if a school does not rank, that they will take his GPA, rigor of courses and his “school profile” to determine a rank for him. I wish I had a better idea, but hopefully he’ll be within their requirements. I think he can get another point or two on his ACT, but I can’t tell if it will even matter to UNT.</p>
<p>I don’t really know what other academic scholarships they offer, nor what the “typical” music scholarship might be, or even how many music students get scholarships. We can make it work even if he gets the minimum $1,000 scholarship so OOS tuition is waived, but I’d really like to know the prospects for a substantial merit scholarship. His stats are good, and I keep getting told how very talented he is, so I’m hopeful he can get some more funds. I was unable to find a University of North Texas board on the forum – am I just missing it?</p>
<p>This is my second child, so I’ve done this college search previously. I know it will all work out, but I will be SO glad when it’s all resolved! :-)</p>
<p>His ACT is fine. As you know there are four levels of Regent’s Scholarships, any of them will get your son over the $1,000 dollar mark. If he had the top 10% rank, he would get the top one. On the issue of class rank, I don’t know how they will view the uw vs. weighted issue. A major school district close to Denton does not weight AP or honors classes for purposes of GPA but does use them in the class rank calculation. As far as merit scholarships in the SOM, those are based on the audition and the chance for professional growth. I wish I could tell you the chance of merit from the audition. My son had several friends audition for UNT, the ones that got in, all received at least a $1,000 in merit. One I know was a guitar major who had also been accepted to MSM. But UNT is not an easy admit, so you do the best you can and then wait.</p>
<p>Hi Guitarsmom,</p>
<p>I replied on your post in the other thread, I seem to be subscribed to that one :-)</p>
<p>I agree with Bartokrules that I wouldn’t push your son on improving his ACT score, 32 is high enough for the top level of the Regent’s scholarship, I believe.</p>
<p>guitarsmom. I replied on the other thread but wanted to add that my son has a classmate also attending UNT as a guitarist. Very bright kid, great scores but did not wind up in the top 10% of the class. He also received good academic merit scholarship, oos waiver, and admission to the Honors college but not the Regents scholarship. He got a great fin aid package.</p>