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Good to know. Thanks - it matches their table which could be helpful to others - it’s the only TO scholarship ($6500) on auto merit. The $10K requires a test.
Congrats to the student - very underrated school. Great city. Decent campus.
Glad to see some activity on this thread…thanks all! CA family started looking OOS at schools and made our way to Cincinnati - visited Miami of Ohio, U Cincinnati, and the University of Kentucky. To my surprise, my DD enjoyed all of them, thought they were a good fit, but was thrilled with Kentucky. A combination of the campus, honors program, proximity of the major/sciences building, and medical facilities…it was all laid out in a way she appreciated. The campus was active and lively. It didn’t hurt that the tour guides had their “A game” that day, too. We will see what the OOS merit comes in at, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she is attending next year.
My D27 just applied to UK, we are in-state. It is not at the very top of her list, but we are hoping a visit this weekend will help her see the value in a state school with less debt! She is a GSP alum and candidate for the Presidential and Singletary scholarships, but friends have told us UK can be stingy. So we are eager to see what happens.
In case anyone is wondering, this is on the schedule they sent us for this weekend. She has already toured once, with a school group so we weren’t there. We wanted her to see the engineering facilities since she is trying to decide on that, as well.
Your UK Visit Itinerary:
9:30 AM - Admission Information Session and Campus Tour
You’ll begin your visit with a 30-minute UK Admissions Information Session designed for prospective freshmen. The information session introduces students to UK and covers admission, scholarship, and housing information. Following your session, you’ll be led by a student tour guide on a 90-minute walking tour of campus. We tour rain, snow or shine, so dress comfortably!
11:00 AM - Lewis Honors College Visit
This visit will include a small group information session and a tour of the Honors facility. Students will learn about the Honors admission process, the Honors curriculum, and benefits of being an Honors student.
1:00 PM - Pigman College of Engineering Grand Tour
This visit includes the opportunity to meet current engineering students and faculty, a tour of various engineering buildings, labs, and makerspaces, as well as an information session that will discuss the engineering program, scholarships, co-ops, and more.
D27 got her acceptance in the portal on Sunday! It was her first, so we made it a big deal.
We did our tour on Monday and went well. I had no idea how NICE campus is now with so many modern updates. I haven’t been since my husband was a grad student there in 2005. But wow, the Honors dorms are insanely nice.
If she gets into the Honors College and gets good merit aid, it will be hard to say no!
Yes, it feels like an apartment! VERY different from the dorms we have seen thus far, and we have seen them at WUSTL (they are also awesome!) and Vanderbilt!
Hi all! UK is at the very top of my daughters list. She was accepted a few weeks ago into their nursing program. She did apply to honors as well, but still waiting to hear back. She was in line with the posted merit chart. She is OOS, 3.82 UW GPA, and she did submit her SATs at 1210 because she read they only look at the higher of the two for merit. She received the bluegrass scholarship at $16,000 a year. Still waiting to hear about LLPs (she applied for the honors dorm and the healthcare dorm). We visited last summer and were so impressed with the campus. The new medical building opening in the fall of 2027 is an added bonus. Congrats to those accepted and good luck to those still applying /waiting for a decision.
