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My son applied on August 24 and was accepted on September 12. He was awarded a merit scholarship ($15k/year) and was invited to the honors program a couple of weeks after he received the acceptance letter. The UMN admissions counselor told us that there was a decent chance that he would be offered more merit money as the application season progresses. The application files are transferred from the admissions office to the various colleges in January for further scholarship consideration. He was relieved to receive an early acceptance. He likes the colder climate, and they have a good program for his major.
Very interesting. Thank you. Daughter applied 10/3 and was accepted a week later. Got into the Honors college today, 10/31. No mention of merit but that would move it up the list. We get a big discount on tuition being from Wisconsin so very curious to see how it plays out. Congratulations to your child and your family.
Merit is often used on OOS who pay a bigger cost - to attract them vs lower cost schools.
So Ole Miss has auto merit - you are in there too.
UMN doesn’t. Its tuition is $19.3k (for Wisconsinites too) vs $43.3k out of state - so $24k less. Even if they offer merit, it will be far less because the baseline price is far less. By offering $15k to out of state, it’s still more than you are paying but it becomes more competitive for that family. Merit is marketing $$, it’s incentive money (in a business sense) so that’s how you have to look at it.
These are businesses. Ole Miss is flat out telling you they know it’s hard to attract as accomplished a student. They have less to pull from. So they buy deep with their incentive budget.
For all, Honors are different school to school so don’t just join because it’s the smarter kids. Make sure your student understands its requirements.
Not sure where you live. We are in WI. January and February in Minnesota are brutal. We had an entire weekend last winter of 20 degrees below zero for 60 hours or so. That’s very unusual, but a possibility. December and March are generally fine, truly cold weather lasts just a couple days. The lack of daylight is real, sunrise at 7:45 and sunset at 5:15. That’s a short day and some people get bummed out. The summers are fantastic. Just amazing.
We live in California, and we are visiting Minnesota in January. I think we need down coats, thermal underwear, snow boots or other warm shoes, hats, and gloves, so I’ve been looking for sales.
Lol. A coat, hat and gloves will be enough. For a weekend you won’t need boots. They will clear the snow. If it’s 20 degrees or more without much wind things will be okay. Below that gets cold. Downtown used to have lots of walkways so you can get around some without being outside. January is the worst month of the year. If the kid likes it then, you’re all set. It’s only better from there.