yes, he’s a 2024 grad. my 2026 daughter was offered 44k. she has higher stats. the applicant pool has grown and must be more competitive!
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Accepted OOS engineering. $100k in merit. We are over the moon!
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good to know. Hope my child still has a chance.
Congrates!! great accomplishment. May I know which program it is?
thank you, do you think there is any chance they increase it if people above her don’t accept?
do you all believe I will get in RD with a 3.73 gpa, 4.04 weighted, summer start and early education also In an area where they do have not many people go to South Carolina.
in the past few years, the letters have said ‘at least x amount’. Yes, I do believe that others have gotten more later, but it’s in on way guaranteed.
When do honors college notifications occur?
She applied for electrical engineering. Hoping for a few more acceptances, but lots of decisions to be made.
Mid-February, according to our letter
My daughter was accepted as well to college of engineering/computer science with an integrated information technology major. She did get the $11,000/year merit award as well. Stats are 4.0 UW/4.35 W (no idea what the SC GPA is), 1400 SAT, 4year varsity/6 year national club athlete, all state team, captain of both, student council president, part time job, other ec’s/volunteer work. She is extremely lucky in this application cycle to get into SC, UTK, Auburn, and Clemson when so many qualified kids were deferred. She was deferred at UGA and Notre Dame and still waiting for VT, NC State, IU Bloomington, and FSU.
It’s funny how so many of us are overlapping with so many schools. My daughter, applied to South Carolina, UTK, UGA, Indiana, and FSU as well (among other safeties).
Congrates!! what is your in-state colleges
How do you choose summer start?
If the merit you received was less than the difference between OOS and In-State tuition AND you get into the honors college, it will likely go up to at least having OOS tuition waved.
My daughter (this is from 2 years ago) got the “at least $40k” message (what is likely the ‘at least $44k’ message now). When she got into the honors college, it was raised to the Superlative award. Others who were not told of any merit received scholarships in Feb/March. It definitely happens.
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We are in PA, but my daughter was not interested in staying in state for college. We did ask her to apply to at least one school in state, which was Pitt. She is admitted, but did not really care for it on a visit last month. She has zero interest in Penn State, has been there several times and does not like the location or the vibe.
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Mine was also accepted to sports management. I believe USC GPA 4.3, 7 APs, 32 ACT. Athlete, works 20hr per week. No merit 
I really, really hope that when kids start choosing other schools he will end up getting some.
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Here’s to them both getting merit and ending up in classes together! 
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For btdt parents, do you know of anyone who got the $100k+ merit language and then was denied Honors?
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same. My daughter did apply to both Pitt and PSU but has no interest in either. We liked Pitt but it is more stem/medical focused and she is a humanities kid. We visited PSU twice, praying to like it, but we both disliked the vibe and campus immensely. She loves USC and did get admitted but if they don’t come back with 10k or more merit in March she is out of luck.