UT Austin and Financial Need

theloneranger
Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:31:15 +0000

If you are that low UT should meet all of your need. You may have some loans, but you will likely get a lot of grants. National Hispanic is $4k frosh year and $3k the next 3 years.

Baylor isn’t stingy at all, especially with URMs and with top scholars. They go all out in getting them to go there so they aren’t all preppy little white Baptist girls.

UT has a much larger endowment and you will qualify for state grants if you apply for them (the FAFSA may count).

I’m not positive but missing the scholarship deadline MAY mean you don’t get any National Hispanic money from UT. I’d clarify that ASAP.

I have the opposite situation…my EFC is the whole thing. But my family can’t really afford to pay $25k a year on our income without really stripping our lifestyle down. I’m just hoping I get some UT scholarships because otherwise I’m going on only $4k National Merit money…they won’t even let me double-count National Hispanic money!