What are my chances?

sweeney1996
Wed, 25 Jul 2018 23:51:54 +0000

@seniormom2000 While scholarships would be nice, and yes, she did fill out whatever scholarship boxes they asked her to check, on a Apply Texas, we are in an odd situation. My daughter is eligible for her father’s GI Bill, which will cover full in state tuition, a monthly living stipend, and book stipend. The GI bill can be used for 36 months, 4 years of normal semesters. If she was awarded any scholarships, they would pay first, then the GI Bill. Problems with that, the GI Bill runs out after the 36 month time frame, no matter if all of the monetary value hasn’t been used. While her scores and class rank might be good enough for some scholarships, she really is just above middle of the road, 1360 on SAT 30 on ACT, but is ranked 4 out of 203 students in class, and will have completed 2 full years of IB classes in high school, plus 1 AP class. So, we will weigh it. The only way we would come out ahead, if is she was awarded a full ride(don’t see that happening), then could use the GI Bill towards graduate edu, or, she can use GI for undergraduate and grad would be on her. She will be applying for local community scholarships, that she can use for educational expenses, not towards tuition. So, she is aiming more for what is called “non-fenced” scholarships. Also, running a NPC, and a mock FAFSA, we don’t qualify for any grants or aid, only loans. So, I typed out our long story, sorry about that. We are eternally grateful the GI Bill is available to her, and a huge reason why she looked at state schools.

Editing to add, she is not applying to Engineering or Mays, she is going straight liberal Arts. She is top 10% for class rank for auto admit, and her ACT score and subs, would qualify her for academic. We shall see what comes.