At Baylor specifically, students that are accepted are awarded a scholarship based on their ranking and test scores. There are also numerous other scholarship opportunities afforded to Baylor students.
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The Texas Legislature faces hard choices. Budget cuts are inevitable. Within the range of possibilities is the Tuition Equalization Grant program that supports many financially challenged first-generation and minority students enrolling in one of the state’s educational treasures — its 40 private colleges and universities, many of which are faith-based.
The possibility of severe Texas Equalization Grant cuts has caused leaders of colleges and universities across the state to speak out on behalf of the financial aid program. Today, President Ken Starr will send an email to members of the Baylor family, calling them to support the TEG program and contact their state legislators to express concerns about the proposed cuts to the program.
Veterans attending Baylor will no longer receive as much financial aid from the Post 9/11 GI Bill as they used to, effective Aug. 1. In December 2010, Congress passed the Post 9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2010, an amendment to the original GI Bill, which has been a source of financial aid for veterans attending college since 1944.
Baylor has again created a waitlist for its incoming freshman class, with applications having already topped 38,000, far surpassing last fall’s 34,224 applications. However, students can still apply to the university.
With winter comes cold temperatures, multi-layers and congestion, and that’s just in the parking garages. Though the parking problem persists all year round, leaving students with limited options for parking, Matt Penney, director of parking and transportation services, explained at the Student Senate meeting over how his department is working to fix the current parking situation at Baylor.
Baylor administrators will engage in “an orchestrated lobbying effort” to combat bills in the Texas Legislature that could require Baylor to allow licensed students to bring concealed weapons onto campus.
Students attending Baylor and other private colleges and universities could stand to lose up to 41 percent of state grant and work-study program funding, according to a recommendation by the Texas Legislative Budget Board.
