I graduated from UTA too. Like Stupidia said when it comes to scholarship processing times and scholarship period there is no comparison between UTA and UNT. I tried to apply at  UNT, I had to call them hundreds of times to inquire about UNT. Therefore, I am not personally so crazy about UNT. Here are the general guidelines if you are applying at UTA.

1. Apply as soon as possible because it is first come first serve (does not matter if you have 4.0, if the school runs out of funding you are SOL).

2. Try Fall semester because you are 100% certain to get scholarship. Since it's the start of academic year in America and the school gets abundant funding from the state. Also, you can afford to screw up your last community college semester (just get C in all classes since these classes will be shown as only 'tranferred' from NLC or whatever).

3. Try to finish only about 30 hours from community colleges. This way you can take atleast 12 hours from university and another 6 hours from C--concurrent enrollment. college (does not matter if you only get C's in these classes--shows as transferred in UTA transcript).

4. Try to get over 3.5 and PTK scholarship while at C. college (even cutoff for scholarship is 3.25 only). You can enjoy flat rate over 12 hours. Also the scholarship amouts have been doubled.

5. If advisors see you graduating on time--you qualify for ontime graduation tuition waiver for $500 taken out of your class semester's tuition.

6. If you have any questions about scholarship call Scholarship office at Davis Hall, do  not call INt'l office since they would not know anything about scholarship.

7. Again apply early--I applied around Jan 17 for Fall semsester I already had letter from UTA on Feb 2 that i had been admitted and I got scholarship too (nearly 6 months b4 the semester started). SO do  not delay.

GOOD LUCK