MamaDiva

socc3r4life, the Discover (card) Scholarship Program is for high school juniors. Additionally, Kohl's Kids Who Care is for youth between 6 and 18 years old, but you must have significant community service to be nominated.

csleslie51

another scholarship for juniors: Achievement Awards in Writing Procedures

MiamiDAP

Case Western Reserve is well known for giving out huge Merit $$$. However, it is primarily very good for pre-meds and engineers.

ivydreamin

National Merit finalists get a full ride at University of Southern Mississippi, as well as $4,000 to study abroad and a laptop.

ivydreamin

I went thru this thread with my email open so that I could find addresses at these college websites and immediately email for information.

Thanks to all who pointed the way.

demichibibaka

I am a highly involved Senior - Jazz Band, Symphonic Band, Concert Choir, Jazz Choir, International Thespian Society, National Honor Society, Link Crew, Amnesty International, Glee Club, student council, Western International Band Clinic Honor Band, German-American Partnership Program, and so on. I have an exceptional academic record, taking vigorous classes throughout my years. I've spent my summers researching things such as spinal disc repair and replacement and going on a summer exchange to Germany. I have an unweighted GPA of 3.96 and an ACT of 30. I am, unfortunately, not a National Merit Scholar or commended by the PSAT. My family income is only 35,000/year before taxes, and it is my intention to double major in Music Education and Theater/German, more than likely theater. Am I still eligible for full ride/tuition scholarships in a non-academic field of study such as Music/Theater?

auntree

University of Massachusetts at Amherst has 4 year, full-ride for National Merit Finalists. However, entry into Commonwealth College (Honors) doesn't guarantee any merit aid. For merit aid, the GPA requirement changes from year to year but the SAT requirement is only 1300.

UMASS Dartmouth & UMASS Lowell offer full-ride scholarships (called Commonwealth Scholarship) for SATs of 1400+ & recalculated (by MA Dept of Education standards) GPA of 3.7 (Dartmouth) or 3.75 (Lowell).

kelsmom

Wayne State U in Detroit ... NMF's get a full ride ... tuition, room, board, fees, laptop, study abroad.

JL50ish

New Automatic Merit Scholarships for "Out of State" Students

The University of Alabama

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Listed below are the automatic merit scholarships for out-of-state University of Alabama incoming freshman for Fall 2009. NO interview or essays necessary. Just scores and GPA.... If you are interested, please go to UA.edu, pull down "Quick Links" (near top) and click on Scholarships, click on Types of Scholarships, then click on Out-of-State.

(BTW... if you are "in-state," check the website for similar scholarships with lower thresholds required - for example full tuition for ACT 30/SAT 1320 (Math & CR) and GPA 3.5)

The University also offers great scholarships for National Merit for both in-state and out of state - full tuition, housing (including honors dorms), laptop, and $2000 towards study abroad.

Also, the University is very generous with AP credits. (My own son entered with 41 AP credits, therefore most of his "core curriculum" (aka Gen Ed) were complete.) Awarding generous AP credits allows for a student to: easily have a minor, consider a double major, graduate early, or take more "fun" or "personal interest" classes.

The University of Alabama is in the midst of a 10 year planned growth program. So far, it has exceeded all expectations, which has caused its USNews rankings to improve in recent years.

The University of Alabama, under the leadership of its president, Dr. Robert E. Witt, has committed the University to an ambitious plan for growth and achievement. His goals include increasing enrollment to 28,000 students by 2010 and stimulating significant growth in research in support of economic expansion for the state and nation. Under his leadership, enrollment has reached record levels and academic quality has increased significantly. The University ranks 12th nationally among public universities in the enrollment of National Merit Scholars and leads the nation in the number of students named to USA Today’s All-USA College Academic Teams. Since its inception in 2003, the University’s Honors College has grown exponentially, enrolling more than 1,000 freshmen in 2007. Dr. Witt has also led a major building program on campus with 20 new facilities opening in the last five years. Private giving to the University is at an all-time high with supporters embracing the “Our Students. Our Future.” capital campaign and its major goal of improving scholarship opportunities for deserving students.

The University of Alabama is ranked #83 by US News & World Report for National Universities. That is ahead of the following well-known universities: #89 Drexel; #89 UC Riverside; #89 Iowa State; #96 UC Santa Cruz; #96 Auburn; #96 SUNY StonyBrook; #102 U of San Diego (to name a few). UA is ranked #37 as Public University.

UA has an Honors College, fabulous Honors Residential Halls, and a gorgeous campus. It also is home to the Crimson Tide football team - currently rated#2 in the nation.


The University of Alabama

Out-of-State Scholarships for 2009-2010

Presidential Scholar
An out-of-state first-time freshman student who meets the December 1st scholarship priority deadline*, has a 32-36 ACT or 1400-1600 SAT** score and at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA will be selected as a Presidential Scholar and will receive the value of out-of-state tuition*** for four years.

UA Scholar
An out-of-state first time freshman student who meets the December 1st scholarship priority deadline*, has a 30-31 ACT or 1320-1390 SAT** score and at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA will be selected as a UA Scholar and will receive 2/3 tuition.

Collegiate Scholar
An out-of-state first-time freshman student who meets the December 1st scholarship priority deadline*, has a 28-29 ACT or 1240-1310 SAT** score and at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA will be selected as a Collegiate Scholar and will receive $3,500 per year ($14,000 over four years).

Capstone Scholar
An out-of-state first-time freshman student who meets the December 1st scholarship priority deadline*, has a 27 ACT or 1200-1230 SAT** score and at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA will be selected as a Capstone Scholar and will receive $1,500 per year ($6,000 over four years).


* Please note that meeting the priority deadline requires submitting a completed admissions application and scholarship application, application fee, official high school transcript, and official test scores (either ACT or SAT).

** SAT scores are calculated using critical reading and math scores only.

*** Based on 12-17 credit hours per semester

oooooassi

I am an international student from pakistan and i have very good results (not excellent but really good ) and my family can only pay around 5,000$ per year for me. Is it possible for me to get full-ride financial aid ? I am really worried

oooooassi

one more thing. i have done the last 3 years of my education at 100% merit-based scholarship in one of the top school of my country.

oooooassi

schools*

britbrat1961

Unfortunately financial aid is very difficult to get for international students. I am not sure about the merit based aid. Sorry

JL50ish

oooo >> I am an international student from pakistan and i have very good results (not excellent but really good ) and my family can only pay around 5,000$ per year for me. Is it possible for me to get full-ride financial aid ? I am really worried <<<


Sorry, but usually the stipulation for aid and scholarships is that the student be an American or someone who is a legal resident. I guess schools feel that there are enough students who reside in this country to give these awards to, and we can't educate the world on our dime.

I doubt your country would educate an American for free, or nearly free, either.

oooooassi

ohhh . There's a lot of difference between your country and mine. America has its GDP and reserves in trillions of dollars, while Pakistan had its annual budget of only 16 bn US $. I am not trying to be rude, but all I want to say that Pakistani government cant even support its own students and private univsersities here dont get much endownments. Look at America, private and state universities are dancing in money. I will give u an example, Harvard Universities endownment funds (last around 40 bn US $) are 3 times the total exports of Pakistan. Now you can imagine how poor we are.
And from what I have researched many universities give aid to international students, its not so uncommon as you think.