guitars_girls

hi i am new to the forum.i am really interested in where i could get a full ride or atleast full tuition scholarship.
i have a lot of ec's -2 varsity sports, music, research, volunteer, NASA, and lots of leadership roles.
ACt 30 SAT 1970
i am from michigan.
the only thing is i never gave my PSATs(was studying abroad) so no national merit or such

eponymous

guitars_girls, you have left out the most important thing... your high school GPA. It is impossible to give you any idea of where you have a chance of getting a scholarship from without knowing your grades

purplexed

SageWoman,
Definitely try Rhodes. I know of an IB student, not much of a high school socializer, who found financial aid and friends at Rhodes.

zel17

hey i put up a thread about this elsewhere, but it sort of belongs here, too

Syracuse University
Coronat Scholarship
* full tuition and fees for four years;
* a yearly allowance that covers the average costs of room and board on campus;
* a yearly stipend for books, transportation and personal expenses;
* An allowance to support study abroad, to be used in any combination of short-term, semester or summer opportunities sponsored by SU;
* a stipend for three summers for approved study, research or volunteer work;
* admission to the Ren

bluemoon13

Yeah, the Coronat Scholarship is by invite only. Top 120 SU's CAS got invites.

mizumom

Johns Hopkins offers full tuition, but not sure about full ride, scholarships to limited number of people. I know the Charles Westgate scholarships is for engineering school applicants. Can't recall about the Arts & Sciences but I am sure there are merit aid there as well. Check out www.jhu.edu and look under financial aid.

My D just received half ride from U Mich's School of Engineering, and an invitation to interview for the Schipman Scholarship (alum scholarship) for the remainder.

mamac

Out of the blue, received letter from University of Michigan telling us that daughter has been awards a Stamps Scholarship worth 40,000 and a nursing scholarship worth 10,000. This is indeed good news. Totally unexpected.
No application other than her initial application.
There is money out there. Good Luck Everybody!

UR Admissions

If you are looking for awards that place a premium on community service, I would search for schools that offer scholarships from the Bonner Foundation. Their site is www.bonner.org. These awards strongly value community service and they are offered at a variety of institutions. Good luck!

UR Admissions

The University of Richmond has a program called Richmond Scholars. It awards full-tuition merit-based scholarships to 50 new first-year students annually out of an entering class of 765. Some of the 50 recipients also receive room and board. These awards value outstanding academics first and foremost, but there are special categories in science, the arts, students interested in social justice and in recognition of leadership. There is also a category called "Boatwright" which is open to excellent students of any and all academic interests.

Richmond is a private, predominantly undergraduate institution of just under 3000 students. It is located in the suburbs of Richmond, VA and is predominantly residential, attracting students from 47 states and 70 countries around the world. It is predominantly a LAC, but also has an outstanding business school and the nation's first undergraduate degree program in leadership studies.

You can read more about the University at www.richmond.edu.

As advice for merit-aid seekers out there, I would be certain to read materials carefully from the schools your children are considering. While there may be some schools where the merit-aid process starts after a student receives a favorable admission decision, there are also many (including mine) where the two processes happen concurrently. Every year we get calls from excited parents of recently admitted students who say "OK, now that my child is in, how do we apply for scholarships" and it breaks our hearts to tell them that the scholarship boat set sail months before. So don't miss your chance by waiting for a favorable admission decision. (I notice somewhere in this thread that a parent is suggesting waiting, so I wanted to be clear that it operates differently at different institutions. . . . )

Good luck with the process!

sschmid

College of St. Rose
Carondolet Scholarship
Full Tuition

EMM1

Wittenburg University offers five full tuition scholarships. Pace appears to offer an unspecified number as well.

MSMDAD

Lewis and Clark College (Portland, OR) offers up to ten merit-based Barbara Hirschi Neeley Scholarships to incoming freshmen, which provide full tuition and fees (valued at $124,000).

MomOFour

Juniata College, a small liberal arts college in Pennsylvania, has full tuition scholarships for national merit finalists. This might be a nice option for NMF looking for a smaller school. It's not clear from their website if these are limited in number.

http://www.juniata.edu/admission/fin..._academic.html

naylin6

CUNY Honors College @ NYC

The program is available at several campuses: Baruch College; Brooklyn College; City College; Hunter College; The College of Staten Island; Lehman College; and Queens College. (I think it will continue to grow.)


From CUNY Honors Website:

The CUNY Honors College four-year, financial aid package includes:

* Full tuition for fall and spring semesters
* Access to study grants from sophomore through senior year for academically enriching experiences such as study abroad, living expenses during unpaid internships or research projects; and
* A free laptop computer

brn2bld

I went through all 3 pages of posts, albeit kinda quickly, and didn't see this one (if it is a duplicate, please excuse):

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering - if you are accepted, you get a full tuition scholarship for 4 years.
It is a very unique college. Only about 300 students total.