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Old 04-11-2005, 04:54 PM   #16
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Michigan State:

Alumni Distinguished Scholarships (ADS)

ADS is one of the nation's outstanding scholarship programs, based on intellectual performance. The stipend, which is renewable over eight semesters, covers tuition, fees, room and board, plus $1,000 per year toward expenses (approximately $13,500 per year for Michigan residents and $24,000 per year for out-of-state residents). Students from all over the nation compete by examination on the MSU campus in February. Participation is by invitation only. Invitations are sent to the most outstanding students who apply for admission to MSU by November 1. At least 15 awards are made each year.

Distinguished Freshman Scholarships

Awarded to at least 20 runners-up in the ADS competition, tuition and fees for nine semesters (approximately $7,000 per year for Michigan residents and $17,400 per year for out-of-state residents).

Who gets them? Kids that would othewise get into top 25 schools.
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Old 04-11-2005, 05:07 PM   #17
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Boston University’s merit award link:

http://www.bu.edu/finaid/grants/fres...erit_fr2.shtml

George Washington University’s merit award link:

http://gwired.gwu.edu/adm/financial/freshman.html
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Old 04-11-2005, 05:46 PM   #18
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St.Olaf http://www.stolaf.edu/services/financial_aid/mbfa.html

My son received their top scholarship which was at the time $9000 (36000-4 years) and I believe there were quite a few more recipients - maybe around 40.(He did not attend) We also know another kid from our high school who received one of the scholarships at a lesser amount; he was a good student but not stellar. I know I saw a chart somewhere on the website that shows number of recipients for each award each year. I can't remember if the number I saw was for the top scholarship or all of them.
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Old 04-11-2005, 05:57 PM   #19
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Rhodes College
High both in numbers and amount, also give community service scholarships for kids interested in community service, not pure merit. These scholars do a certain number of community service hours.

http://www.rhodes.edu/Admissions/Scholarships/index.cfm
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Old 04-11-2005, 06:06 PM   #20
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I think it would also be helpful to people to post the amounts their children were offered. It was done last year in the Parents Forum, Best Merit Awards from Where? I know it helped me to see how much merit aid different schools offered.
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Old 04-11-2005, 06:15 PM   #21
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Washington University in St.Louis

o 12 full_tuition (+ $1000 stipend) merit scholarships [3+3+3+3 = Compton, Lien, Moog, Mylonas] in College of Arts & Sciences
o 24 half-tuition merit scholarships (Liselotte Dieckmann), same college
o Upto 10 full_tuition (+ $2500 stipend) merit scholarships (Ervin)
o Upto 5 full_tuition (+ $2500 stipend) merit scholarships (Rodriguez)
o Unknown number of full_tuition Danforth scholarships

http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~college.../freshmen.html

D2 won one of the full_tuition Moog scholarships last year, worth about $35K + $1K per year.
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Old 04-11-2005, 06:31 PM   #22
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Rochester awards a number of students $ 10,000 Rush Rhees scholarships, a few students full-tuition scholarships, and a number of other smaller ones. Last year our S was awarded $ 13,000 in a combination of Rush Rhees and Dean's merit scholarships

http://enrollment.rochester.edu/admi...ial/merit.shtm

Brandeis awards apporximately 50 full-tuition scholarships per year, approximately 50 $ 20,000 scholarships, and approximately 100 other merit scholarships. Our S received a $ 10,000 merit scholarship last year

http://www.brandeis.edu/admissions/a...holarships.php
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Old 04-11-2005, 06:40 PM   #23
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NYU, Boston University, Lehigh, Clark, Northeastern,Univ. of Delaware Honors.(most do not require seperate scholarship applications but being in the top 10% of applicants is the expectation for consideration.
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Old 04-11-2005, 06:57 PM   #24
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Southwestern University

http://www.southwestern.edu/admissio...olarships.html
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Old 04-11-2005, 07:07 PM   #25
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Denison, Muhlenberg, Kenyon all offer merit scholarships to their top applicants
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Old 04-11-2005, 07:33 PM   #26
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DePauw's merit calculator:

https://go2.depauw.edu/merit/
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Old 04-11-2005, 07:36 PM   #27
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Beloit's scholarship list:
http://www.beloit.edu/~admiss/finaid...holarships.php
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Old 04-11-2005, 07:38 PM   #28
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Hendrix:
http://hendrix.financial.collegetren...olarships.html
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Old 04-11-2005, 08:01 PM   #29
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Rice -- note, the actual dollars are out of date, it was up as much as 50% this year.

http://www.futureowls.rice.edu/futur...SnID=449783039
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Old 04-11-2005, 08:23 PM   #30
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SMU, UT Dallas, uni. of tulsa, lsu
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