bigreddawgie

pretty much by word of mouth. I don't think many schools will specifically put on their website about scholarships. when I made my list of schools to apply to, I made sure the majority of the schools on my list had merit scholarships.

entomom

Guess we don't know the right people .

We heard/knew about merit from: UChicago, CU (OOS, the candidate has attributes which make them highly desirable, so I don't think this is common), and I think either Penn or Columbia (I always get them mixed up, don't know why ). When asking about residency requirements, UDub said that they have some grant money for OOR candidates since they no longer give IS status after M1, I'll believe it when I see it .

Edit: just talked to D1, it was Columbia.

WayOutWestMom

Please, please, please if there are any scholarships for med school let me know. One in med school is hideously expensive, but I'll have two at the same time.

somemom

DDs state school has a page showing a few local businesses that offer them, students can apply.

GA2012MOM

Besides a quite sizable one from one of the schools Entomom listed, the unexpected one was from our State School. The only problem with it was the fine print. No problem with it saying renewable with academic satisfaction (or whatever the term they used was) but that they said very feebly at the end....."depending on funds being available." It came across as a bait and switch type deal to me.

bigreddawgie

Mine kind of says that too. I don't think its a bait and switch. It's just to cover their behinds in case endowment drops due to poor economy.

GA2012MOM

I wasn't worried about your schools endowment any more than I am worried about the school she chose, but I was about the State School.

WayOutWestMom

Yeah, I know about the smaller ones at state schoosl. D1 got one of those this year. (It's a one year only type, but I'm not complaining....I'm very grateful because every little bit helps.) She'll be applying for a couple other scholarships next year because most the smaller sponsored scholarship seem to be for 3rd and 4th years. (But I think she's planning on using any scholarship funds she gets to pay for an overseas rotation in EM so no real help for net costs there.)

katwkittens

Son saw money from Temple (20K?), Dartmouth (almost full tuition), UNC (full tuition +), Cornell( full tution +), his buddy at Penn (almost full tuition) received some after turning down JH which was much less and Chicago which was full tuition, another fellow undergrad alum at Duke has also received some. NC also offers a state-based scholie which is full tution + fees + supplies +$5000 per year ( from the state not the school). In exchange student must work in the state for 5 years. Son was awarded this in addition to med school scholie BUT turned it down because of the five year committment.

The school matched the offer to keep him without the terms, so he turned down the other schools and went with the lowest out of pocket for him. He had no debt from undergrad so he knew how that had freed him up to make life decisions without that hanging over his head. He has managed to keep the debt extremely low now so he is a happy camper. Without parental financial support it figured big time into his decision.

Kat

entomom

Really interesting, thanks for the info folks, hopefully it will help future applicants!

kristin5792

^Kat, that's totally awesome, and I am so happy for you and your boy (and his friends!). Graduating with no med school debt would be great.

Just to toss another data point into the mix, my school's largest merit-based scholarships are <$5k, we have a variety of need-based scholarships (no idea how much they're for), we have exactly zero full-tuition scholarships, and our very friendly/helpful finaid office is always emailing us with other scholarship offers (but usually they'll be limited to students from certain geographic areas or something). I also know a variety of students at other schools and none of us has received a renewable scholarship >$5k. (Many students choose to enter the military or into various other service agreements--I'm not counting them!)

Congrats!

curmudgeon

My kids school has no merit aid at all. She was awarded a nice 1/2 tuition at UTSW but being debt free from UG helped make the high dollar choice possible. As a business and ranch owner FA is always iffy but we have been happy with her school's FA.

And, as a warning, big merit awards are for WOW kids. Regular Joe and Jane? Count on loans.

MiamiDAP

"There are a lot more full tuition scholarships for med school than people think. "
-I imagine that you need 4.0/40 for these....or PhD from Harvard

MiamiDAP

kat,
Congrats!
"Son saw money from Temple (20K?), Dartmouth (almost full tuition), UNC (full tuition +), Cornell( full tution +), his buddy at Penn (almost full tuition) received some after turning down JH which was much less and Chicago which was full tuition, another fellow undergrad alum at Duke has also received some. NC also offers a state-based scholie which is full tution + fees + supplies +$5000 per year ( from the state not the school). In exchange student must work in the state for 5 years. "
-Awesome!! Your S. must one of those rare geniuses who could mange both graddes and high MCAT score. Well, D. got only $2k / year from one of hers and it was not worth it at all, no full tuitions. She would not mind to stay in our state for 5 or more years or forever for free Med. School. Her current Med. School adcom apologized to her pre-med advisor for no Scholarship money as they expressed hope that she would choose them but could not give any scholarships. Oh, well, at least we did not pay for UG, thanks for that.

GA2012MOM

My daughter was offered 10k per year at state school, but as I said, the wording was iffy. One of her top choices gave her 40k per year, but even with that the COA would have been more than her school she is attending with their great FA. Now if I could figure out how to help her pay off her massive loans.........