afruff23

Can anybody post stats of somebody who got a free ride at WashU? Is a 4.0 necessary?

datadriven

There are no free rides at WashU. Tuitions do not cover room and board. The highest ones are full tuition+1k/yr ones + you can get NMSF one (2.5K ?). They will let you keep outside scholarships though (something most other schools don't do).

Full tuition recepients are usually very strong.

ST2

datadriven - Close but not quite true. First the highest merit awards are full tuition plus $2,500 a year. Second they do and will give additional grants/scholarships to selected students. Some of these additional funds may be need related - some are not. This is in addition to NMF funds and any outside scholarships which WashU does not count against or subtract from any funding that WashU provides.

Yes - you are right about "Full tuition recepients are usually very strong." Not only academically, but right accross the board.

Mizo

Full Ride - Close Enough:

Tuition Scholarship $34.5K for 2007-2008
w/Annual Stipend 2.5K - books and personal spending
NMSF $2.5k annually
Enterprise Rent A Car Scholars $10K annually

So, if you use the basic meal plan and live in the traditional dorms you should be covered. Get a few outside scholarships and live anywhere on campus.

datadriven

What is the name of the scholarship that pays full-tuition+2.5K annually ?

ST2

There are 3 that I know of: Ervin, Rodriguez, Langsdorf. You will find them on the WashU site on the scholarship page - following link:

http://admissions.wustl.edu/admissio...set=iso-8859-1

datadriven

You are right. Needs to be noted that one of these (Langsdorf) is for College of Engineering only, while other two are typically reserved for "diversity" candidates.

ST2

datadrive - Your last statement "while other two are typically reserved for "diversity" candidates." was true 2 years ago. Starting with the class entering in 2005 WashU changed its policy and opened up both of these programs to all students. Due to this change, it is not a true statement at this time. If you look at the last 2 classes of Ervin & Rodriguez Scholars you will find a large percent of "non diversity" Scholars. This is not based on hear say, but personal experience.

nmsgklll

Does any one know how WashU combines financial need and merit fellowships? In other words if your FAFSA or Profile say your expected contribution is 20k, will you get financial aid up to 20k?Will the merit scholarship go towards the 20k?

amu521

that's not true ST2. true the classes are now integrated but a large part of the scholarship program is diversity, promoting campus diversity, and doing similar work in high school substantially strengthens your application.

ST2

amu521 - I am not sure what you think is not true. The program was opened to all students in 2005. A good portion of the Scholars are now "non - diversity", so what is not true. Having someone in the program - I think I have a decent idea about the program, so I don't understand your post nor does it make a lot of sense.

One of the criteria for these two Scholars programs is how you, as a candidate you have helped or will help diversity or promote understanding between different groups on campus or different parts of society. So if you have done something along those lines - it will indeed be a positive on your application. But as far as being open and available to all students - I stand by my original post. If you have something specific to refute that, please let me know.

@power@ranger@

I believe that your scholarship money is included as part of your fin aid package