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Links to Popular Threads on Scholarships and Lower-Cost Colleges
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A 90 – 100
B 80 – 89
C 75 – 79
D 70 – 74
F 0 – 69
Alabama State University
Tuskegee University
Delta State University
Mississippi Valley State University
Alabama A&M University
Application Deadline: 2/1 (apply separately at https://galileo.aamu.edu/scholarship/ )
Award: Cost of tuition, room, board, fees for up to 8 semesters, plus $1,000/semester books (AAMU Presidential Scholarship)
Requirements: 3.75 HS GPA, 28 ACT or 1310 SAT, graduating HS senior (not gap year); contact school for renewal criteria
Award: Cost of tuition for up to 8 semesters (AAMU Merit Scholarship)
Requirements: 3.25 HS GPA, 23 ACT or 1130 SAT, graduating HS senior (not gap year); contact school for renewal criteria
Award: Cost of tuition for up to 4 semesters (AAMU Transfer Merit Scholarship)
Requirements: 3.25 college GPA as a transfer student
http://www.aamu.edu/Admissions/fincialaid/Documents/academicscholarshipbrochure1819x.pdf (linked from http://www.aamu.edu/admissions/fincialaid/pages/default.aspx )
If you are a DACA or undocumented student, be sure to stay on top of this website since they add new scholarship information all the time.
This is where some students get screwed. My DD's GPA is a 4.95 due to IB weighting but on a 4.0 scale she was a 3.5. Some schools take any GPA and others only on the 4.0. She landed a full tuition/housing scholarship from a school that took "the highest GPA listed on the transcript"
"Ohio State will cover the full cost of tuition for in-state, undergraduate Columbus campus students eligible for Pell Grants and Ohio College Opportunity Grants — as well as those who come from households that make Ohio’s median income of $55,000 or less — starting Autumn 2018" from https://www.thelantern.com/2017/09/ohio-state-to-become-first-public-ohio-college-to-cover-tuition-for-pell-students/
At the same time,
Out of 45K undergrads? That's very, very low. 7%?
Test runs in https://sfa.osu.edu/incoming-freshmen/about-aid/net-price-calculator suggests that a student eligible for this program will get total grants (inclusive of Pell grants) at least equal to in-state tuition of $10,564. For an Ohio resident student with FAFSA EFC = $0, the net price is $13,555, reflecting total grants of $13,481 (including $6,095 Pell grant) off of the list price of $22,856.
However, this is not really in the scope of this thread, as it is a need-based program, rather than a merit scholarship.
That would free up a student loan to help with room, board, books, etc. which will still be a challenge for many families. It will be interesting to see how the stacking policies of outside scholarships work moving forward.
I read somewhere 45% of Ohio State students are graduating with no debt. It'll be interesting to see how this affects different rankings: up for more pell students or down for more students graduating with debt as fewer families are priced out.
I'd also read that this would be expanding to branch campuses in 2019, but didn't realize that will begin as soon as Spring 2019. I guess they've revised their forecast to 3000 eligible students on main campus. https://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/news/2018/06/01/osu-cover-full-cost-tuition-some-students/664556002/