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<p>I keep learning such interesting things on CC!</p>
<p>Jazz performance piano S got merit award at IU (Jacobs) raised from $10k to $13k. Thanks to advice on CC, we also learned that the way to get more is to ask.</p>
<p>Anyone know of any public scholarship that are still open? I know most deadlines are May 1st, but if you know of any more that just involve a online submitted essay or something like that… I have found six random ones that are all due tomorrow, that I have just submitted… and I am on the look-out for more…</p>
<p>For Americans interested in McGill, the tuition for undergrads is about $15,420 (scheduled to rise by as much as 5% this summer, so $16,191 max.), $2256 in mandatory fees, most popular meal plan for kids living in dorm $4050 and campus housing ranging from $5300-$6800. That adds up to a grand total of $26750 min. to $29597 max. I believe that the top merit award for American undergrads is $5000. Most American students probably choose to live on campus the first year and then off campus after that. Housing off campus is very cheap compared to Boston or New York. The Schulich School of Music is a terrific school in a terrific city. My S is going elsewhere, but it was definitely in the running. All prices Canadian, but the American and Canadian currencies are just about even now.</p>
<p>One small clarification on McGill: I believe the $10 000 music merit that my S got at McGill is open to students from any country including the US, but it was only open to orchestral strings. So for most instruments at Schulich, the maximum music merit award for students from any country (including Canada) is generally $5 000, I believe. I don’t know about non-music merit for internationals like Americans.</p>
<p>Also Quebec students get an even lower tuition: somewhere between $2 000 and $3 000 per year (no zeros missing there). I know of students that work hard on establishing that Quebec residency, so if you have any connections with Quebec, it is worth looking into.</p>
<p>Sorry - never did post this, even though it came with the original letter in December:
14,000 Provost Scholarship at Westminster. D’s Grades and SAT’s fell in perfect line with Provost, and she nailed the audition (according to the juror that stopped her on the green later in the day). Just for group info - Classmate who also felt he did well on audition, but had significantly higher grades/SAT’s got the presidential - but this year they were going with the 17,000 instead of last year’s 20,000.</p>
<p>Just wanted to share for future applicants that I went from 3k work-study to full tuition at Juilliard after appeal so appeals do work. And don’t let costs discourage you from applying !!
I couldn’t believe it when I received +/- 42k Oberlin, 45k Bard, 42k Columbia. Don’t think state school or school w/ lower tuition fee = financial safety : 12k CCM. And don’t apply late : 0 at Peabody after late application.</p>
<p>I hope some of the student posters on this forum will stick around or at least visit once in awhile - most here are parents, which has its positive aspects, but follow-ups on first year experiences would be very valuable for future prospective students! Bassplayer08, for one, a European student who has been gone through the process with such success, is someone I hope will share some stories of life at Juilliard!</p>
<p>I’m delighted for all those people whose FA appeals worked out. Ours did not, so it definitely is not a guarantee that appealing nets you any more aid.</p>
<p>Our jazz bass S just won a Down Beat award. We found this out three hours after faxing the deposit on Friday. Had we know earlier, we might have been able to wheel and deal even more. Boo hoo! I guess the lesson is to wait until the last possible moment to commit.</p>
<p>Now that everything is over, I will post the scholarship offers I received from the various schools I applied to (pertaining to music):</p>
<p>University of Miami - Full ride ($10,000 of this came from being a regional winner of Classical Singer HS Comp)
Oberlin - $15,000 Con; $27,000 College
Yale - $50,000
Harvard - $49,000
Princeton - $48,000</p>
<p>Everywhere else I applied were places my parents made me apply to where I wouldn’t be studying music or be able to pursue it extracurricularly on a high level. With regards to Oberlin, as you can see a lot of the money came from the College so I do encourage everyone going through high school now to go for that National Merit and those straight As =].</p>
<p>Yale, Harvard, Princeton: am I correct in assuming that this is need-based financial aid, not merit scholarship? I was under the impression that these schools do not offer “merit” aid, since all accepted students deserve “merit.” Or are these awards somehow music based? Do you have to do the FAFSA each year to keep this award?</p>
<p>Yes you are correct that these awards are need-based. They do not give merit-based awards at any of those schools. I just listed them, I guess, for the “database” feature of this forum. And yes, I will have to submit a new tax return each year to keep the scholarship at Yale each year (probably will be less and less each year).</p>
<p>But normally, scholarships increase each year, since tuition raises by 4-6% each year, don’t they ?</p>
<p>Scholarships based on academic merit or musical talent do not usually increase each year at most schools. Most music schools have conditions associated with the continuation of scholarships from year to year in terms of a minimum GPA or participation in the school orchestra or both. Financial aid based on need gets recalculated each year based on the new cost of attendance and the current family financial circumstances, and may go up or down.</p>
<p>Follow up from earlier post on Eastman scholarship, even before we had the chance to put in an appeal, got word from school that more money available to offer son, so his total merit aid ended up to be 20,500. Another good reason to wait closer to end of month? We got the additional offer around April 21st.</p>
<p>I see thank you.</p>
<p>Bassplayer08 - if your scholarship award was referred to as a full tuition scholarship, then, generally, that will rise with the cost of tuition each year. If it was just a flat number - such as $40,000 - it’s possible it would stay the same year after year. You should email Juilliard and ask now so there are no surprises later.</p>
<p>Good point, SpiritManager. I was not thinking of full tuition scholarships when I said that they usually did not increase. Even with a full tuition scholarship, though, the increases in room and board may not be covered.</p>