<p>Does anyone know if any Christian college gives full ride scholarships? We had a Wheaton professor actually tell us that if our daughter can get a college education without loans at a secular school, she should go there. We are aware of the selective Westmont Monroe scholarship, but we don’t think that includes room and board.</p>
<p>Liberty gives full rides to all National Merit Finalists.</p>
<p>Azusa Pacific University does full tuition.</p>
<p>If you have 1300 SAT without the writing section AND a 3.9 GPA, then you can apply for a full tuition scholarship.</p>
<p>Colleges like Asbury have a competitive full-tuition scholarship (they give out two per year) - I got one of their 50% tuition scholarships (they give out 16 per year)… Cedarville University has a competitive 75% tuition scholarship and some 50% tuition as well.</p>
<p>From what I could see, though, Christian schools aren’t as generous as secular schools are. Grove City only meets ~35% of “need” whereas some schools, like Vanderbilt where I’m attending in the fall, meet 100%. If you need a full ride to not go into debt at all, I’d say you’re probably pretty poor, and if you’re pretty poor, you can go to a secular university that meets 100% of demonstrated financial need for very cheap. If this is your first child that you’re sending to college and you don’t know what “need” or FAFSA is, the college financial process has changed quite a bit since you likely went to college and I’d ask someone to explain that to you - many public schools don’t give out much aid at all and don’t meet need - whereas there are several private universities that do - I’d recommend researching those. Here’s a list to get you started:
[CSLF</a> : IF : Colleges That Meet Financial Aid Need](<a href=“http://www.cslf.com/investinyourfuture/payingforcollege/collegesthatmeetneed.htm]CSLF”>http://www.cslf.com/investinyourfuture/payingforcollege/collegesthatmeetneed.htm)</p>
<p>Wheaton, as far as I can tell, doesn’t give out many scholarships at all. I didn’t even apply there since they don’t even offer transfers merit-based aid. I don’t mean to preach to you, but if you’re a Christian I wouldn’t go for necessarily the cheapest school - our God is much bigger than any bill a college could give me - so I’d seek the college that is his will for your life exclusively - “if it’s God’s will, he’ll pay the pill.”</p>
<p>Oh yeah - there’s a really cheap Christian school in Arkansas - College of the Ozarks? It only costs like 5k a year if I remember (room and board - tuition is free) - but they admit on a need-aware policy - that is to say, they want to educate poorer people. Something like 10% of each incoming class is reserved for people who are admitted on pure merit. It’s academically pretty good too, from what I could tell.</p>
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<p>Thank you for this insight…</p>
<p>I know that Baylor gives pretty decent financial aid.</p>
<p>They offer a free ride to NMFs who select Baylor as their first choice school.</p>
<p>In addition, on their undergrad admission website, they have a merit scholarship calculator, so they’re very straightforward about their non-need based aid, in my opinion.</p>
<p>I disagree with that Wheaton prof. I got a full ride (room & board) at Palm Beach Atlantic without needbased aid or loans. It was definitely cheaper for me to go there than University of Florida. I think it completely depends upon the Christian college and qualifications of the student. You just need to apply and see…and pray. I definitely believe that God will work out the finances if that’s the place he would have your daughter go.</p>
<p>Check out the National Merit thread on the financial aid board. Several Christian colleges are on there. Ones that come to mind are Geneva and Nyack.</p>
<p>If you have a 2100 on the SAT or a 32 on the ACT, you can interview for a full-tuition scholarship at Eastern Nazarene College in Massachusetts, near Boston. If you have a 2250 on the SAT or a 34 on the ACT then you can interview for full-tuition plus room & board.</p>
<p>The full-tuition scholarship is called the Munro Scholar award, after the founding dean of the College: Bertha Munro. Munro was the valedictorian of Boston University’s Class of 1907 and went to graduate school at Radcliffe College. She started teaching in the preparatory academy at Eastern Nazarene College and then entered a doctoral program at Harvard University when she became the dean at Eastern Nazarene. In 1919, she modeled the curriculum at ENC after the curricula at Boston University and Radcliffe-Harvard. She remained dean until 1957 and published her autobiography, The Years Teach, in 1970.</p>
<p>Messiah College is located in Gratham, PA. It is a small liberal arts college from the Brethren in Christ(BIC) denomination. They meet most of the student’s financial need…i believe it is 85% of need. However, Messiah Awards 6 full ride scholarships to incoming first year students. But, they must be multicultural and speak 2 languages… you can always contact them… other than that, sports is a big thing at Messiah, specially soccer. You can always apply for sports scholarships…</p>
<p>Oklahoma Christian also gives full ride for National Merit Finalists.</p>
<p>Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana offers a competitive scholarship which is almost a full ride (looks to me to be full tuition plus most of room and board). See:</p>
<p><a href=“http://grace.edu/admissions/financial/documents/Scholarship-and-Grant-Chart.pdf[/url]”>http://grace.edu/admissions/financial/documents/Scholarship-and-Grant-Chart.pdf</a></p>
<p>for all the scholarship options at Grace. Grace is a Christian liberal arts college located in the center of a lot of orthopedic companies.</p>
<p>hia Iam a disabled young man aged 20.My dream is to study Music to the extend of a becoming a sound engineer.is there any college offering such courses possible with a shcolar ship.iam in Zimbabwe and there are no such courses offerd.</p>
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<p>Well to update the thread, my daughter was accepted to the University of Pennsylvania with awesome financial aid. She is having a great time there and is fully plugged in with the Christian groups.</p>
<p>PBA is my number one school right now, and I just recieved my financial aid package and I got a very minimal ammount of aid. What I’m wondering is how you got a full ride to PBA because I have been accepted to their honors program and I think I would be eligible for such an award. Any help or guidance you could give would be much appreciated. Thank you so much.</p>
<p>Seattle Pacific gives full rides</p>
<p>/\ Yeah they do. I got offered their full ride this year</p>
<p>I was very blessed to receive a full-tuition from Whitworth–they give out six a year in their Honors Collequium (sp?)</p>
<p>Belmont University gives 6-7 Presidential Scholarships each year that are full rides. Very very high academics and ECs are required.</p>