Automatic Full Tuition / Full Ride Scholarships

ChangeTheGame
Fri, 22 May 2020 04:08:55 +0000

Hey @ucbalumnus, I just wanted to point out that a couple of the HBCUs that you have listed are not truly “automatic” just based on the stats alone. Both of my kids were well beyond the statistical threshold for the highest scholarships (full ride) that Alabama A&M (AAMU) and Tuskegee offers, and both of my kids applied very early (Mid-August) during there respective admissions seasons. My daughter was given an OOS fee waiver and a $4,500 a year scholarship in 2018 and my son was offered a $4,500 a year scholarship this year from AAMU. Tuskegee is also not “automatic” for stats as I know several students (including my daughter) who were not offered anything close to what Tuskegee’s website shows.

I believe that there are more high level applicants than scholarships available at the top thresholds and they look at several factors to choose the scholarship recipients at each level. I suspect that my household’s EFC (higher than the average HBCU applicant), and my family’s out of state status may have played a factor, but that is just speculation on my part. AAMU and Tuskegee show scholarship thresholds that you have to have to be considered, but they are not “automatic” from my personal experience.