Chance Me? Also Financial Aid Help?

akabrowny
Mon, 24 Apr 2017 04:08:10 +0000

Hi! I’m a current high school junior who visited Scripps last December and fell in love with it. I think I would fit in great, but my main concern is the cost. I’ve hear that Scripps doesn’t have great financial aid, and that is one of my main concerns. I’m hoping I can get a merit scholarship, but that is if I’ll even get in! Here are my stats so far:

attend a very rigorous school with a highly rated magnet program in CA

GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.3 W

In top 20% of my class with over 700 students

AP's: AP Lang (4), AP Euro and AP Chem (3, I self-studied for chem), taking AP Calc, AP US History, AP Music Theory, and AP Bio this year

SAT 1450, ACT 33

Color Guard Vice Captain this year, Captain next year

Lead Copy Editor of Yearbook, writer for school newspaper last year

Secretary of Astronomy Club, member of Mock Trial

In NHS and CSF

Played piano for 8 years, multiple notable awards

Doing an internship under a professor this summer

If anyone could share their experience with financial/merit aid, that would be super helpful! I did the online calculator and I apparently have to pay about 16000 a year but that is too much for my family, especially since I have a sibling. I’m hoping for merit aid, but I am not sure if I can get it. Any information would be great!