Could I get a full ride anywhere?

SmallCollegesFTW
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:35:38 +0000

I think schools that you would recieve large merit scholarships that are very similar to the LACs you are looking at are:

Knox College: Very generous with merit aid. Could easily pull total cost down to 20000 dollars a year. Has scholarships based on both academics and specific things like music, writing, theater, community service. Very strong academically all around. Small LAC. I strongly considered attending. Very similar to schools like Macalester, Grinnell and Colorado College, though less selective. Merit ranges to 15000 a year, and the smaller ones are 4000 a year. Scholarships are stackable. Total cost without scholarships is around 40k.

Beloit College: You would qualify for a presidential scholarship, which is given by on campus interview one weekend (offered in January or Febuary). Scholarships are 12k, 15k, and 17k. In addition there are other scholarships such as music, theater and dance worth 4k a year. Very similar to Knox, except a little more artsy, almost everyone I talked to at Beloit (i overnighted twice) seemed to have applied to knox. Brand new state of the art science center that is beautiful. Very strong in social science, hard sciences, creative writing and theater. Nicest students i have ever talked to in my life. Very beautiful campus that is modeled after the traditional new england LAC. Very diverse, 10% international. 40k a year. Super generous with FinAid.