<p>Since I shared the stats for Otterbein and OCU, I just wanted to point out again that these are for ACADEMIC awards based purely on SAT/ACT and GPA/class rank. The stats have nothing to do with getting into the MT program - just that there are some schools with MT programs that have these types of awards. Since these are 2 of the schools at the top of my D’s list, it is nice for me to know going in that if she is fortunate enough to be accepted into one of these MT programs, she is going to be getting this much towards tuition because of her scores/grades.</p>
<p>Otterbein and OCU have separate admissions to the college from the admissions to the BFA program, which is not the case at all programs including UMichigan.</p>
<p>As well, at many colleges that take academics into account for merit awards, it is not a simple formula of a certain GPA and SAT/ACT score automatically earns a certain merit award. I understand if OCU and Otterbein work that way but I am just pointing out that many schools do not.</p>
<p>I don’t know that this discussion should really be on the “cut policy” thread, but Pace, Point Park, Webster and Marymount Manhattan give out academic scholarships for GPA 3.0 and up. All four schools have a separate academic admissions process aside from MT (or drama w/MT emphasis for MMC) acceptance.</p>
<p>USC only offers a minor in MT but they have been offering half tuition for years for National Merit Scholars. Of course, you need decent grades, too, but they are mainly trying to up their National Merit Scholars stat.</p>
<p>CalMTmom - in addition to Otterbein and OCU that austinmtmom provided, Baldwin-Wallace also has a page that lists automatic academic scholarships, with the GPA and test scores needed to qualify for the various levels. Webster shows the minimum, and the range without being quite so specific. I would suggest going to websites of schools you are interested in, and searching “scholarships.” Several schools (mostly private, in what I’ve seen) list that information. Keep in mind that some schools will “stack” scholarships - you could get a talent award, or something else as well in addition to the academic; some do not. The websites usually state their policy on that.</p>
<p>Thank you all for information about scholarships…I knew about Baldwin Wallace and Otterbein because we have looked at those specifically. I did not know about Pace, Marymount, Webster, Point Park–that is very helpful to know. </p>
<p>Sooviet–I did not know about NYU -it is not specifically stated on their website I imagine because it is a more holistic approach then some of the others. Although I get the distinct impression (please correct me if I am wrong) that the majority of scholarships at NYU go for need based rather than merit.</p>
<p>I was also wondering about Syracuse–I have seen the scholarships listed but they do not state what test scores or GPA are required for scholarships.</p>
<p>Mom103: From my D doing a workshop with Brent Wagner chair of MT at UMich: YES he stated point blank that MT faculty looks at entire application including grades, test scores and very importantly essays when deciding on candidates-not just used for screening. Also said that scholarships were very few.</p>