Do merit scholarship have deadlines?

thumper1
Mon, 01 May 2017 22:42:27 +0000

Can you afford to pay for college now? Or do you need a merit award or need based award to attend.

You have until midnight to decide.

Here is what I wrote on your other thread. I will add…

If you apply for fall 2018, you can also retool your application list to include schools with merit awards possible. In addition, you can and should get your applications for admission AND your applications for financial aid done as close to October 1 as possible. You can submit regular decision applications…just get them done early.

And here is my response from March.

Waiting to enter as a freshman fall 2018 will give you the chance to do a few things.

1. Retake the ACT or SAT before you graduate HS.

2. Research colleges well, and look for places that are affordable...where you have a good chance of acceptance.

3. Get your applications for admission and financial aid done by mid October.

4. Entering mid year can also cause course sequence issues as some year long courses start fall term only.

5. Entering fall freshman have better aid potential than students enrolling mid year.

6. You can work and save some money for college.