Full Tuition Scholarships

entomom
Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:16:49 +0000

I was initially bothered by AY8888’s post, particularly the part about full ride schools not providing a quality education and good job placement. However, there is part of it I agree with: that if your academics and ECs are tip top, you should apply to some of the very selective schools that offer excellent FA, partiuclarly with the new policies for middle and upper middle income families. There is no reason that you can’t construct a college list that includes BOTH colleges that provide 100% of need and those with merit scholarships. Your reach schools would be those that provde good FA, while match and safeties should be schools where you have reasonable to excellent chances at full tuition or full ride scholarships. JMO.