GWU/American and Merit Aid

momonthehill
Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:11:16 +0000

Rainmama, I’m not sure what the maximum scholarship amount is–you might want to call, or email, the admissions rep. for your area of the country to find out. The Dean’s Scholarship that my D received was for $15K/year, although I’ve read (on this forum)that other kids who’ve received the Dean’s Scholarship were awarded $18K/year, so that, too, can vary. To my knowledge, there’s no official scholarship interviewing process(the aid decision was included in her admissions package that arrived in the mail). However, my D did do an admissions interview. What I’ve also heard, from this forum(not from an adcom, so take it with how ever many grains of salt you wish), that if a student “demonstrates interest” in attending AU(ex., interviews, campus visits, contacts admissions, etc.), it can have increase his/her chances of receiving merit aid. Hope this helps somewhat.