Help! My Scholarship Application Never Made It!

demondeac11
Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:32:30 +0000

First of all I’m really sorry to hear about your situation. However, I can tell you that unless things have changed (I graduated from Wake in 2004), there are scholarships available for you to apply for as an upperclassman, including the Carswell scholarship. I’m not sure if they bring in a ton of money, but it’s an option. Also, to the poster who said Wake is stingy with merit-aid, compare Wake with some of the comparable schools across the country, they really do try to give both need-based and merit-based forms of aid. Look at the website, there are a lot more named scholarships than at Duke and quite a few other schools. Furthermore, they don’t just have scholarships for the top 1% of applicants, I think they do a better job of spreading the money around than a lot of schools. In my case I got a merit scholarship but it still wasn’t enough for me to attend, and the great people in the scholarships office worked with me and ended up finding me another $8000 so I was able to attend. It may not be too late to talk to someone and see if they can help you.