Is Merit Aid possible? PLEASE HELP

funkydinosawr
Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:05:03 +0000

Hello,

I recently took the SAT on December 1 and my score, I felt like, was much better than the first. The first time I took the SAT I got a 1450 and this time I got a 1720.
580 in CR, 510 in Math (not my strong suit at ALL) and 630 in writing. I’m applying to VCU, ODU, Hampton, Howard and George Mason…although I might be applying to Virginia State University as a back up school. Because my CR and Math combined is 1090 and not 1100, the min. SAT for a lot of merit scholarships does this kill my chances for any merit based scholarships? My GPA is a 3.6, I take four IB courses this year and I have a fairly good amount of extra curriculars. (Art club, music honor society, choir, recycling, key club, peer helper etc, piano teacher, jack and jill of america inc [huge community service]. and a few others) Are my chances of merit scholarships shot because my SAT is 10 points away from the requirement?

I’m really stressing over this.

Thank you in advanced!