Merit Aid/Financial Need

srobin
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:50:44 +0000

I am evidently confused about something. If DS gets a Merit Academic Scholarship to a state flagship university which covers full tuition, some housing and an allowance for books, does this mean he will only get it if we demonstrate financial need? We have fairly low income around $31,000 if I only have to count my income. His dad and I are divorced. I have 3 dependents if I count my two toddler grandchildren who I have recently became the guardian of. I am expecting our EFC to be reasonable. We should definitely have financial need. The cost to attend this school is approximately $13,500/year.

The university has in writing on the webpage the scholarship amount based on your ACT score and GPA. When I ask one of their admission counselors if it was guaranteed they said that as long as you meet the application deadline and the requirements that it usually was because the college has so many alumni contributing to the school. I