<p>I have read several scholarship posts but they all talk about scholarships for honors students…are they the only ones that they give merit aid to?</p>
<p>No they give it to others too. If you check the search for last years thread you will see.</p>
<p>I got pretty good money (Dean’s scholarship) this year but didn’t get honors.
So, no, even if you aren’t honors, you can still get money.</p>
<p>i got the same thing as bemyparaguay. are there diff levels of the deans scholarship or are they all 15000?</p>
<p>D just received her packet today, with the Deans Scholarship, as well!
She’s thrilled, and we’re very happy for her, as American has been a top choice of hers.
No Honor’s Program, but that’s fine–she wasn’t expecting to get into Honor’s, anyway.</p>
<p>^I meant Honors, not Honor’s :o</p>
<p>Yes, as the others said, it’s very possible to get scholarships even if you’re not in honors. I just received my packet today and I got the Dean’s Scholarship for $18,000, even though I’m not in honors.</p>
<p>I got my packet today. I got the Frederick Douglass Scholarship, but I’m not sure what that is, since I haven’t seen anyone else mention it. 
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<p>The downside to all this is that I’ve got a little over $6k in loans - not counting FWS. :[</p>
<p>I also got the Fredrick Douglas for 15K.</p>
<p>Hmm. Looks like the Frederick Douglass isn’t a set amount. I got 10k per semester [Fall and Spring]. More money would’ve been nice, lol!</p>
<p>yeah, just to back up what everyone else is saying, i just received the Dean’s scholarship for 15k per year without honors</p>
<p>is a grant the same thing as a scholarship?</p>
<p>CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL ! in this time of tight budgets…you should all be so proud for ANY money received!</p>
<p>Bridget~ different schools call them different things, but generally a grant is “free” money, not a loan, not needing to be paid back. it’s a nod at their desire for you, tho not as strong as a scholarship, which is bigger money.</p>
<p>thanks i was kind of confused</p>