<p>i wont qualify for any financial aid. </p>
<p>i will only be able to attend a school that gives me half-scholarship or more. </p>
<p>i live in new orleans, 2230 SAT with 1490/1600 math and critical reading. GPA is around 4.2, good essays and rec’s, i have plenty of leadership and commitment. </p>
<p>what schools would you say, is there a 90% chance or higher of me receiving that half-scholarship or more. </p>
<p>Thanks,
Keshav</p>
<p>Half scholarship is very subjective. Some school is less expensive than others. Your GPA and SAT score is excellent and there are many schools that will give you half scholarship. If you spend some time here at CC you will find some of those schools. Have you look at Tulane. Good job with your academics.</p>
<p>Tulane and LSU give good scholarships with those scores (as long as your grades aren’t terrible).</p>
<p>i’d really like to go out of state</p>
<p>Keshav,
Google is your friend. I searched “1400 SAT scholarship” and the first hit was:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.guaranteed-■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/[/url]”>http://www.guaranteed-■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/</a></p>
<p>There are others, do your homework.</p>
<p>Ohio University –</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ohio.edu/admissions/gateway/[/url]”>http://www.ohio.edu/admissions/gateway/</a></p>
<p>Also, check out the thread on merit scholarships pinned to the top of the Parent Forum. There are lots of schools that would like your grades and SAT scores. I know Denison University would certainly be a possibility. Good luck.</p>
<p>University of South Carolina offers nice merit aid to out of state students. If you receive the merit aid, you also get instate tuition. DD’s total cost there would have been about $11,000 per year including room, board, tuition and fees. That is quite modest. Her’s was not the highest OOS scholarship.</p>
<p>If you still has excellent grades from the community college then it should not hurt her chances at all in getting merit aid or scholarships. You should contact the school to see if there are any scholarships available for transfer students. There may also be scholarships available for organizations to parents belong to or companies they work for as well as groups you will be part of in high school and/or college. If it is a private school, contact the financial aid office and let them know the financial situation.</p>
<p>Try Boston University, Brandeis, Case Western Reserve, Lake Forest, University of Southern California, Davidson, Rhodes, Vanderbilt. There are more… Check each college’s web site and look for the info on scholarships or merit aid. Good luck.</p>
<p>Try Lafayette College in PA. They have a generous Marquis Scholarship</p>
<p>entomom, you stole my line…I am constantly posting …“google is your friend.” If I can find the answer in five minutes on google, so can you.<br>
To the OP, apply to a range of schools including some where you are at the TOP of the stats. You will get some merit aid offers. Nothing is really a 90 percent guarantee in today’s college admission climate.</p>
<p>You would do well to invest in USNews&World Report College guide, either on line or the book. There is a section that list college that have merit money. You can then look up those colleges that offer decent amounts of grants, and see how they are distributed. You should make sure that you are in the top percent statistics wise for each school which would maximize your chances for some decent money.</p>
<p>if you wouldn’t mind a public school, you could try Pitt…</p>
<p>You shouldl look at the U of Miami, they offer great scholarships.</p>
<p>St. Olaf in Minnesota, has a $14,000 per year top merit scholarship, which is annually offered to about 120 students (if I remember correctly) and accepted by perhaps 60 students? This is out of an admitted class of 700 plus. This is a gorgeous school and a less-known gem. I know it may be VERY far north for you–but the weather there is not that much different than many of the New England elite standards, and lots of Californians go there as well, very happily!</p>
<p>"i will only be able to attend a school that gives me half-scholarship or more. "</p>
<p>Rethink this. It’s not the size of the scholarship that is the bottom line about costs: It’s the total cost of the college. </p>
<p>A half scholarship to a $50,000 a year private university still would leave a lot of money for you to pay. Meanwhile, you may be able to afford an in-state public even if you don’t get any merit aid (though with those stats, you should be able to get some nice scholarships from in-state publics).</p>
<p>As usual, Northstarmom has gotten to the heart of the matter. My son got some really nice scholarships, but as NSM has shown in her post, even a $30K award is going to leave a high cost to pay when the COA is $50K+ which is what a lot of the privates are running these days.</p>
<p>look into Washington and Lee University in Va—their Johnson scholarship program is for academics and leadership—my son was awarded a full ride, tuition, room and board, fees.</p>
<p>You automatically have full tuition at University of Alabama and you could probably be a candidate for the even more prestigious scholarships which include tuition, housing, plus 8500 a year.</p>
<p>There are several public universities with outstanding merit aid for deserving OOS. Search the threads here on CC for “merit aid”, “full-ride”, “full tuition”, etc. Lots of great input.</p>