<p>Wait…Michigan’s TOP merit scholarship is just 12k per year? Wow.</p>
<p>Literally every other school I’m applying to has a merit scholarship that can max out at a full ride. One even has MULTIPLE such scholarships.</p>
<p>Is that absurdly stingy or have I just applied to schools that are good about merit aid? Lol.</p>
<p>I’m in a very similar situation to you, stewta4. 4.0 UW, good test scores etc, not a ton of APs due to my school not offering them, except I’m OOS which makes the cost pretty brutal (good luck with your residency stuff!).</p>
<p>You could look for separate scholarships…especially LGBT ones, which are becoming more and more prevalent (my sister is also homosexual and had a great many scholarship opportunities related to that). Since you’ve already written an essay on the subject, which sounds very interesting by the way, I would definitely look into that.</p>
<p>Good luck! :)</p>