Scholarships to Cincinnati?

guyk27
Mon, 03 Aug 2015 12:44:05 +0000

My son is an entering freshman, and had stats and activities very similar to yours (rather than cc/track, he was a 4-year band kid). His w/uw GPA was almost identical, and his composite ACT score was a little bit higher.

Scholarship-wise, he received a Cincinnatus scholarship (you can see it on the scholarships page), with a “booster” because he is an out of state student, which brought him up to about $6k. Then he received a one-year CEAS scholarship of $4k. And then lastly, a small Demakes Alumni scholarship. Also consider that you might be applying for local scholarships which can also add up too.

But let me make another comment here – there are really three general types of aid: merit scholarships (such as those I list above), need-based grants, and then federal and private loans. You fill out FAFSA for the latter two, need-based grants and loans. We didn’t qualify for need-based grants (for UC, but we did for virtually all of the private schools he applied to) or federal work-study. We did qualify for loans, and for the PLUS (Parent Loan for Undergrad Students).

All of this adds up into a “package” and the package is different for every school that you apply to. Merit scholarships vary dramatically from one school to another (here’s a huge hint: with your stats, and desire to go pre-med, check out Miami University’s BioEnginerring program – it is possible you may get a really good merit scholarship from them).