Scholarships?

Paying for College
21

<p>atomic,</p>

<p>Zagat provides good advice, place your stats within the top 15%-25% of the applicant pool at schools that provide merit aid and you have a good shot. The best way I have found to detremine the amount of merit aid a sshool awards is to use the USNews online edition. Go to a particular school and look at the link for “Tuition and Financial Aid”. This has an entry for merit based aid.</p>

<p>For example, here is the information for Boston University:</p>

<p>Non-need-based aid
Avg. merit award
(% awarded aid) $11,902 (16%)</p>

<p>This means that 16% of the freshman get merit based aid with an average award of $11,902. Good luck with your search.</p>

22

<p>New York provides such awards to outstanding students. The flagship state universities in many states offer these awards–i.e. alabama, texas, etc. Sorry that Illinois can’t at this time but many states can and do. The awards are usually associated with those schools which also offer honors programs.</p>

23

<p>My son got approx $50,000 in merit aid from a state school. It’s ranked in the US News Top-50 public universities (#46). And you can use your stats to calculate your own merit scholarship,</p>

24

<p>When it comes to merits, sometimes you have to apply or sometimes they will choose you out of all the applicants.</p>

<p>When it comes to a full ride on athletics, I think you need to approach the school and try to get recruited or something.</p>