top 50 universities or top LACs as in US News that offer merit-based scholarships

<p>UMich offers the Shipman scholarship, which is merit based and extremely competitive (aka “not automatic”). Though it is not officially a full-ride, the amount equates to a full-ride for in-state students. For OOS, I believe the individual colleges supplement with other scholarships, thus making it practically a full-ride.</p>

<p>The scholarship competition is by invitation only, and only 50 admitted students are invited, out of which 15 are offered the max. amount, the others lesser amounts.</p>

<p>My D got the max (=full-ride, being in-state) and will be attending UMich this fall.</p>

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<p>I am not aware of any other “automatic” merit scholarships at UMich.</p>