UChicago Merit Based Scholarships

Paying for College
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<p>UChicago gives out 30 full rides a year and 100 additional half rides on the basis of merit. To get one of these scholarships, is it advantageous to apply EA, or is there no difference from regular action?</p>

<p>Another way to potentially ask this question is: when are recipients notified, when they get admitted (in which case EA matters) or all as a group in April? Thanks.</p>

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<p>Notified in April, although you get a tentative FA letter in December. No advantage in applying EA.</p>

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<p>I applied to UC and got accepted. However, I recieved no scholarship and stingy FA. So, just remember that the competition is pretty stiff for these awards.</p>

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<p>Is this for transfer students as well ? or only for freshmen ?</p>

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<p>here’s a link: <a href=“http://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/level3.asp?id=444[/url]”>http://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/level3.asp?id=444&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>based on what it says, I would say that the scholarship is only for freshmen.</p>

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<p>Full-tuition ones are basically impossible to get. Most of the people who received 10K ones in the last few years seem to have gotten them not because of their academic achievements but due to other factors (athletes, unique “diversity” candidates, etc.) </p>

<p>Many people with perfect or near perfect scores (35-36 ACT), super essays, demonstrated interest were admitted and did not receive a dime (same people who got full-tuition or almost full tuition scholarships at Emory, WuSTL, Vanderbilt, Michigan).</p>