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Originally Posted by mom2collegekids
the student is transferring to a rare univ that is generous to transfers
An example is RIT, Rochester NY.
Freshman merit scholarships are up to $15,000, and transfer merit scholarships are up to $11,000; a difference of mere $4,000.</p>
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<p>My sons both took the route of CC for two years, and then transferred to RIT to complete the degrees.</p>
<p>The route worked out better than we expected: my sons were offered more transfer merit scholarships ($11,000) than the freshman scholarships ($8,000 to $9,000; they did applied to RIT as freshman).
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<p>I said “rare”…I didn’t say none. The fact that you can name one school that might give decent merit to a transfer doesn’t disprove my point. And, the fact that transfers get “up to $13k” does not mean that many actually get the $13k. The school may only a award a couple of $13k awards to transfer students. Also, since the school has a COA of over $50k, I don’t consider $13k (or even 15k) as anything to get excited about. I don’t think that getting “up to $13k” at a pricey school is “generous” at all.</p>
<p>I did mention that there are some pricey (often lower ranking) schools that will give some transfer merit. I can think of a few that I’ve seen…Seattle Univ is one. But, in the scheme of things, usually a CC transfer doesn’t have an affluent family so coming up with the remaining $40k after a $10k-15k award. Again, transfer students often get little to no need-based aid beyond federal or state mandated aid.</p>
<p>I can see how getting such a merit award might be more meaningful if the student can commute from home. Then the $10-15k merit reduces tuition to a manageable amount.</p>
<p>It is very unusual to get offered more merit as a transfer than as an incoming frosh. There must be some reason why your sons were offered less as frosh. SAT scores not high enough? GPA not high enough? What? Or did the school implement a new merit plan?</p>