What LACs Give Outright Merit Aid without forms?

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<p>Thank you. We are thinking- the South, Colorado, Florida, etc…can be research U.s too.</p>

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<p>bhg - I think a lot of them do. My son applied to 5 LACs and 1 small university and received decent merit aid at all of them with no extra applications. He did not apply to your area of the country, so specific names wouldn’t help you. But I think that there are quite a few that consider all applicants for merit aid without having to apply for it.</p>

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<p>i know carleton gives scholarships to all their students that are national merit scholars/ semifinalists</p>

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<p>yes carleton does which is unusual in a school of it’s caliber- but can students get away with not filling out the forms?</p>

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<p>backhandgrip maybe this thread and the following link may help you:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=342227#post342227[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=342227#post342227&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>My D got merit aid at 3 LACs with no additional forms. One needed her to do an interview. As we live far away, they did the interview over the phone. She got between $7,500 & $10,000 a year at each. None in Southeast though.</p>

<p>Generally it is LACs like Rhodes, Centre, and Sewanee-- LACs trying to lure kids thinking “HYPS AWS” to come to them instead. I would google the schools that interest you along with the term “merit aid” and you’ll see what comes up.</p>

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<p>Try Trinity U and Southwestern U in Texas. Both give great merit aid to their top students. Hendrix in Arkansas is also good with merit aid. I don’t think any of the three require separate applications.</p>

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<p>BHG, I have seen some good awards from Stetson in the last 3 years.</p>

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<p>you may want to add Trinity in San antonio, TCU (Fortworth), SMU (Dallas), Univ. of Tulsa and if you don’t mind religion on testosterone - Baylor gives good money.</p>

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<p>Rice (small university of 2800 undergrads - but LACish) gives merit aid w/ no extra apps.</p>

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<p>Thanks, I’m following this thread closely.</p>

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<p>Rice is quite strong with merit money, and it is already cheaper than many top LACs.</p>

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<p>Birmingham-Southern sent my daughter a merit award a few days after her rolling admission acceptance, she was then automatically a candidate for additional money (awarded after on campus visits and interviews, honors day I think). Rhodes required no additional submissions on her part, but the full ride scholarship requires nomination by a high school, Rhodes alumnus, or minister. She was nominated, but withdrew, I think that you can be considered for lower scholarships without the candidate doing anything other than applying for admission, but I’m not sure how many close to full tuitions they actually give to persons other than Bellingrath runners-up. Davidson, also I think everyone is automatically considered, but we didn’t think she had any shot for those.</p>

<p>University of Richmond, on the other hand, had separate forms and essays required for almost all the scholarships - a requirement that led to much disfavor in our house.</p>

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<p>FYI: Carleton’s ONLY merit aid is for NMF. The school continues the one-time $2000 award for the remaining 3 years, or if not sponsored, provides the $2000 for 4 years.
<a href=“http://www.carleton.edu/admissions/nationalmerit/facts.html[/url]”>http://www.carleton.edu/admissions/nationalmerit/facts.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>College of Wooster</p>

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<p>Grinnell (IA) and Scripps (CA) both offer generous merit money. Scripps’ only requirement is that you submit your application on Nov. 1. You are then notified of your scholarship decision in mid-January and all finalists are flown to campus for a Scholar’s weekend (going on as we speak, actually!). As far as I know, Grinnell doesn’t require anything except submitting your application by the app. deadline.</p>

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<p>Allegheny College.</p>

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<p>These don’t fit your geographic qualification, but F&M and Lafayette both offer very substantial merit aid–as much as 75%–without forms. If they like an applicant’s stats enough, the offer comes unsolicited, along with acceptance. You can find out what merit aid is offered on most college websites. I think merit aid is pretty common outside of the New England elite LACs.</p>

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<p>Kenyon offers Distinguished Academic Scholarships without forms (stated to be $2000-10,000 per year), while their half-tuition Honors and Science scholarships require essays submitted by Dec. 15. Denison offers many scholarships as well.</p>

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<p>Occidental</p>