<p>Which scholarships can one apply to that would cover room and board, with a decent prospect of winning? I am talking about scholarships that would supplement tuition scholarships offered by colleges.</p>
<p>None, really.</p>
<p>Private scholarships are generally small, non-renewable and have thousands of applicants for one award. The scholarships that would be anywhere near large enough to cover room and board are absurdly competitive.</p>
<p>polarscribe is right. </p>
<p>Very few private scholarships award multi-year scholarships for large amounts. the few that exist are highly competitive.</p>
<p>Typical private scholarships are for ONE year only, are for small amounts, and are also hard to win. There have been kids posting that they’ve applied to 20+ scholarships and received nothing.</p>
<p>Think about it…if there were such scholarships that had a reasonable chance of winning, soon too many people would be applying and then the chances of winning would diminish. There just aren’t many entities giving out large multi-year awards.</p>
<p>What is your situation? What are your stats? Do you have any “need”? How much will your parents pay? (if you’re the parent, then answer for your child). If a tuition only scholarship isn’t enough, then you need to look for schools that give larger scholarshipis.</p>
<p>That’s an incredibly difficult question. For most, no such scholarships exist. If you’re an uber top student and low income, you have a shot at several. Much more info needed.</p>
<p>D2 will be headed to college in a year while D1 may be headed to Medical School ( Depends on her MCAT performance ). Although D2 could qualify for tuition scholarship I was wondering if we can get more so we can help D1 with her Med School fees should she get in. I do realize that most students take loans when they go to med school.</p>
<p>It depends on the location (state and city). The best shot is always local because it is easier to win.
Our area has about 6 really big renewable awards (15-16,000) for any major and any race and we found them searching websites of different school districts in the area + our school had a list. I also went to several graduation ceremonies in different school districts and collected their booklets with names of graduates, universities they were admitted to and scholarships they won. Almost all these scholarships are for local universities in Texas only. And sometimes they have other restrictions, how much money total you can get or what universities you can go to.
If you are URM or engineering the opportunities in our area are much better, more local scholarships available.</p>
<p>Also, pure merit applications are usually available starting in September and during Fall semester and have very early deadlines. The need-based scholarships that require FAFSA become available in February and later.
The websites of school districts can have a special link to a big list of scholarships or can post weekly newsletters about current openings. Both can be usually found somewhere on counselors’ page.</p>