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@bopper @Schadret

Regarding the CDS, “line n” is defined as “Number of students in line a who had no financial need and who were awarded institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid (exclude those who were awarded athletic awards and tuition benefits)”.

So, my reading is that while only 390 students out of 6266 got exclusively awarded a merit scholarship, it seems possible that some other students got awarded a combination of need-based help and merit isn’t it (or a greater need-based help than if their scores had been lower)?

@LitterofOne

Going back to the NPC… it actually reports that one may be eligible for a merit scholarship for top stats.

For example (for student with EFC above COA, i.e. no financial need):

  1. if you enter a weighted GPA of 4.5 and a ACT score of 36, it reports “Congratulations! You may be eligible for $28,000 in grants and/or scholarships.”
  2. if you enter a weighted GPA of 4.5 and a ACT score of 35, it reports "Congratulations! You may be eligible for $3,500 in grants and/or scholarships.
  3. if you enter a weighted GPA of 4.5 and a ACT score of 34, nothing

Other examples (for student with EFC of zero, i.e. most financial need):

  1. if you enter a weighted GPA of 4.5 and a ACT score of 36, it reports “Congratulations! You may be eligible for $34,706 in grants and/or scholarships.”
  2. if you enter a weighted GPA of 4.5 and a ACT score of 35, it reports “Congratulations! You may be eligible for $19,543 in grants and/or scholarships.”
  3. if you enter a weighted GPA of 4.5 and a ACT score of 34, it reports “Congratulations! You may be eligible for $19,000 in grants and/or scholarships.”

The 3.5K and 28K numbers match the range of merit scholarships listed on Rutgers’ website, and as I wrote in the other thread mentioned in post #3, at least for students with an EFC above COA, access to the Honors College seems to be linked to a 10K minimum scholarship. And a 8K scholarship is apparently possible for those who do quite make it to the Honors College via their preferred school but are very close to (e.g. that make it to the Honors College via another school)

With this in mind, regardless of the targeted school, I would suggest aiming at least at ACT 35 to maximize the chance of getting a merit scholarship. For SOE, even try to get a perfect 36.

An extra piece of information is that the mean SAT score for the incoming class (September 2019) was 1318 (equivalent to 28 ACT) which is quite high.

https://news.rutgers.edu/rutgers-university–new-brunswick-welcomes-record-breaking-freshman-class/20190826#.XY0q4G5Fx9M
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