1851 Scholarship

So I got my FA and it was greater than I expected. However, one thing I noticed that I received was the 1851 Scholarship and its listed as a grant. Is this the Founders Scholarship? Because I’m trying to look up what this scholarship is since Northwestern claims to not reward merit based scholarships. .

My daughter received this one too. Can’t find anything online for it, except for a post encouraging alum to donate to it.

It is an institutional grant paid, I believe, by a NU alumni

@koolguy654 you’re correct. I called NU and they explained they have an initiative so that student loans are not needed and they do that through an NU Alum program