My daughter is busy writing the supplements for AU. Hoping to get merit. Not applying for need based aid. Can anyone give me examples of how much their child got? And their stats? She has 1540 sat, and 100 average. National merit semifinalist. The usual extracurriculars.
Also, do they make keeping the merit year to year hard? We dont want to pay full freight for American.
See this: merit scholarships range from $8K to $22k per year.
https://www.american.edu/financialaid/freshman-scholarships.cfm
Note that AU has made a shift from merit-based aid to need-based aid over the past several years.
My kid applied regular decision and received a merit-based Dean’s Scholarship of 5K/semester with a 32 ACT and 3.75 high school GPA, with solid student government involvement (President) and community involvement times 3 and and an AU visit as well. Most of his aid was need-based.
my son got accepted, 1470 SAT, 4.12 GPA, Eagle Scout, tons of ECs. His scholarship from AU was $13k per year for four years.
Got a full ride with a 4.5 GPA, 29 ACT, and bunch of ECs, one of which had me heavily involved in local/state politics so it just depends on what you get done and how much youre getting done for the scholarship money
Was it a need and merit based full ride ? Admission told me most money would be need based