<p>University of Michigan - Ann Arbor just recently came onto my son's radar. He's a rising senior interested in engineering.</p>
<p>Does U Mich offer any big merit scholarships for entering out of state freshmen? Or are there any selective honors programs that he should know about? Any NMF scholarships?</p>
<p>We looked at the website for scholarships, but none stood out as the type he was looking for. The list of scholarships is huge, though!</p>
<p>Lots of schools he's looking at call the kind he's looking for Trustee Scholars or President's Scholars or that sort of thing.</p>
<p>At one point, the U Mich website refers him to the Engineering School website for departmental merit scholarships. But all the scholarships he found for the department were for grad students.</p>
<p>Michigan Engineering offers a limited number of generous scholarships, generally to exceptional students (at least a 3.8 unweighed GPA with over a 2300 on the ACT or over a 34 on the ACT). Be sure to apply EA as those scholarships tend to run out quickly.</p>
<p>simplelife…Buddymcawesome had very awesome stats…you might want to compare yours to his for comparison. I think he chose to attend either Princeton or MIT… My s got 10K/yr for the Michigan Tradition Scholarship…(notified in April…it came as a total surprise…we live in NE (which might count as an ur state) and he also is engineering with very good stats and will be attending this Fall. Michigan loves Diversity factor!
We found there to be no exact rhyme or reason when it came to merit scholarships …except for the test scores that Alexandre mentions above. I do think that the golden ticket is urm/diverse life experiences and top notch stats!!!</p>
<p>Oh almost forgot…your son can apply separately for a few engineering scholarships (see website) the others he gets put into the pool automatically with your application. I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to apply early…like Sept or Oct at the latest!! My s found out as early as Nov 5th. Also make those essays awesome with real world hands on experience and don’t forget to let them know how great you think U MI is based on YOUR VISIT not just the USNWR stats. Also I know that Purdue offers the Trustees scholarship based soley on ACT/SAT…not so easy at Michigan…their ACT/SAT bar is set higher and includes other factors as well. NMF is a good thing if your son falls into that category. Good Luck…GO BLUE…we are leaving for orientation tomorrow!!</p>
<p>Great stats, BuddyMcawesome! Nice work.
They are very comparable to my son’s. Do you love Princeton? (I’m not sure if you’re a newly accepted student or if you’ve been there for a while.)</p>
<p>The Shipman Scholarship is the most prestigious merit scholarship UMich offers. It is also very little known (I’m surprised nobody including Alexandre mentions it) since only 50 students from the incoming class are invited for a scholarship weekend (all expenses paid - airfare, hotel, food, etc.) competition. 15 out of the 50 are offered the top scholarship of $15,000 + full room & board. For in-state students, this almost comes to a full-ride. For the other 35 students, $7,500 is guaranteed, but this is usually supplemented by funds by individual colleges, so it becomes a substantial amount.</p>
<p>Yes, I have some first-hand info about this (though not necessarily any insider info or about any cut-off scores, etc.), since my daughter was one of the 50 invited this year, and eventually ended up in the 15 that received the highest scholarship. </p>
<p>For OOS students selected for the scholarship, I understand that the individual colleges supplement the $15k or $7.5k with their own scholarships (however I have no confirmed knowledge of that as we are instate).</p>
<p>Princeton & MIT (also all Ivy leagues) do not offer any scholarships (as in merit-based). They offer only need-based aid. I believe most of the folks, at least on CC, interpret “scholarships” to be merit-based and “financial aid” to be need-based.</p>
<p>I’m not an authority on aid at Ivy Leagues or any college, but all the information I have gathered during my daughter’s college selection/admission process points to Ivy Leagues (and other top privates like MIT) offering NO merit aid.</p>
<p>It is true that most, if not all, of the ivies advertise no merit money. However, anecdotally, I do know of people who have received merit money. I’m not sure if the money came from departments or colleges or from the financial aid office – don’t know. I also don’t know how much. I also know that their “need-based” money is supposedly substantial.</p>
<p>Anyway, I was really meaning to ask BuddyMcawesome, specifically, if HE received any merit money at all from Princeton.</p>
<p>I’m guessing that since you didn’t mention Princeton, Buddy, but rather Cornell, that the answer is no. :-)</p>