Hey everyone,
I unfortunately joined the scholarship train too late. Does anybody have any suggestions for merit scholarships that asians/white males interested in STEM are eligible for (basically the most general awards)? Ideally, we’d be able to send in our transcripts/scores/ECs, as that is the strongest aspect to my application.
University of Alabama-Huntsville
@Burrito12 You can’t get a scholarship to the college of your choice by sending a transcript, but there are schools that have easy scholarships for high stats.
There is the Automatic Full Tuition list pinned to the top of this forum. (Read from the last page and backwards to find the most up to date info.) Even if your stats aren’t quite high enough for full tuition, check the school websites for scholarships in lesser amounts.
Wait… on your other thread you already have a full ride to BU, and money wasn’t an issue for your other acceptances. What up?
@AroundHere I decided not to accept BU, and money isn’t an issue. Still, I’d like to get money so college won’t be as expensive, which is why I’m looking for academic aid, but not financial aid.
Just as a clarification, I’m a high school senior looking for merit scholarships that can be applied to any school.
None exist at this late date.
And BU doesn’t offer a full ride, only full tuition (Trustee scholarship).
You didn’t join the scholarship train too late. You simply decided not to accept the scholarships you were offered, right?
Where do you want to go to college? Can you afford to attend without merit scholarships? If so…then go.
If not, the apply to UA Huntsville…and maybe you will get a generous award there.
Otherwise…take a gap year.
Why did you turn down the BU offer?
BU didn’t have the opportunities I was looking for. I can afford to attend my other college without merit scholarships, but I was just wondering if there are any outside scholarships that could help me reduce the price. Like even $500-$1000 scholarships would be nice.
The biggest sources of merit aid are the colleges. It’s too late to apply to big national scholarships. Check with your high school for local essay contests.
Does your high school have a list of local scholarships? For example, our local Women’s Club offers a couple hundred dollars to a graduating senior. VFW, Rotary Club, etc. might offer a small scholarship. Those are often referred to as “book scholarships” because they won’t make cover tuition. I applied to any and all of those when I was a high school senior and that couple hundred dollars here and there did add up. (My guess is that deadlines have passed on most of those, though.)
Soume colleges will reduce the amount of their grants if you’re awarded outside scholarships. What’s your school’s policy?
I didn’t receive any grants/aid
If your parents can afford full pay, that’s wonderful. Are you working? That’s a great way to reduce parent contributions. You can work part-time while you’re in school, but I wouldn’t put in more than 10 hours/week.
My parents can afford full pay, and I will likely work. However, I’d still love to reduce the financial burden on my parents, and I feel that I have an obligation to contribute as much as I can through scholarships/working, especially before college starts.
Then reconsider where you might attend. Did you get any merit offers at places you liked that would have made your costs lower? If so, take another look at them vefore you commit anywhere.
Some schools have scholarships for returning students. There are also some (highly competitive) national scholarships for certain STEM majors. Look at your school website to see if any of these might be possible in the future.
Also look at the DOD SMART scholarship for STEM. It is similar to ROTC, but DOD instead of a military branch. You get scholarship money for college and summer job, then you work for DOD for a fixed amount of time, depending on when you are accepted (work for 1.5 years for each year of college they cover). This is a competitive program too - 2017 had 14% acceptance rate.
If your parents can comfortably afford full pay, I don’t understand why you’re looking for small scholarships now.
I mean I have nothing else to do haha. Why not save some money? It’s not a huge concern tho.