<p>AP Classes: 14, 13 of them with 5's, 1 with a 4</p>
<p>SAT II's
Bio, Math I, and Chemistry are all 800's</p>
<p>EC's
Founder and President of Muslim Student Association HS Chapter, we've been to three conferences (10-ongoing)
Model United Nations President (Won five gavels and got most diligent debater award (10-ongoing)
Varsity Tennis, ranked 2 in Club and 1 in School (9-ongoing)
Science Club President, Done three live dissections at two different universities
Math League Treasurer
Academic Team 1st Captain (Northern State Champions)
450+ Hours at Hospital
National Honor Society
Founder and President of Robotics (we've won 2 competetions)
Save Darfur Organization, Vice-president
National Health Care Organization, President and founder (We've met with many politicians, Tim Kaine!)</p>
<p>Awards:
Presidential award for Academic Excellence 7,10
Chemistry Life championship tests semi-finalist
Academic Governor's School</p>
<p>Other:
3 published articles in Neurochemistry Journals
Numerous articles published in school paper
Tutor for Inner-city kids at a lowly funded school (200+ Hours devoted)
Ran a 10K for Breast Cancer last Year
Ran a 15 K for Artificial Kidney Research This year
I'm a first generation Pakistani-American </p>
<p>Prospected Colleges (in order)
*My intended major is neuroscience/biology</p>
<p>I'd love to get a full-tuition or a full-ride at VCU
What do you think my highest scholarship at VTech or UVA would be?</p>
<p>It doesn’t look like there are any assured scholarships. VCU offers some, but they are competitive. </p>
<p>You are in the upper 25% at VCU, but I don’t know how much that increases your chances since the website is vague about how many awards it gives.</p>
<p>Middle 50% of First-Year Students </p>
<p>SAT Critical Reading: 490 - 600
SAT Math: 480 - 590
SAT Writing: 480 - 580 </p>
<p>I don’t think your SAT is high enough for big merit from UVA.</p>
<p>I know that getting even a minimal scholarship from UVA will be more grant-based than merit. </p>
<p>I am a permanent resident, senior. </p>
<p>My math score was a 680
My CR score was a 650.</p>
<p>VCU isn’t a great university, and the only reason that I’m even considering going there is because I’m in need of financial aid (I don’t want to have to pay back a bunch of loans)</p>
<p>I’d rather go for basically free than pay a bunch for a college name, you know?</p>
<p>This will give you an idea of what colleges will expect your family to pay for. Virginia colleges aren’t going to give you aid for the amount that they believe your family should pay for.</p>
<p>Has your family said how much they’ll spend each year?</p>
<p>At this point, I would suggest you look at your undergraduate school for what it will give you as an UNDERGRAD. At this point, you will not be attending VCU’s school of medicine so really…what does it matter if THAT is nice if the school does not meet your undergrad needs?</p>
<p>Have you applied to the other schools you have listed above? And did you check to see if there were priority application deadlines for their generous scholarships? Sometimes there are and sometimes there are not…I don’t have the info about these schools at my fingertips here, but my guess is their websites will give you the information you need.</p>
<p>You don’t seem to understand… You’re mixing up need and merit.</p>
<p>If you’re looking for “need-based aid,” then you need to find out what your EFC is. Use the above link. Include the number of siblings in college - but only the ones who’ll be undergrads next year. Those in grad school are handled on their own.</p>
<p>The fact that your brothers got whatever is irrelevant.</p>
<p>You can’t get a “free ride” based on need, if your FAFSA says that your parents are supposed to pay a certain amount. So, if your EFC says that your family contribution is $15k, then you can’t get a free ride to cover that with financial aid.</p>
<p>If you’re interested in merit, then did you apply to schools that give merit for YOUR stats? If so, which ones? </p>
<p>Depending on various scenarios, merit may or may not reduce EFC. If the merit is big enough, it will…but more than likely, it will not.</p>
<p>“If not VCU, maybe Christopher Newport, or JMU, or GMU.”</p>
<p>In terms of JMU – have you already applied academically to JMU? The RD deadline was 1/15.</p>
<p>In order to be considered for a Dingledine Scholarship at JMU (full in-state tuition for four years), students need to apply to JMU EA AND submit the Dingledine application by 11/1.</p>
<p>The other larger scholarships programs that JMU offers are Second Centrury Scholarships and Centennial Scholarships… I have posted the links below so you can determine whether or not you would qualify. However, if you have not already applied to JMU academically it is now past the deadline.</p>
<p>VCU use to have the SAT/ACT scores for their scholarships on their website – I guess they have taken them off. My son applied to VCU two years ago, he had a 35 ACT and received the full tuition scholarship award (I think it was the provost???).</p>
<p>^^^
ACT 35 is **deep **into the 99th percentile.</p>
<p>Thispakistangir has a M+CR SAT of 1330. That is the 95th percentile. It may not seem like much of a difference, but it is. Very few kids have an ACT 35 since it’s deep in the 99th percentile.</p>
<p>It’s too bad that her high score was in Writing (770), because colleges don’t typically use that for scholarships.</p>
<p>I was just wondering if you did get that scholarship. I also got a 2100 SAT Score (1390 for CR and M). I have a 3.65 UW GPA and 4.15 W with 11 AP bells. Do I have a chance to get a VCU full ride?</p>