Chances for Presidential scholarship

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Colorado
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Im considering applying into either environmental studies or communication at UC Boulder. I absolutely love the outdoors, which I express very well in my common app essay. I would love to go to a school like Boulder, but there is absolutely no way my family will be able to possibly afford it without this scholarship. Do I have some what of chance, or is it not even worth applying?

Stats:
OOS (south carolina) -white female
-rigorous private school (no rank)
UW GPA 3.7/ W 4.42 93.85
9,10, 11 = I took 6 honors courses, which is maxing out at my school
11= AP Stats (4) AP English Lit (4) AP U.S History (4)
12= AP Calculus AB, AP English Language, AP Spanish V, AP Environmental Science, and AP Human Geography

test scores
SAT: 1410 + writing (7/8)

Awards:
-J Robert Shirley Award- given to hardest working student in the junior class
-National Honor Society
-AP Scholar

ECS:

Tennis for school (9-12)
Youth Group Planning Committee Member (10-12)
Youth Advisor for Middle Schoolers (11,12)
Acolyte at church (9-12) --> Team Captain (11-12)
Junior Class VP (11)
Student Body Secretary (12)
Youth Corps (selective local leadership program for HS students in my city) (10)
Furman University Summer Scholars (summer after 11)
Palmetto Girls State (summer after 11)
babysitter/nanny (9-12)
intern for local magazine (9)
Costa Rica Mission Trip (11)
VBS volunteer (10,11)
National Honor Society (10,11)
–over 130 community service hours documented

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Apply to the Norlin Scholarship if its not too late:
http://www.colorado.edu/catalog/2014-15/content/norlin-scholars-program-0
You will have a chance to apply again for a Norlin scholarship once you get to CU Boulder. They offer Norlins to sophomores for the last two years as well. So you could consider a loan. Merit based awards are often half tuition scholarships for Colorado students, if your ACT is 33, 34, 35, 36. I do not know the SAT cutoff for merit awards but you can look that up. i think CU Boulder gives similar awards to out of state students, but maybe not half the OOS tuition, I do not know, but call the financial aid office today and ask about merit other than the Presidential. I am not chancing you, as I don’t know how to do that, but you need to keep hunting for scholarships, is my sense.