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<p>Are you referring to outside or institutional scholarships, or both? </p>
<p>I’m assuming you’ve already looked at the USC website:</p>
<p>[USC</a> Financial Aid](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/fa/grants_scholarships/undergraduates/meritbasedft.html]USC”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/fa/grants_scholarships/undergraduates/meritbasedft.html)</p>
<p>They’re pretty vague about how much $ and how many Transfer Merit Scholarships they give; and while there are others available to transfers, they have very restrictive requirements. </p>
<p>You are highly unlikely to get any FA as an OOS student at Michigan. UM has many merit scholarships, but it’s very difficult to determine which are for transfers, how many are given, $ amounts and if they’re renewable:</p>
<p>[University</a> of Michigan Office of Financial Aid: OFA Scholarship Listing](<a href=“http://www.finaid.umich.edu/types_of_financial_aid/scholarships/ships.asp]University”>http://www.finaid.umich.edu/types_of_financial_aid/scholarships/ships.asp)</p>
<p>Of course Y and Penn have only need based FA, so I’m assuming you know your ballpark EFC and have a good idea of how much you’d qualify for at these schools.</p>
<p>Like institutional scholarships, outside scholarships for transfers are much more limited as well. I know there are Phi Theta Kappa scholarships, but you’d have to check out the details to see if they’d be an option for you.</p>
<p>Since applications are due in about Feb/March, you will have completed only 1 sem of college, so you will be principally evaluated on your HS record (gpa and rigor of coursework) and standardized test scores.</p>