<p>Small private schools. How much could i get?
33 act
3.89 unweighted gpa
Lots of ap/honors</p>
<p>Thanks :)</p>
<p>Just talking merit aid. Not need based</p>
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<p>Your ACT is probably in the top 10%, and 35% get merit aid, so you should expect a merit award at Gonzaga.</p>
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<p>A 33 ACT is equivalent to 1460 SAT. That will put you well into the top 10% at Portland, so you can expect a merit award there also.</p>
<p>You ask how much you’ll get. Since the amounts aren’t listed, no one really knows. If I were to guess, I’d guess that you’d get about $15k per year. That would leave you with about $36k per year to pay.</p>
<p>But, again, no one knows since the amounts aren’t known for various scores. The given averages don’t tell us much because some might be given $5k and some may be given $15k per year. </p>
<p>How much merit do you need? How much will your parents pay each year?</p>
<p>If you need a certain amount to afford college, then be sure to apply to a few schools that will give you ASSURED merit in the amount that you need.</p>
<p>Just as a guideline, I’ll include this: If your family can pay about $15k-17k per year, then that means that you need a full tuition scholarship so that your family’s money can cover room, board, fees, books, transportation, etc. There are some schools that will give you full tuition for your stats, but not likely the schools that you mention.</p>
<p>Edited to add. I now remember your info. You’re an eng’g student who needs costs down to twenty thousand. Both of these schools will very likely cost you a lot more than that even with merit.</p>
<p>S had similar GPA, lower test scores (SAT only). Of three private Catholic schools, Portland had the higher Merit awards, $20000. I know of slightly higher awards, but I don’t think they have many that are higher than about half tuition. Don’t know about Gonzaga, expect it would be slightly lower.</p>
<p>If you are eligible for need-based aid at all, you may get additional grants and scholarships in your financial aid package from Gonzaga. And once you receive your financial aid award, you can file a “special conditions appeal” if there are circumstances the FAFSA doesn’t reveal that affect your parents ability to pay the EFC. For example, if your parents are paying for Catholic school tuition for younger siblings, have high medical costs or something similar. Any Gonzaga funded grants or scholarships you get are guaranteed for the full four years (the Gonzaga Guarantee) as long as you remain in good academic standing. </p>
<p>There is also a 10% tuition discount for a second student from the same family. Next year we’ll have a senior and a freshman, so we’ll only get the discount for one year, but every little bit helps.</p>
<p>Brady, you need to find out what kind of merit awards the schools give out, as averages, are just that. Some schools might give out lots of small awards, under say $5K and a very few big ones, that come to full tuition or even full ride, and just a scattering of those in between. Others might give only mid range awards, and NONE may be enough to meet what you want. If a school’s top merit award, for example, is $25K, and the cost of the school is $60K,you still have to come up with $35K, and if your budget is at the $20K level, then you can’t afford that school.</p>
<p>We got quite the awakening when one my son’s got a $30K award, and had to face the fact that it didn’t even cover the tuition, much less the fees of that school and that that with a COA of over $60K, that despite that fantastic scholarship, it was going cost quite a bit for him to go there. </p>
<p>You gotta fish where the size of the catch is what you need, not where the minnows are, so call up each school’s admissions office after perusing and studying the websites and get some hard numbers as to what dollar amount scholarships they have, particularly if any cover full tution or full ride, and how many of them there are.</p>