<p>hi im a softmore in high school and I was woundering how do people get Full rides to OSU?
i mean if I graduate with a 4.0 G.P.A which im working on right now. and a let say 30 on the ACT and a 2000 on the SAT... what are my chances of a Full ride scholorship to OSU or anyother school like let say... cornell or columbia or John hopkins... Harvard...ect. </p>
<p>thanks!
Tala</p>
<p>Schools like Harvard don't give merit money - only need based money. </p>
<p>You may be able to get merit aid at less competitive schools than those you listed, though probably not a full ride. ACT/SATs would probably need to be higher. For instance my daughters college, a 4 year state, would give @ $2500 tuition waiver for a 30 ACT. She has a full tuition waiver plus a cash scholarship with a 32 ACT. Covers all her tuition and fees plus a little extra - not a full ride. A national merit scholar at her State school would get an almost full ride.</p>
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<blockquote> <p>what are my chances of a Full ride scholorship to OSU or anyother school like let say... cornell or columbia or John hopkins... Harvard>></p> </blockquote>
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<p>Your chances of a full ride scholarship at Cornell, Columbia and Harvard do not exist as those schools do NOT award merit aid based on your stats. They award need based aid only.</p>
<p>I just checked the OSU website which I would urge you to do. It looks like their maximus scholarship requires a minimum of a 32 on the ACT or a 1420 CR/Math on the SAT. It is their highest award and CAN include the presidential scholarship which looks like it pays full tuition. </p>
<p>There don't seem to be any FREE rides to OSU (including room/board/tuition and fees).</p>
<p>also for Ohio state univrsity I live in Ohio so I dont know if that can help or not...</p>
<p>Thumper1-
last year my moms friends daughter got a full ride to OSU and I dont know how but she pays Nothing! room 4 years everything is paid for...</p>
<p>The</a> Ohio State University</p>
<p>This lists some of the major scholarships. Some (like the Morrill which is a full ride) have merit (not very high limits) and need and other considerations.</p>
<p>Swimcatsmom- is it in OSU??</p>
<p>Is what in OSU?</p>
<p>I can answer that the Morrill scholarship pertains to OSU. The qualifications are kind of loosely stated. I do not know how easy or difficult it is to obtain the scholarship but I do know there are several. My daughter is hispanic due to her Costa Rican father, but her father obtained two masters from OSU and I received BS from there, we do not qualify for financial aid. OSU is on daughter's safety list, but we don't want to pay out of state tuition. I paid into Ohio taxes for 15 years before moving to Illinois, the kids were both born at Riverside hospital practically across the highway from OSU, but since they will grad from high school in IL, bad timing and out of state tuition. Hopefully she will be qualified enough for merit aid if she ends up attending.</p>
<p>Most of the full-tuition scholarships at OSU had a December 1st application deadline, though.</p>
<p>The OP is a high school sophomore. Re: the Morrill Scholarships...If it were me, I would try to get more information about this program. It is administered by the Minority Affairs department (or something like that) which makes me think it is earmarked for URMs. I could be very wrong about that though. I would hate to see the OP get his/her hopes up for a scholarship possibility if it really were NOT a possibility for him/her. So...check to see what the criteria really are and if you are really eligible for this award.</p>
<p>It does look like the Morrill has an early application deadline but it will be for this student when he is a senior. In any event...keep an eye out for the deadlines when the time comes.</p>
<p>Thanks guys! I will look into it soon.</p>
<p>The Morrill scholarships are very competitive and are for any minority candidate. I got the top Morrill scholarship last year (tuition, room and board, books, fees, miscellaneous expenses for 4 years). 10 of them are awarded per year, and last year there were over 2000 that applied. The full tuition version is much easier to get; most of the kids that apply from my high school get that one.
To put it in perspective, I had a 33 ACT, 3.99 unweighted GPA, was 2nd in my class, and had a bunch of strong extracurriculars.
You should definitely look into it; if you don’t get the full ride version of the scholarship, it still can be combined with other scholarships like the Maximus.</p>
<p>Unless you have a hook, you will need higher test scores than a 30/2000 to be competitive for admission to any of those private schools.</p>
<p>btw: they seem to prefer THE Ohio State University. :D</p>
<p>I applied and was accepted to OSU - awarded the maximus scholarship (the $2,700 I believe - to get more you need to go a scholarship day/completion which I didn’t because I had chosen to go somewhere else, but several friends did and one had a 34 ACT/ 4.0 uw GPA and did not get it) I believe ti basically comes down to essays in the case of the maximus scholarship and very few are awarded.</p>
<p>Ultimately a school like Ohio State is trying to help as many people as possible and simply does not have that much money to give full rides. </p>
<p>Good Luck though!</p>
<p>OSU-Columbus is slowly going off my list, I hear they are not good with financial aid or any scholarships.</p>
<p>Agreed. OSU is kind of stingy with the merit aid if you don’t win one of the Maximus scholarships. I received much better merit based offers from better private schools to the point it is cheaper for me to go to the private schools.</p>