<p>I am looking into mainly schools in the midwest...no further than 3 to 4 hours away from Chicago....within that distance, what schools might offer full rides, or at least full tuition, for these stats: 34 ACT, 2170 SAT (I may or may not send them in), 4.0 UW GPA, 4.74 W GPA, rank 1 of 91, lots of ECs, passion for music and literature (pretty evident through ECs), IB diploma candidate, with projected 6 or 7 in every subject....would any schools in my area offer me a full ride?</p>
<p>GIgi, I'm not sure if you're testing us...but....I know you've already posted this same question a couple of times...see just a few posts down on page 1 for some answers to your previous questions...</p>
<p>Indiana, Purdue, possibly DePauw (some money)</p>
<p>I'm sorry if I was not clear about this, but before I was pretty much asking about merit aid in general....this time I am specifically wondering whether it would even be possible for me to get any full rides, and if so where this would be possible.....thanks, though....I hope this clears it up! :-)</p>
<p>There are SO many schools in the midwest!!! It would be helpful if you could tell us more what YOU want - small, large, what major, do cornfields bother you, etc. That will help narrow our minds down thinking....</p>
<p>Okay, I'm sorry....I forgot to include that info...anyway, I'm generally looking for a smaller school, though something the size of University of Chicago would be fine....I am looking to double major in English and music, and would like strong programs in both....and please, NO CORNFIELDS!!!!!!! I don't mind a non-urban environment, but I don't want to be too far out there....</p>
<p>I thought DePauw was an excellent answer until I saw "no cornfields". Isn't this a contradiction--you want to be within 3-4 hours of Chicago and you don't want cornfields? I live in northern Indiana. If you're coming east, you are going to get cornfields.</p>
<p>Obviously, you must decide what type of environment you want, but you might want to consider cornfield schools that are within decent proximity to a larger city. </p>
<p>You also might want to consider Valparaiso Univ. in Indiana. You would qualify for consider merit $ there or DePauw (and many other schools). Congratulations on the great stats and good luck!</p>
<p>bump pleeeease</p>
<p>LOTS of schools will give you a full ride. But most of them aren't the types of schools you're probably looking for. Community colleges give out full rides like business cards, and it's relatively easy to get them at small private colleges or public universities. I have a friend that got a full ride to Goshen College (maybe 2 hours from Chicago) with a 32 ACT and killer ECs in music and writing (he's written novels). He is majoring in English and Music Education. I suppose I can recommend that one for you, although I must warn that it's very conservative as a Mennonite-affiliated college, and not everyone will fit in.</p>
<p>BY THE WAY, how easy is it to get those full rides from schools like UChicago and Emory and Wash U? I know they're very competitive, but when they've already got such competitive applicant pools, how on mother Earth do they decide who to give these to?</p>
<p>Sorry, that's a little thread pirating but it's still related.</p>
<p>bbuummpp. . .</p>
<p>Full ride at Chicago (where I attend), is difficult, and only so many offers are given out a year. They do offer a decent number of partial tuition scholarships.</p>
<p>The students I know who have gotten these scholarships are not necessarily the best students in the universe, nor the most amazing extracurricularly (and, as it turns out, all but one of the scholarship students I know are white) but they are the best fit for the school. I honestly don't know how the admissions office does it-- they are able to pick out a select number of students from the batch and say, "These students are going to thrive at Chicago," and so those scholarships go.</p>
<p>By the way, the scholarships I just mentioned are merit-based, and not need-based. If you are in a situation of financial need, getting a full ride (or close to it) will be somewhat easier.</p>
<p>other schools that are near Chicago that might give top students full rides are DePaul, Loyola Chicago (in Chicago, religious affliations, but they're in nice neighborhoods so who cares), Carthage College, which is in Wisconsin, and Kalamazoo College, in Michigan.</p>
<p>There are several schools in the Minneapolis area that would be very generous with merit aid. What about Drake in Des Moines?</p>
<p>Miami University of OH - Harrison Scholarship - Apply early, like October.</p>
<p>Kenyon College
Denison University
Ohio Wesleyan University</p>
<p>Okay, you will see some cornfields, it may be the price to pay for a full tuition ride.</p>
<p>Case Western in Ohio is a possibility. Generally a science school so an Eng major will be attractive. Not sure of M/F ratio but that might be in your favor. Music program very good. Look it up.</p>
<p>I took 3-4 hours to mean 250 miles. This includes Cedar Rapids but not Des Moines. Of these, Ripon is probably the smallest town.</p>
<p>Couldn't determine your eligibility for some of these based on the details you provide:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ripon.edu/admission/scholarships_aid/academic_scholarships.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.ripon.edu/admission/scholarships_aid/academic_scholarships.html</a>
<a href="http://www.cc.edu/prospective/scholarships.asp?nav=5144%5B/url%5D">http://www.cc.edu/prospective/scholarships.asp?nav=5144</a>
<a href="http://www.marquette.edu/student/ugrad/scholarships.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.marquette.edu/student/ugrad/scholarships.shtml</a> (a little large, perhaps)
<a href="http://www.carthage.edu/admissions/scholarships/index.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www.carthage.edu/admissions/scholarships/index.cfm</a>
<a href="http://www.coe.edu/admission/scholarships/%5B/url%5D">http://www.coe.edu/admission/scholarships/</a>
<a href="http://www.valpo.edu/finaid/scholarships/academicscholarships.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.valpo.edu/finaid/scholarships/academicscholarships.php</a>
<a href="http://www2.mtmercy.edu/admission/financialaid/prospective/SchGnt/hsscholar.html%5B/url%5D">http://www2.mtmercy.edu/admission/financialaid/prospective/SchGnt/hsscholar.html</a>
<a href="http://www.lakeforest.edu/admissions/finaid/scholarships.asp%5B/url%5D">http://www.lakeforest.edu/admissions/finaid/scholarships.asp</a></p>
<p>I got a postcard from Dayton University saying they give people with a 31-36 or 1400-1600 on the ACT/SAT $50,000 to $100,000.</p>
<p>Southern Illinois University but that would definitely be settling. Possibly University of Illlinois but I think most public univ. give out full rides very sparingly</p>
<p>bump bump bump</p>
<p>You do have great stats, but many colleges do not offer automatic full tuition scholarships for even those stats. For example, DePauw gives a couple full tuition scholarships ... but the top 200 applicants are offered the chance to write an essay (the topic had to do with globalization last year) ... and the 2 scholarships given were based entirely on the essay. At Albion, those being considered for the full tuition scholarships are invited to campus to give a 30 minute presentation on whatever they want. At MSU, top students are invited to sit for a test & the scholarships are based solely on performance on that test (& how you do relative to others taking that test, not simple score). I would imagine most scholarship programs are similar ... no one I know who has gone to a midwest college that routinely attracts strong candidates has received a full ride simply based on stats. So you might look into the schools people are recommending & choose several to apply to. The more schools, the better your chances!</p>