Full rides to Michigan State University other than Alumni Distinguished Scholarship?

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<p>I have been trying to find scholarships that award full rides to MSU, but so far I can only find the ADS one. Do they give any other full rides out? Are there any other scholarships they give out that are fairly substantial? I looked at their website but so far the only large one I have found was the ADS scholarship.</p>

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<p>It looks like those are the only free rides, and the other scholarships are for lesser amounts?</p>

<p>Looks like those full rides are awarded to the top 15 students. </p>

<p>Are you instate?</p>

<p>What are your stats?</p>

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<p>Are you in state? When my kids were in school, there was a valedictorian full ride available to each in state school … youngest graduated in 2010, so not sure if it’s still happening. D’s friend did not get the full ride, but she got A LOT of scholarship money, plus a paid research job with a faculty mentor. That’s in state, though.</p>

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<p>Kels, I’ve never heard of that and I graduated in 09. Hmm… </p>

<p>OP, no, there’s not really. With that said, I go to MSU on a near-free ride (this year was the first year that I took out the full $5500 in subsidized Stafford loans… before that only an average of 3k/year). But I did it by piecing together outside scholarships, state and federal aid, and MSU scholarships.</p>

<p>If you’re at poverty-level income, you can qualify for the Spartan Advantage program, but outside of that and ADS there are no full rides without piecing together something.</p>

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<p>It’s not something I have ever seen published, but my kids’ guidance counselors (two different school districts) mentioned it.</p>

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<p>I am an in state student. I have a 4.0 (unweighted) GPA, 31 on the ACT, and I am ranked first in my graduating class. </p>

<p>Today I got a letter inviting me to the ADS competition. I know my chances of getting the full ride are slim, but what kind of chance do you think I have of getting any type of significant scholarship from that program?</p>