Full rides?

Paying for College
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<p>Has anyone received a full ride scholarship? </p>

<p>Please post the scholarship that you have received and how you have earned it. I would really appreciate because I want to be able to get my tuition paid for. </p>

<p>I am intelligent, dedicated, a minority, first in the family to go to college, and from a low-income background. </p>

<p>My stats:
4.0 GPA, took community college classes, 2230 SAT, 30 ACT, lots of extracurricular </p>

<p>I am interested in bio-engineering. I am not too picky with which university that I will attend. I will nearly attend anywhere if they pay my tuition! :)</p>

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<p>Look at the stickies at the top of the financial aid forum. You will find some great information.</p>

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<p>Your SAT is higher than your ACT, but that’s fine.</p>

<p>There are schools that will give you free tuition, but it’s harder to find a “free ride” without being a national scholar. However, if you’re low income, a free tuition scholarship can be supplemented with other fed aid.</p>

<p>Did you take the PSAT? Since you’re a URM, are you a likely NH or NA scholar? What did you get on your PSAT?</p>

<p>Are you a junior? If you’ve already graduated from high school, it will be a problem.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/291483-update-what-i-learned-about-free-ride-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/291483-update-what-i-learned-about-free-ride-scholarships.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>And a full tuition scholarship is not the same as a free ride (which would include room and board). Full rides are fairly rare now.</p>

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<p>Check out the park scholarship (full ride + extras) at NC State. They have a great engineering school. [Park</a> Scholarships at NC State](<a href=“http://www.ncsu.edu/park-scholarships/index.php]Park”>Home - Park Scholarships)</p>

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<p>Not certain where you live but UVA can offer low income full rides.</p>

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<p>UNC Chapel Hill meets 100% of demonstrated need as well.</p>

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<p>As far as I know those two (UVA and UNC-CH) are the only publics that meet full need (especially for OOS). For other publics you’ll have to look at merit aid.</p>

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<p>I took the PSAT but scored too low. </p>

<p>I am a junior. </p>

<p>I would hope that I can get a good scholarship even without being a National Scholar.</p>

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<p>What was your PSAT score? It may not be too low for a URM scholar. Are you Hispanic or African American or ???</p>

<p>That said, you can get full tuition and maybe more at various schools even if you’re not a national scholar.</p>

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<p>If you’re Pell eligible and in a state with decent grant aid, a full tuition scholarship may give you the boost you need to graduate with little or no debt. Start with the good engineering schools in your own state and expand from there.</p>

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<p>See if the QuestBridge college match program would be a good fit for you.</p>

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<p>Do we even know if the OP is low income?</p>

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<p>He states low-income background.</p>

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<p>OP, be SURE not to miss the opportunities that Questbridge offers to top low income students such as yourself. Register with them as soon as possible!</p>

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<p>Wiith those SAT’s you can probably get a free ride at Howard and at Hampton - not sure if you are interested in HBCU’s but Howard is an exceptional school, in an incredible city with incredible internship and research opportunities. Sorry, but I don’t know that much about Hampton. </p>

<p>They only look at CR+M. What is your score on those 2 areas of the SAT? </p>

<p>Full ride includes everything at these 2 schools. Tuition, room, board, fees, and a stipend perhaps.</p>

<p>Howard - [Grants</a>, Scholarships & Fellowships - Howard University](<a href=“http://www.howard.edu/financialaid/grants_scholarships.htm#Freshman]Grants”>http://www.howard.edu/financialaid/grants_scholarships.htm#Freshman)</p>

<p>Hampton - [Hampton</a> University - Admissions](<a href=“http://www.hamptonu.edu/studentservices/admissions/scholarship.htm]Hampton”>http://www.hamptonu.edu/studentservices/admissions/scholarship.htm)</p>

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<p>Also look at Questbridge - we did not qualify because of income but they list of schools that participate are strong and it is an amazing program.</p>

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<p>Low income. $25,000 for a family of two.</p>