<p>I was just doing some research for full scholarship programs. It seems like a lot of them are dedicated for low income students. However, I was just wondering whether or not there are any that exist without income requirements aside from Posse. I don't need it for my family, I'm just genuinely curious :)</p>
<p>For example, I had no clue that the Gates Scholarship was for those who qualify for the Pell Grant.</p>
<p>Just to clarify: I'm not talking about merit at individual schools. I'm talking about national programs like Posse, Questbridge, or Gates Millenium BUT don't have income requirements.</p>
<p>There is a thread at the top of this forum called “automatic full tuition/full ride scholarships”. These are guaranteed merit awards, and are not based at all on family income. They are awarded by colleges.</p>
<p>You can also check the thread at the top for colleges that cost <$25,000 a year. Going to one of those would seem like getting a scholarship when compared to the higher costs at many other colleges.</p>
<p>I think most of them depend on the school and are not outside scholarships. For example the University of Alabama has a generous full tuition scholarship for high achieving students and certain other state schools and smaller schools offer something similar</p>
<p>@thumper1 @shawnspencer No, I’m not talking about merit based scholarships. I’m talking about scholarship PROGRAMS like Posse, Questbridge, or Gates Millenium.</p>
<p>Anniebeats…those all have a need based component. There are not any full tuition scholarships of this type that do not consider need. These folks are offering these very high awards to families who otherwise would not be able to attend college. </p>
<p>There are some employers who offer scholarships to high achieving offspring of employees. We know two friends whose employers paid full tuition for all four years. Very competitive awards…employees kids only. So check your employer.</p>
<p>If your kiddo has competitive stats for the scholarships you listed, why wouldn’t you also look at merit awards? Money is money.</p>
<p>@thumper1 My D was already accepted to Swarthmore and we have her financial stuff figured out. I was just curious. For example, if a middle class family wanted to send their kid to Harvard and wanted a full scholarship, do any programs exist for them. There is one out there. Posse. I was just wondering if there were any others like it.</p>
<p>No…Posse is the only one…</p>
<p>I don’t see Harvard on the Posse list.</p>
<p>No @thumper1. It’s never been a partner school. </p>
<p>NH…I was mentioning Harvard because Annie Beats mentioned it in her above post.</p>
<p>Annie…Posse is limited to 51 colleges right now. </p>
<p>@NewHavenCTmom @thumper1 I was just giving an example of a school in which a kid might need full tuition, but makes too much. I wasn’t linking Harvard to Posse. I was just saying that there is one program I know of with no income requirement and I was curious to know whether any others exist. This thread isn’t just about Posse. I was giving an example to clarify that I wasn’t talking about merit scholarships at individual schools.</p>
<p>Ok. Gotcha! </p>
<p>I think Harvard is focusing more on low income, first gen kids. They have enough high income kids and are really trying to spread the educational riches. The same with Yale. And many other HSCs</p>
<p>Agreed NH. And most of the scholarship organizations with the large scholarships are also focusing on low income students who are high achievers. </p>
<p>Posse is the exception.</p>
<p>I wonder if other programs will pop up in the future. Like Posse. That will not consider need.</p>
<p>There are many programs that reward specific talents or achievements, like the Miss America Pageant, Boy Scouts, Elks, sciences. I know of scholarships in specific states that award merit scholarships that can be used anywhere but of course the recipient is from that state. ROTC scholarships are available nationwide.</p>
<p>I just dont think that third parties have much incentive to provide big money to students who dont have need.</p>
<p>@NewHavenCTmom I think there should! There are a lot of families in the middle class who aren’t poor enough to get a substantial amount of need based aid, but aren’t wealthy enough to spend 1/4 of their total income to send ther child to school.</p>
<p>Do you think there should be more scholarships like Posse?</p>
<p>I think there are plenty of ways for middle class students to get college degrees without going to $60,000 a year colleges. And there are many colleges that provide merit aid to these very students, if they are high achieving. </p>
<p>Absolutely!!! For families who would not otherwise be able to send their kids to school! I am all for it. </p>
<p>@thumper1 So only the super wealthy and the super poor should be able to go to these schools? That seems unfair that students have to completely discount schools because they won’t get good need based aid and because those schools don’t offer merit based scholarships. I think every parent on here can agree that even $30,000 a year is a huge commitment…</p>