I am busting my behind in college. I’m a single mom, 33 year old sophomore with a 3.5+ gpa (unweighted) i need to transfer to a 4 yr university but even though academically i meet the qualifications for full tution scholarships i don’t qualify because im not a freshman or high school student. Does anyone know who offers these kind of scholarships to students in my situation? I don’t want to believe i worked this hard for nothing and i worked this hard to qualify for a means to afford a good university using a tuition scholarship. Any ideas?
@ebonihicks As you are female, you may want to look at the array of programs offered by several women’s colleges. I’m not sure if they are full-tuition or not, but they may be-or they might be close enough that you can afford it. You may need to look at each offer as it comes in to see what they can do for you. Ada Comstock program at Smith College is one. Bryn Mawr has the McBride Scholars program. Sweet Briar has the Turning Point program and they say they have scholarships. How much . . . ?? Hard to say. Agnes Scott has a Woodruff (?) program for Non-traditional students over age 24. Vassar has one, even though it is co-ed now, it started as a women’s school. They are generous with financial aid. Simmons has the Dorothea Dix program. Wellesley has the Davis Degree program. Yale has the Eli Whitney program, which I think is a full ride. Brown also offers a full ride, I thnk ,but you need to check the terms of each program. There’s a wikipedia page called “list of programs and colleges for non-traditional students” which may be helpful. But if you were my daughter and I was advising, I’d say: look to the women’s colleges with reputations for providing good financial aid. That’s Smith, Vassar, Bryn Mawr, Mt. Holyoke’s Frances perkins program, Agnes Scott. And Yale’s program and Brown’s. U of Penn and Columbia’s non-trad program I think is very expensive. Harvard’s I think (not sure) may run through their Extension, which would be pricey, but do look around. In the 5 college consortium they used to have a full scholarship available. Also, if you study a language that the federal goverment finds valuable (Russian or Chinese or Arabic etc) you may be eligible for a FLAS fellowship–but the FLAS may be for grad school only. Definitely look at Yale. Yale can be very generous. Very. It never hurts to apply. Edited: Mount Holyoke’s Frances Perkins scholars get FULL SCHOLARSHIPS. Do it!!
what state are you in?