<p>Hello, I'm a senior in high school and I'm fairly ignorant when it comes to scholarships. Does anyone have any recommendations for really good general scholarships or even scholarships from particular schools for an ACT score of 28? It's not off-the-wall outstanding, but I hope it'd bring something in. I pretty much know where I want to go, so I'm mostly looking for scholarships that aren't for a particular university. However, any recommendation at all would be nice.</p>
<p>UA-Birmingham would give you a scholarship.</p>
<p>Are you retesting? take the SAT as well.</p>
<p>If you’re looking for a scholarship that can be used anywhere, then your chances are low…and be aware that any such scholarships would only be for freshman year, so that won’t help you pay for 4 years of college.</p>
<p>Well, where you want to go and where you can afford to go may not be the same thing!</p>
<p>I understand that you may have a dream school . . . but you really need to take finances into account in selecting the schools you’re going to apply to. There’s no reason why your dream school can’t be on your list - it should be! But you’ve got to have some schools on the list that you like and that you know you’ll be able to afford. Outside scholarships are rarely the ticket . . . the best money is what’s offered by the schools themselves, either in need-based or merit-based aid. See my post [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/14827355-post8.html]here[/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/14827355-post8.html]here[/url</a>] on how to get started finding schools where you’d qualify for the aid you need.</p>
<p>You might also want to consider taking the SAT this fall. Given the breakdown of your scores on the ACT, you might find that the SAT is a better test for you. No science section, among other things! Take a look at the website, try a few practice tests, and see what you think. If not, you might want to retry the ACT. Either way, practice, practice, practice before you take the test!</p>
<p>I looked at all your posts and it looks like your approach is just absolutely unrealistic from financial point of view.
You have to seriously rethink what you can financially afford and make a list of local Mississippi colleges.
When you make your list research college websites and try to find guaranteed scholarships for ACT 28.</p>
<p>I am not familiar with Mississippi colleges but I can give you a couple of examples from Texas. The amount of money students can get depends on the academic level of university. Students get more money in less prestigious universities and no money at all in very prestigious. </p>
<p>I have to agree that outside scholarships with a 28 ACT are pretty unlikely. My daughter had a 32 ACT and did not score any outside scholarships. </p>
<p>Your best bet is to look at schools that offer institutional scholarships for ACT scores, and retake the ACT to try and up your score a bit. At my daughter’s State U, a 28 ACT would have earned a $1000 (a year) tuition waiver, a 30 ACT would have earned a $2500 tuition waiver, a 32 was a full tuition waiver plus a cash scholarship for other expenses, a 33 was a full waiver plus a larger cash scholarship. Most institutional ACT based scholarships also have a GPA requirement (for instance my daughter’s scholarship required a 32 ACT and a 3.75 GPA).</p>
<p>* I pretty much know where I want to go, so I’m mostly looking for scholarships that aren’t for a particular university*</p>
<p>This isn’t realistic. </p>
<p>there just aren’t a bunch of outside entities giving scholarships to fund 4 years of college - especially for an ACT 28. What would be “in it” for these entities to be doing that?</p>
<p>The reasons some colleges give merit for various stats is so that the student’s stats help their university’s ranking, etc. </p>
<p>Now, if your parents will pay for nearly all of your college costs, and you’re only looking for a few bucks to help out, then maybe you’ll get a couple very small one-time scholarships to help out for frosh year. </p>
<p>If you’re expecting significant outside scholarships to fund most of your college costs for 4 years, then that’s not going to happen unless you’re a Gates MS or something like that.</p>