<p>You need to read the financial aid page for each college if you are going to apply to it so you get in all the paperwork they ask for. Each college will have information about scholarships available but they don’t always tell you how many or what percentile get competitive ones. Usually for automatic there isn’t a separate application. For Competitive there may be I don’t know. For both be sure to read the deadlines, sometimes you have to apply early because there is a deadline or funds are only there till gone, like at Howard. '</p>
<p>For automatic, the thread exists because people here are trying to gather the info in one place–members here (esp Bob Wallace) contributed over time to find these. Not a lot of schools offer automatic. Sometimes automatic is offered instate only, Alabama is the highest ranking college that offers it. If you have a chance to have one for a safety it is worth the application, they are quick, no essays, I think.</p>