IMPORTANT: Links to AUTOMATIC/GUARANTEED Merit Scholarships

<p>War Eagle!
Auburn University’s resident Spirit of Auburn scholarships are automatic.
[Office</a> of University Scholarships - Spirit of Auburn Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.auburn.edu/scholarship/spirit-of-auburn-scholarships.html]Office”>http://www.auburn.edu/scholarship/spirit-of-auburn-scholarships.html)</p>

<p>Their OOS Academics are competitive, but I think that’s a thing where it’s nearly automatic.
[Office</a> of University Scholarships - Academic Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.auburn.edu/scholarship/academic-scholarships.html]Office”>http://www.auburn.edu/scholarship/academic-scholarships.html)</p>

<p>Here is a link that shows a number of colleges that give out phenomenal amounts of aid based upon PSAT scores</p>

<p><a href=“http://excelcolleg**********/pdf/scholarships.pdf%5B/url%5D”>http://excelcolleg**********/pdf/scholarships.pdf</a></p>

<p>Some schools are mentioned above.</p>

<p>netthreat, there were stars in your link. pls re-post the link l i k e t h i s.</p>

<p>also, I wondered what the psat was and found this link. also, why does the ACT and the SAt seem to get so much more publicity when the PSAT score can get some pretty good tuition discounts?</p>

<p>[When</a> do you take the PSAT? - Yahoo! Answers](<a href=“Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos”>Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos)</p>

<p>roderick - </p>

<p>The PSAT is taken in October of the Junior year.</p>

<p>Here’s link cited in my post earlier. I don’t know why it didn’t all come over</p>

<p><a href=“http://excelcolleg**********/pdf/scholarships.pdf%5B/url%5D”>http://excelcolleg**********/pdf/scholarships.pdf</a></p>

<p>Link somehow gets masked so you will have to copy it into Explorer</p>

<p>replace asterisks with “e p r e p . c o m” (just remove the spaces)</p>

<p>Note that Auburn has just changed their OOS scholarships…</p>

<p>Their Presidential now only covers 2/3 tuition and is still competitive.</p>

<p>[Office</a> of University Scholarships - Academic Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.auburn.edu/scholarship/academic-scholarships.html]Office”>http://www.auburn.edu/scholarship/academic-scholarships.html)</p>

<p>Quinnipiac (CT):</p>

<p>Tuition $34,250
COA $49,180</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.quinnipiac.edu/x121.xml[/url]”>https://www.quinnipiac.edu/x121.xml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Merit scholarships range from $4-$18K for incoming freshmen. They also have transfer and international scholarships but they are not guaranteed. Must apply for admissions by Feb 1st.</p>

<p>SUNY Oswego:</p>

<p>Tuition $4970 instate/$12,870 OOS</p>

<p>[SUNY</a> Oswego - Financial Aid Office: Merit Scholarships](<a href=“Scholarships | Financial Aid”>Scholarships | Financial Aid)</p>

<p>Merit aid based on gpa/test scores ranges from $2K to $4400, with a residential scholarship of $6890 (full room cost) available for OOS students.</p>

<p>Adding to post 36, re Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY, simply because this is an unusual but potentially very attractive benefit for parents that is tied to merit:</p>

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<p>This is in addition to other merit aid and they state that 90% of first-year students received an average of $15,529 in gift aid, about 45% of the cost of attendance.</p>

<p>PLEASE keep this focused to automatic scholarships based on merit. PLEASE do not enter posts like:</p>

<p>“I hear that XX College is generous…”
“Several students a year get …”
“Private colleges give better aid…”
“My daughter got a great scholarship from…”</p>

<p>Here is an example:</p>

<p>Ohio University</p>

<p>Approximate costs:
Tuition: In-state: $9,000; OOS: $18,000;
Other costs(Room/Board/etc): $10,000</p>

<p>Link to merit scholarship calculator:
The Gateway Award Program: Ohio University Admissions</p>

<p>Details
This is a bit confusing because OU separates the tuition into a state tuition and and OOS supplement. An OOS student pays both. The merit awards are split up that was also.
The portion of the “in-state” amount you get (“Gateway Award”) depends on your stats. The OOS portion (“Gateway Trustee Award”) is the same ($6000) for all students with a 3.0 GPA and ACT equal to and higher than 25 or SAT equal to or higher than 1130 (Math+CR).</p>

<p>Examples:

  1. An OOS student applying with a GPA of 3.6 and an ACT of 32 would get a scholarship for the equiv of full in-state tuition (approx $9,000) and another $6000 for the OOS supplement (Total over 4 years: $60,000 in scholarship money). That would bring the annual tuition cost down to approximately $3,000 per year. </p>

<ol>
<li>An OOS student with an SAT score of 1320 (and a GPA greater than 3.0) would get $2000 towards the in-state part and $6000 towards the OOS part, or $8,000 per year (Total over 4 years: $32,000). That would bring the annual tuition down to about $10,000 per year for OOS.</li>
</ol>

<p>This is a really useful thread, but I have only seen one or two of these concerning FL schools. If anyone has any info about ucf, fsu, uf, um, et cetera, lemme know :)</p>

<p>Here’s one in Florida: </p>

<p>Merit aid at Eckerd from 9K to 14.5K per year based on GPA and test scores. Other scholarships available too.</p>

<p>[Eckerd</a> College | Types of Aid](<a href=“http://www.eckerd.edu/admissions/finaid/aid.php]Eckerd”>http://www.eckerd.edu/admissions/finaid/aid.php)</p>

<p>And one in Pennsylvania:</p>

<p>Merit aid at Juniata College from 10K to 18K based on GPA and test scores. Plus others…</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.juniata.edu/admission/finplan/scholarships_academic.html[/url]”>https://www.juniata.edu/admission/finplan/scholarships_academic.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Reminder…many of these posts/links were published using info for the past application season. Be sure to check to see if the scholarships will be offered to those who will be applying in Fall 2010</p>

<p>The University of Alabama has published its Assured Scholarships for Out-of-States Students for the next application season…</p>

<p>[Out-of-State</a> Scholarships - Undergraduate Scholarships - The University of Alabama](<a href=“http://scholarships.ua.edu/types/out_of_state.html]Out-of-State”>http://scholarships.ua.edu/types/out_of_state.html)</p>

<p>Scholarship Applications are due by Dec 1st.</p>

<p>
Out-of-State Scholarships for 2010-2011
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Presidential Scholar**</p>

<p>An out-of-state first-time freshman student who meets the December 1st scholarship priority deadline, has a 32-36 ACT or 1400-1600 SAT score and at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA will be selected as a Presidential Scholar and will receive the value of out-of-state tuition for four years. </p>

<p>UA Scholar</p>

<p>An out-of-state first time freshman student who meets the December 1st scholarship priority deadline, has a 30-31 ACT or 1330-1390 SAT score and at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA will be selected as a UA Scholar and will receive 2/3 tuition for four years.</p>

<p>Collegiate Scholar</p>

<p>An out-of-state first-time freshman student who meets the December 1st scholarship priority deadline, has a 28-29 ACT or 1250-1320 SAT score and at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA will be selected as a Collegiate Scholar and will receive $3,500 per year ($14,000 over four years).</p>

<p>Capstone Scholar</p>

<p>An out-of-state first-time freshman student who meets the December 1st scholarship priority deadline, has a 27 ACT or 1210-1240 SAT score and at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA will be selected as a Capstone Scholar and will receive $1,500 per year ($6,000 over four years).</p>

<p>**
There are also automatic scholarships for National Merit Finalists…**</p>

<p>[Top</a> Scholars Program - The University of Alabama](<a href=“http://scholarships.ua.edu/topscholars/nmpackage.html]Top”>http://scholarships.ua.edu/topscholars/nmpackage.html)</p>

<p>National Merit Finalist or National Achievement Finalist Package for 2010-2011</p>

<pre><code>* Value of tuition in-state or out-of-state for 4 years

  • 4 years of on-campus housing at regular room rate* (based on assignment by Housing and Residential Communities - but does include Honor Housing in the 4 bedroom suites)

  • $1,000 per year University National Merit/Achievement Scholarship for 4 years

  • One time allowance of $2,000 for use in summer research or international study (after completing one year of study at UA)

  • Laptop computer**
    </code></pre>

<p>Honors College</p>

<p>Automatic admission to the Honors College based on stats…Incoming freshmen with a 28 ACT or 1250 SAT (M+CR) will be automatically accepted to the Honors College upon submission of their application to the Honors College. Students will be notified of their acceptance via mail.</p>

<p>Automatic admission is to the University Honors Program and/or International Honors Program as long as the student applies. </p>

<p>There are also 2 honors programs that have competitive admissions. Computer-Based Honors and University Fellows Experience.</p>

<p>[Honors</a> College - Home](<a href=“http://honors.ua.edu/]Honors”>http://honors.ua.edu/)</p>

<p>^^^</p>

<p>Forgot to add to above…</p>

<p>**
Alabama Engineering and Computer Science Scholarships…**</p>

<p>[College</a> of Engineering - Scholarship Information](<a href=“http://coeweb.eng.ua.edu/future_students/scholarship.htm]College”>http://coeweb.eng.ua.edu/future_students/scholarship.htm)</p>

<p>If you major in Engineering or Computer Science and you have the below-mentioned stats, you get an additional scholarship per year that is stacked on top of the above scholarships.</p>

<p>Alabama College of Engineering
Scholarships 2010-2011
</p>

<p>The following scholarships are in addition to the University-level scholarships offered.</p>

<p>Take special note that those with 30-31 ACT or 1330-1390 SAT (math and verbal scores only) and at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA will receive a tuition supplement to bring their University-level scholarship offer up to the value of tuition. In addition, they will receive $2,500 per year for four years</p>

<p>Out-of-State:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Students who have a **32-36 ACT or 1400-1600 SAT<a href=“math%20and%20verbal%20scores%20only”>/B</a> and at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA will receive $2,500 per year for four years.</p>

<ul>
<li>Students who have a **30-31 ACT or 1330-1390 SAT<a href=“math%20and%20verbal%20scores%20only”>/B</a> and at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA will receive a tuition supplement to bring their University-level scholarship offer (mentioned above) up to the value of tuition. In addition, they will receive $2,500 per year for four years.</li>
<li>Students who have a 27-29 ACT or 1210-1320 SAT (math and verbal scores only) and at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA will receive $1,500 per year for four years.</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>Students must maintain enrollment in a College of Engineering degree program to receive any College of Engineering scholarship.</p>

<p>Illinois schools?! :)</p>

<p>almost all of the guaranteed scholarships at colleges and universities around the United States have some sort of matrix with SAT/ACT scores and High School GPA, plus a minimum gpa you must maintain while in college. </p>

<p>There are many generous private colleges out there for good but not stellar students, thank God…where a 3.0 or 3.2 gpa and a decent SAT, plus perhaps some good EC’s can get you some decent scholarship money to make it affordable…though “affordable” is a relative term and always involves student loans and maybe some parent plus loans. </p>

<p>Its a huge investment of money, but hopefully the investment pays off over your lifetime.</p>

<p>The really really good plans like Harvard, Princeton and Yale go to those lucky 10% of kids who are admitted from their applicant pools and those kids are all with uber stats (except athletic scholarships).</p>

<p>The simple truth is that many people have to go to a local state flagship or even a local state university that is not the flagship campus, and live at home (like many kids did in earlier decades), to save money. </p>

<p>You dont know if you don’t apply for aid/scholarships/admission, so it always pays to apply and see what happens. Sadly, the results are not always very equitable. There are gross injustices in doling out scholarship monies and even grants under FAFSA. No school is required to give you what your needs are. There is disparity even among upperclassmen, when the 'have you locked in" and you are less likely to bolt for a transfer school. </p>

<p>Universities have oodles of highly paid consultants (charging sometimes millions of dollars) who take a long term view of things with capital expenses, capital campaigns, endowment management and all sorts of agendas, including sports…where college coaches routinely make millions of dollars a YEAR to coach basketball or football. Its insidious.</p>

<p>We live in a very uneven world. Nobody will EVER convince me that some kid with a 1350 or even a 1300 SAT (1600 scale) is unworthy of the SAME scholarship monies that a kid with 1400 gets…but that is where they often draw the line, particularly if you are not a URM. So the kid with a 1400 gets a half ride or even sometimes a full ride and the kid with a 1300 gets squat. Statistics show that the gpa’s of college students with that small a differential in SAT scores is infinitessimal. Sometimes the higher SAT score has a lower gpa in college. It happens. </p>

<p>I wouldnt want the job of doling out the money. Tough and thankless job. But on the other hand, they need to find a way to give some relief to middle class families. </p>

<p>If your family makes 120k a year, you likely don’t have a lot of money to spend on college tuition/room-board for your kid. After taxes and expenses (mortgage, food, insurance, clothes, car payments etc.), a family of 4 may not have much at all to put away for college. So if you kid is below the 1400 magic number, he gets burned. Meanwhile someone with more money than they know what to do with, has a kid with a 1400 SAT and gets a huge scholarship to somewhere like Duke. Seen it over and over and over…many many times. Its very unfair.</p>

<p>And we can all lament the somewhat mysterious sharp spike in tuition and room/board rates at colleges the last 5-10 years where it has tripled at some schools. Its just outrageous. What is causing that? Meanwhile their endowments have largely recovered from the crash of 08 and many schools have hundreds of millions socked away for a rainy day, while they soak the incoming students and parents.
These schools are often preaching about social justice but not practicing it.</p>

<p>Well said ghostbuster</p>

<p>*Nobody will EVER convince me that some kid with a 1350 or even a 1300 SAT (1600 scale) is unworthy of the SAME scholarship monies that a kid with 1400 gets…but that is where they often draw the line, particularly if you are not a URM. So the kid with a 1400 gets a half ride or even sometimes a full ride and the kid with a 1300 gets squat. Statistics show that the gpa’s of college students with that small a differential in SAT scores is infinitessimal. Sometimes the higher SAT score has a lower gpa in college. It happens. *</p>

<p>I agree…but I don’t think the scholarship money is given because of projected academic success.</p>

<p>I think the calculations determine that a student with a 1400+ M+CR SAT can help offset a lower stat student while still raising the overall mid 50s range. Someone with a 50-100 point less M+CR SAT can’t do it as well.</p>

<p>However, some schools still give a good scholarship to the 1300/1350 SAT kid.</p>

<p>Miami University (Ohio) has posted its automatic merit scholarships for 2011-2012:</p>

<p>In State:<br>
ACT 30+/SAT 1330+ (CR+M) 3.70+ GPA $6,500
ACT 28 or 29/SAT 1250-1320 3.70+ GPA $4.500
ACT 26 or 27/SAT 1170-1240 3.70+ GPA $2,000</p>

<p>Out of State
ACT 30+/SAT 1330+ (CR+M) 3.70+ GPA $10,000
ACT 28 or 29/SAT 1250-1320 3.70+ GPA $ 7.000
ACT 26 or 27/SAT 1170-1240 3.70+ GPA $ 4,500</p>

<p>Final award determinations will be based upon the official academic and testing information received by Miami University as of March 1. My S received one of these scholarships for this fall - they based the award on his weighted (higher) GPA.</p>

<p>FYI - In state tuition, fees and R&B (2009-2010 most recent available)= $21,368 and OOS is $36,128</p>