<p>QuestBridge offers some full-tuition scholarships to some schools. See the information here:
[QuestBridge</a> Home](<a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/]QuestBridge”>http://www.questbridge.org/)</p>
<p>If you are big on science or mathematics and plan on majoring in a science, mathematics, or engineering you may wish to investigate the S.M.A.R.T. (Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation) Scholarship.
[SMART</a> - Science, Mathematics & Research for Transformation - Part of the National Defense Education Program](<a href=“http://smart.asee.org/]SMART”>http://smart.asee.org/)</p>
<p>It is a chance for students pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees in identified sciences, technologies, engineering, and math disciplines to receive a full scholarship and be gainfully employed with the U.S. Department of Defense upon degree completion. Read more about it on the web pages through the home page link I gave above and in this PDF (Adobe Reader) document:
<a href=“http://www.me.vt.edu/academic_programs/graduate/ASEE%20SMART%20AWARD.pdf[/url]”>http://www.me.vt.edu/academic_programs/graduate/ASEE%20SMART%20AWARD.pdf</a></p>
<p>For golf caddies - Chick Evans Caddie Scholarship - a full tuition and housing college scholarship to selected schools for golf caddies, renewable for up to 4 years & awarded to over 800 students. Read about the requirements here:
[Scholarship</a> Requirements - WGAESF](<a href=“http://www.wgaesf.org/site/c.dwJTKiO0JgI8G/b.6181379/k.6F46/Scholarship_Requirements.htm]Scholarship”>http://www.wgaesf.org/site/c.dwJTKiO0JgI8G/b.6181379/k.6F46/Scholarship_Requirements.htm)</p>
<p>See the list of schools here:
[Scholarship</a> Houses - WGAESF](<a href=“http://www.wgaesf.org/site/c.dwJTKiO0JgI8G/b.6086575/k.C837/Scholarship_Houses.htm]Scholarship”>http://www.wgaesf.org/site/c.dwJTKiO0JgI8G/b.6086575/k.C837/Scholarship_Houses.htm)</p>
<p>Full Ride
[Home</a> - College of Wooster](<a href=“http://www.wooster.edu%5DHome”>http://www.wooster.edu)</p>
<p>P.S. They only give full ride to 2-3 internationals. On the other hand, they give so much aids to internationals!</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/14573992-post80.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/14573992-post80.html</a></p>
<p>this is a very good list of Full Tuition Merit based Scholarships that are ASSURED for stats as long as you apply by the deadlines and have the req’d test scores and GPA.</p>
<p>The graphics with this NY Times story are the best tools I’ve seen for finding the most generous schools for merit aid:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/education/edlife/a-rise-in-students-receiving-merit-awards.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/education/edlife/a-rise-in-students-receiving-merit-awards.html</a></p>
<p>Click on the graphic link to the left of the story and you can can sort each column and see which of the more than 600 schools offer merit aid to the highest percentage of freshmen or give the highest average awards. You can also see whether each school has raised or lowered its awards since 2007-08, right before the recession.</p>
<p>The graphic is at: [Colleges</a> and Universities That Award Merit Aid - Graphic - NYTimes.com](<a href=“Colleges and Universities That Award Merit Aid - Graphic - NYTimes.com”>Colleges and Universities That Award Merit Aid - Graphic - NYTimes.com)</p>
<p>It’s also worth checking the Education Life section in the Sunday NYT paper for another graphic that filters out most of the small colleges and lists the top 100 merit-aid schools that have at least 2,000 undergraduates, give awards to at least 10% of freshmen and provide average amounts of at least $5,000. The data all comes from the College Board.</p>
<p>I’m surprised that nobody has mentioned the Murray Scholars Program at the College of William and Mary. It gives scholars ~$20,000, which is in-state COA (OOS won’t get the full ride, but they’ll have a big chunk of it taken care of.) And you can study abroad at Oxford!</p>
<p>That graphic is nice, but they should have added a column to sort by average percentage of tuition met. For example, when you sort by Average merit aid (descending), Johns Hopkins is near the top with $29,000. It’s tuition is $43,000, so that’s an average of about 67%. </p>
<p>A few spots below it, Campbell University’s average scholarship is $22,000, but it’s tuition is $23,000, so that’s around 96% of tuition.</p>
<p>I’m not saying one or the other is better (in fact I know nothing about Campbell University)… Just saying it would be nice if we could sort it that way</p>
<p>Thanks for the link though</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>According to the NYT article, the Art Institute of Chicago gives away an average of $6610 each year. When my daughter was there for a tour last fall, she was told that a few students get their whole tuition paid and the rest get nada (i.e., whatever they can get from the Federal gov’t plus loans). So even though the average looks generous, it’s not a good deal for the majority of the students. I assume that this is the case with all the schools on the list; looking at the average award doesn’t mean anything. Unlike need-based aid, it’s all or nothing.</p>
<p>My daughter received the following institutional merit scholarship from Western Carolina University. We were told that they granted this scholarship to about 10 rising freshman students and that it was new for 2013-2014 school year. </p>
<p>Western Carolina University
Center for Life Enrichment Scholarship
$8000 renewable for 4 years (covers full tuition, fees, and books for in state students at current rate) plus $2000 renewable for 2 years to assist with room costs</p>
<p>I still cannot find any information on their website about this - so I don’t know if it is also offered to OOS students and if so, if the amount is different. She also received another scholarship from the admissions office for the first year for $1500 that is not renewable. All based on merit alone. The big scholarship did require a phone interview.</p>
<p>Anything recent?</p>
<p>Update on Western Carolina’s Center for Life Enrichment: there were 15 students that received the scholarship in the freshman class that entered in the fall of 2013. The do have information at their site now: <a href=“http://www.wcu.edu/academics/departments-schools-colleges/the-honors-college/the-honors-path/honors-college-scholars/”>http://www.wcu.edu/academics/departments-schools-colleges/the-honors-college/the-honors-path/honors-college-scholars/</a> </p>