Is there really a such thing as a full-ride anymore?

[Erin_s_Dad]

<p>It’s surprising to me how many full rides are still out there.</p>

[sax]

<p>Penn State Eberly College of Science offers 10 full ride merit scholarships in conjunction with the Schreyers Honors College.This is not for the joint md program though. PSU graduates get into top schools for grad school including HYPSM.</p>

[sptch]

<p>I know of a some kids whose EFC was so low at Amherst, that not only was it all free, but the student also received money each month, along with work-study.</p>

[Polo08816]

<p>

Rutgers offers their Presidential Scholarship (tuition, room and board) to in state students based on class rank and SAT - they don’t even require recommendations or interviews. Last year 117 students accepted them -my son included (who was not a National Merit Semifinalist).</p>

<p>Luckily it worked out - he is very happy there (has not been home once and doesn’t plan on coming home until Thanksgiving), as is my pocketbook.</p>

<p>I would check the large Universities in your particular state for possible free rides and strongly recommend accepting one if you can get it.

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<p>In NJ, if you’re attending a state school and are in both ROTC and the National Guard as an SMP Cadet, you may even make money while attending school.</p>

<p>You would easily have way more spending money than most of your peers unless they’re being bankrolled by rich parents.</p>

[Montegut]

<p>Son had full ride to Miss State, La Tech (resident), UAB, Auburn, and Bama. He chose Bama. Our bill, including fees, meal plan, was $142. When his Byrd scholarship came in, he got a check for all but the $142, which went back to our credit card we used to pay it. The balance easily covered his books. He’s still waiting to receive his corporate National Merit scholarship, which should reimburse us for his housing deposit, enrollment deposit, orientation and service project fees, and fees, books, etc, for next semester. He was neither valedictorian, nor high ACT, 32 tops, but he is a hard worker, tutored inner city students throughout high school, did enrichment programs in the summer, and was lucky enough to be born in Louisiana, a low cutoff NMF state. The other schools he applied to were Catholic colleges, which we had hoped would be generous since he went to Catholic school all his life, but even with their best scholarships, we were looking at a minimum of 25K a year.</p>

[ginab591]

<p>Aproximately a quarter of the people accepted to the University of Maryland Honor’s college are also offered a full ride (about 200 students each year)</p>

[mom2collegekids]

<p>^^^^</p>

<p>I don’t think that’s true…</p>

<p>About 150 honors students are given the Banneker/Key honors scholarship. Some of those are given full rides. The rest of the scholarship winners are given partial tuition scholarships.</p>

<p>Banneker/Key Scholarship</p>

<p>The Banneker/Key Scholarship is the most prestigious merit scholarship offered. There are two award levels for Banneker Key Scholarships. The first award level covers the cost of tuition, mandatory fees, room and board, and a book allowance each year for four years. ** The partial Banneker/Key Scholarship provides a partial tuition scholarship each year for four years. **</p>

<p>Does anyone know how many of the 150 get the full ride?</p>

[CountingDown]

<p>Here is the bookmark I had in my files – did a quick search for more current info, but have not found anything.<br>
<a href=“http://www.provost.umd.edu/campus_review_2007/Documentation/MeritScholarshipYields.pdf[/url]”>http://www.provost.umd.edu/campus_review_2007/Documentation/MeritScholarshipYields.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>S1 was HS class of 2008. IIRC, there were 297 B-K offers that year and they expected to yield ~50%. They do NOT re-offer the ones that are turned down. Would have to go dig up the paper files for more details. Don’t remember if they said how many were half B-Ks and how many were OOS, but I have some recollection of knowing those number, though whether it was from official sources or local ones, I don’t remember.</p>

[mom2collegekids]

<p>there were 297 B-K offers that year and they expected to yield ~50%. They do NOT re-offer the ones that are turned down. Would have to go dig up the paper files for more details. Don’t remember if they said how many were half B-Ks and how many were OOS,</p>

<p>Since the website estimates that about 150 get the B-K offers, that matches what you say. Wonder how many of those get the full-ride. I would think that the number can’t be that high otherwise the yield would be better than 50%.</p>

[bigreddawgie]

<p>check out the full ride McDermott Scholarship at UT Dallas. </p>

<p>[The</a> Eugene McDermott Scholars Program](<a href=“http://www.utdallas.edu/mcdermott]The”>The Eugene McDermott Scholars Program - The University of Texas at Dallas)</p>

<p>It is kind of modeled after UNC’s Morehead.
Also, SMU has its Presidential Scholars program</p>

[PackMom]

<p>NC State Univ. has the Park scholarship. It’s very similiar to the Morehead at UNC.
The Park pay for tuition, fees, room, board,books and supplies. There is also a stipend to buy a computer and study abroad.</p>

[Colorado_mom]

<p>"Is there really a such thing as a full-ride anymore? " - In general I think the answer in terms of merit scholarships is … very few. The one I hear about the most is at Oklahoma for National Merit Finalists, but many NMF prefer other colleges.</p>

[mom2collegekids]

<p>There’s a big difference between assured “full or near full rides” and competitive “full or near full rides.”</p>

<p>The competitive ones often require “scholarship weekends” which can be difficult and expensive to attend.</p>

[bigreddawgie]

<p>at a lot of the schools, they pay for your trips to go to the scholarship weekend, or at least that’s how my school does it (airfare for you and a parent, transportation, hotel room, all meals covered, symphony)</p>

[Shrinkrap]

<p>Howard University</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.howard.edu/financialaid/grants_scholarships.htm#Freshman[/url]”>http://www.howard.edu/financialaid/grants_scholarships.htm#Freshman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Scholarships are awarded until all funds have been exhausted and not all eligible applications will receive an award.</p>

<p>PRESIDENTIAL
Criteria:
SAT=1500 - 1600
ACT = 34 - 36
GPA ≥ 3.75 Award:
Tuition, Fees, Room, Board, $950 Book Voucher, & Laptop Annual
Renewal
GPA: 3.50
LAUREATE (See More Information >>)
Criteria:
National Achievement Finalist Scholars who designate Howard as their First Choice<br>
Tuition, Fees, Room, Board, & $950 Book Voucher Annual
Renewal
GPA: 3.30
FOUNDERS
Criteria:
SAT=1400 - 1490 or
ACT = 32 - 33
GPA ≥ 3.50 Award:
Tuition, Fees, Room, Board & $500 Book Voucher Annual
Renewal
GPA: 3.30
CAPSTONE
Criteria:
SAT=1300 - 1390 or
ACT = 29 - 31
GPA ≥ 3.25 Award:
Tuition, Fees, Room Annual
Renewal
GPA: 3.30</p>

[LaContra]

<p>Is there such a thing as a full ride anymore?</p>

<p>Yep…it’s called Mom & Dad</p>

[sk8rmom]

<p>Univ at Buffalo’s Presidential Scholarship:</p>

<p>

UB’s top entering freshmen may be awarded Presidential Scholarships (formerly Distinguished Honors Scholarships), which cover the full cost of attendance—tuition, fees, housing, board and books—for four years of undergraduate study. Approximately 25 awards are made to new freshmen each year, all of whom are automatically invited to participate in the University Honors College. To be a competitive applicant, a student should present a combined critical reading and math SAT score of 1470 or better (or a minimum ACT score of 33) and an unweighted high school average of 95 or better. Last year the mean high school average and combined critical reading and math SAT score of presidential scholarship recipients were 98 and 1503, respectively.

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<p>Must submit a separate application by 12/31. Requires a 3.5 gpa (3.2 for first year only) for renewal up to a maximum of 8 semesters.</p>

<p>[UB</a> Undergraduate Admissions: Costs, Scholarships and Aid - Scholarships - Merit Scholarships](<a href=“http://admissions.buffalo.edu/costs/meritscholarships.php]UB”>http://admissions.buffalo.edu/costs/meritscholarships.php)</p>

[mamajay]

<p>I don’t know how many Banneker Key scholarships Maryland gives but I do know that effective last year they will only give them to instate students.</p>

<p>The most merit they seem to give to OOS students is 12K per year which still leaves tuition OOP at 13K per year.</p>

[proud_mom_2]

<p>Some schools have guaranteed scholarships for most expenses for top students and NMF, but some of these schools offer additional scholarships not mentioned in their guaranteed packages that turn the offer into a full-ride. For example, Auburn’s NMF package does not cover everything, but when a NMF departmental scholarship that isn’t mentioned as part of the package is added, it does become a full-ride. Solid GPA is required for the scholarships: 3.0 and 3.5 respectively.</p>

[ginab591]

<p>@mom2</p>

<p>That’s not true. The class of 2103 had more than 400 BK scholars including partial and full. Where did you find that number?</p>