<p>Tetrahedr0n said in Post #35</p>
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<p>The Shipman scholarship is most certainly not a full-ride scholarship for OOS, although it does appear to cover tuition, R&B and fees for in-state student. There is a caveat also, R&B is only covered if you live in the dorms and most upperclassmen at UMich do not.</p>
<p>Villanova and University of Virginia offer multiple full ride merit scholarships each year. At Villanova they are called Presidential scholarships and at UVa they are called Jefferson Scholars. I believe Villanova’s even covers the cost of books.</p>
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IMO it is not reasonable to expect schools to pay for someone to live somewhere else. That would be dipping into their own funding vs. waiving an expected payment.</p>
<p>Some awards are paid directly to students, either by direct bank deposit or check (Morehead-Cain at UNC for example). The student is then responsible for paying all bills due the bursar (tuition, fees, housing, dining). Housing and meals are covered based on the current campus rate, but rules regarding living on campus are the same as those applied to all students. If off-campus costs are higher, the awards recipient must cover the additional expense; if lower, they can pocket the savings. I don’t know whether this method of disbursement is “typical,” but I don’t think it’s unusual.</p>
<p>For several reasons, I think it’s a good idea to ask the specifics of how (and to whom) awards are disbursed, as well as how they may be used.</p>
<p>Sure there are,even for International students.</p>
<p>agree with Loveday. S1 went to a NC sch. with 3 scholarships (1 ROTC and 2 merit).
Each sem. all $$ went to the cashiers dept which applied the scholarship money to his balance owed. Any $$ leftover was then deposited by the cashiers office in S1’s checking acct. He moved off campus after freshman yr. The ROTC paid for his tuition,fees,books. The two merit scholarships were forwarded to his checking acct. which he used to pay for R&B. This is a big state school with maybe a third of the students living on campus. There is not room for 25,000 kids to live on campus. The school has no problem with kids using the $$ for off campus living expenses. I called and asked that question.</p>
<p>@mom2collegekids, less than half of the B/K scholarships offered are full, however, MORE than half (~60%) of B/K matriculants are full. The target is 150 freshman each year.
The application deadline is EARLY, Nov. 1.</p>
<p>^There, that sounds about right.</p>
<p>We had about 400 interviewed. (Meaning they were either offered partial or full)</p>
<p>University of South Carolina flagship campus (Columbia) offers a full ride oportunity through its Honors College for out of state students called the McNair.It is based on test scores, grades,extra curriculars.A scholarship interview weekend is involved but is paid for.They award up to 40 a year.USC is somewhat unique in that they will allow the “stacking” of awards equalling up to the cost of attendance (tuition,room and board,books,etc). For example, a student could stack a National Merit award, a McNair, a privately awarded scholarship,etc.
A student looking for full ride opportunities has to be willing to widen the circle of where they will look and not be “hung up” on pre conceived notions of what is a prestige school name wise,ivy wise,etc.Look closely at the perks that are asociated with being a top reward recipient at that particular college.It could be mentoring,research opportunities, study abroad stipends (USC offered these).</p>
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<p>What if the student wants to get into a top grad school? I know there was a similar thread, but it didn’t cover the “full ride” opportunity. D may have an opportunity for a full ride at a very small state university. The dept she’s interested in says there are many opportunities for internships, study abroad, small classes, LSAT prep, etc. She wants to go to law school so I don’t know if she should consider more selective schools (she is a good student.)</p>