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<p>I have no idea whether it includes athletic scholarships. Probably does. But those numbers are going to be pretty trivial. By far the largest number of athletic scholarships are in football, where there’s an NCAA maximum of, what, 85 scholarships in effect at any given time? That means on average about 21 per class. I’d guess maybe 75 to 80% of Michigan’s footbal recruits are OOS, so that’s about 15 or 16 per year, in a student body of 26,000 of whom 35%, or roughly 9,100 total (or 2,275 per class) are OOS. So those 15 or 16 football scholarships aren’t going to come close to making up the 33% of the entering OOS freshmen who get non-need based aid. I’m not sure how many scholarships they give out on other sports but I’d be surprised if the total in all other sports combined even matched the number of football scholarships. So the effect is going to be rather negligible.</p>
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<p>No doubt this is all true. But 1) any scholarship with a “demonstrated need” element wouldn’t be “non-need-based,” now, would it? 2) Yes, there are some very particular requirements for some of these scholarships, such as a specific high school or region or major; but you don’t need to apply separately for them, the Michigan FA office does the matching for you. Others are general. 3) Yes, it’s certainly true that many of the scholarship at Michigan are for Michigan residents only, but they wouldn’t be included in the 33% of OOS students who DO get “non-need-based” grant aid, now, would they?</p>
<p>There have been past posters on CC who have been pleasantly surprised by the merit aid they got from Michigan. And others who have been disappointed. I just think the blanket stereotype that you can’t get aid if you’re OOS is misplaced here. Michigan is not as generous as some publics on this score, but far more generous than many, perhaps most. You just won’t know until you try.</p>