<p>My son's stats are as follows:</p>
<p>SAT: 2230
ACT: Composite Score 36</p>
<p>SAT Subject Math :780
Planning on taking Physics subject test in the fall</p>
<p>GPA 4.3</p>
<p>President, Rocket Club
Treasurer, Technology Students Association
NHS, Academic Team
Currently a paid intern at an IT company</p>
<p>We would like to know his chances for a full scholarship at UVA and VA Tech. He is interested in majoring in Computer Science. We are VA residents.</p>
<p>Your son has competitive stats for scholarship money. Check those college websites for the specifics on merit awards, and applying for them.</p>
<p>I don’t think VT has anything like a full merit scholarship. UVa has Jefferson Scholars, but the competition for that is fierce.</p>
<p>W&M might be a possibility, or some of the other publics in state.</p>
<p>Are you looking for full tuition or full ride? Either way, probably easier to get at some OOS schools.</p>
<p>This OP should look on the thread for guaranteed merit scholarships. This student’s stats should put him in contention for something.</p>
<p>Will this student be a national merit finalist? That adds other options.</p>
<p>UVA meets full need and doesn’t have “merit” scholarships. The Jefferson Scholar is through the Jefferson Scholars Foundation. I agree competition is fierce for the scholarship and usually the student has the tippy top stats plus has done something extra. For example: one of the graduating seniors was awarded the Jefferson scholar – he founded a tutoring company for underprivileged kids (began it when he was a freshman). He was accepted to Harvard but turned it down for UVA. It requires a nomination from the high school, regional interview and then the invite to UVA for the final interview. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.jeffersonscholars.org/undergraduate_program/selection-process/[/url]”>http://www.jeffersonscholars.org/undergraduate_program/selection-process/</a></p>
<p>VaTech has some scholarships but they are not usually full tuition but a few thousand dollars a year. Same thing for James Madison and W&M.
I don’t know if CNU has full tuition scholarships but a friend’s son received $5,000/year.</p>
<p>VCU, ODU and George Mason offers full tuition as well as partial scholarships. </p>
<p>With the high stats for your child, are you considering OOS schools? Both my kids went OOS with full tuition scholarships. We are VA residents and always thought they would stay in-state.</p>
<p>W&M has full ride scholarships.</p>
<p>There are a number of fine schools that would offer this student a lot of merit aid with those stats…and even more if he is NMF. The family needs to decide if which is more important…going to UVA or VT, or getting a large merit award.</p>
<p>Yes, I stand corrected. W&M has full ride scholarships. Super competitive and they award 4 of them. They also have full tuition scholarships for URMs. </p>
<p><a href=“https://www.wm.edu/admission/financialaid/typesofaid/scholarships/index.php[/url]”>https://www.wm.edu/admission/financialaid/typesofaid/scholarships/index.php</a></p>
<p>For UVA and W&M, the in-state tuition is considered a bargain so paying full freight is not unusual. I know many parents who paid full freight for UVA and W&M.</p>
<p>I’m from Virginia Tech. There is a full tuition scholarship through the College of Engineering, and lots of partial awards.</p>
<p>If your son can get accepted into the Honors Program, they have more opportunities to receive scholarships that can end up in a full ride. As far as I know, there isn’t just one scholarship that will cover everything, so he will have to apply to several different types of scholarships that are offered.</p>
<p>If you haven’t seen these pages already, they might help:
[Scholarships</a> for Prospective Students | <a href=“http://www.eng.vt.edu%5B/url%5D”>www.eng.vt.edu](<a href=“http://www.eng.vt.edu/students/scholarships_incoming]Scholarships”>http://www.eng.vt.edu/students/scholarships_incoming)</a>
[Dean’s</a> Scholarships FAQs | <a href=“http://www.eng.vt.edu%5B/url%5D”>www.eng.vt.edu](<a href=“http://www.eng.vt.edu/students/scholarships/deans_sch_faq]Dean’s”>http://www.eng.vt.edu/students/scholarships/deans_sch_faq)</a></p>
<p>Your son has good stats, but unfortunately scholarships are very competitive, so there’s no guarantee.</p>
<p>I see the VT full tuition scholarship you mentioned - Davenport Leaders, engineering only, 4-8 awards per year.</p>
<p>I would say all the full tuition/full rides scholarships at all the schools are very competitive. It is even competitive to get a full scholarship at VCU. Six years ago, it was almost guaranteed that you would get the full scholarship if you had the stats. I don’t think that is the case now.</p>
<p>I’m told UVa has a couple engineering partial merit scholarships too, that are listed on their website. </p>
<p>Since in-state UVa is very affordable, and assuming you would not have any need under their formula, then your best bet would probably be to look into local and national private scholarships. The local scholarships are often the easiest to win, but they mainly help pay for books.</p>
<p>maybe not UVA, but virginia tech you should get good merit aid</p>
<p>MTnest, may I ask which OOS granted full scholarships for your kids? My son has received money from OOS schools to match in-state tuition but not more than that. </p>
<p>Does William and Mary have CS? </p>
<p>“I would say all the full tuition/full rides scholarships at all the schools are very competitive”</p>
<p>@mtnest … that’s not true. there are schools that give assured full tuition scholarships for stats.</p>
<p>there is an entire sticky thread about them. Look at the last post on this list.
<a href=“Automatic Full Tuition / Full Ride Scholarships - #286 by BobWallace - Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-p20.html</a></p>
<p>JHoelscher…what is the situation? Do you have an unaffordable EFC so you need a full tuition or full ride scholarship to pay for college? </p>
<p>How much can you pay? For instance if you can pay about $15k per year (combo parent funds and small student loan), then your child would need a full tuition scholarship. </p>
<p>If you NEED big scholarships then applying to only competitive merit could leave you emptyhanded. You have to also apply to some schools that will FOR SURE give you the merit that you need for your stats.</p>