Merit aid

[Mom2424]

<p>Does anyone have experience with merit aid from W&M?What type of ACT and SAT scores do they require? Do they give National Merit Student any type of scholarships? Thanks for your help-</p>

[frazzled1]

<p>There is very little merit aid at W & M, and most finaid is reserved for VA residents. Here’s a link to the webpage about scholarships: [William</a> & Mary -*Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.wm.edu/admission/financialaid/typesofaid/scholarships/index.php]William”>http://www.wm.edu/admission/financialaid/typesofaid/scholarships/index.php)</p>

<p>To answer your question about qualifications, here’s some info about Murray Scholars, W & M’s most selective scholarship:

Finalists typically rank in the top 1% of their class, score a 1500 and higher on the SAT (Critical Reading plus Math) and take the most demanding curriculum available to them. While some of the variables that influence Murray Scholar designations are quantitative, others are more subjective. These include students’ application essays, extracurricular involvements, leadership, letters of recommendation, and evidence of intellectual engagement. In conjunction with the Office of Undergraduate Admission, faculty members will administer the selection process.</p>

<p>All students who apply to William & Mary through Early Decision (Nov. 1 postmark deadline) or Regular Decision (Jan. 1 postmark deadline) will be reviewed for the Murray Scholars Program.</p>

<p>The Murray Scholar Program will provide four students per year with extensive benefits, including full tuition, general fees and room and board annually for Virginia residents and the equivalent amount annually for non-Virginia residents.

If you search the W & M website, you can find additional info about the current Murray Scholars. They’re a highly impressive group.</p>

[soccerguy315]

<p>yea… W&M has very limited merit aid, unfortunately. They also have Monroe Scholars, but they get research money, not help with tuition.</p>

[Mom2424]

<p>Thanks for the information-- she is a National Merit semi-finalist - and is hoping to go to finalist-- she would like to receive some merit aid wherever she goes -to decrease the debt at the end of her four years before med school or graduate school</p>

[W_amp_M_Admission]

<p>W&M considers all students who apply for admission for any merit scholarship we have available so all a student has to do to be considered for merit money is make an application to W&M. We do however focus our efforts on need-based financial aid rather than merit-based scholarships so only about 50 students per year enter with merit scholarships (plus another 100 with the Monroe award).</p>

<p>We do not participate in the National Merit program so if a student is a semifinalist or finalist the Committee will see that and appreciate the level of that award during application review but does not award any merit money associated with that program or award.</p>