Does Ohio State give any full tuition merit awards for OOS students? If so, has anyone received one and what kind of stats are needed?
This is the only one I know about (full tuition + research grant):
My DS received a full merit award back in 2010 ($133k). It was a combination of 3 scholarships, (the National Buckeye, Morril (I think promience (worth about 60Kish) and one for his PSAT score because he was a National Hispanic Scholar. Ohio State no longer gives out the scholarship for NHS. They allowed my DS to stack these scholarships so it covered tuition, room and board and fees. We were very appreciative of it. I don’t think they are as generous now. My DS just happened to be in the right place at the right time, then President Gee wanted to come up the USNWR rankings and was on the hunt for smart males from OOS who were liberal arts majors.
I respect my kids privacy so I don’t publish their stats. I will say they were not valedictorians and did not have SAT scores over 2000 (however his CR & M were high).
Good luck.
I’m OOS and I received the Eminence Fellowship at OSU (mentioned above by gosusesu1). It covers full cost of attendance (including room and board, books, and other miscellaneous expenses) for 8 semesters. It also comes with a $3000 enrichment grant that can be used for research, study abroad, internships, etc. You can use it for just about anything as long as your plan for it is approved by the university and it’s related to your studies.
I have a 4.53 weighted GPA with a 33 ACT. I didn’t take the SAT.
The application is an essay that’s due at the end of January or beginning of February. 75 finalists are interviewed in March, and the scholarship is offered to about 25 people in early April.
I’m out of state and recieved the Morrill Promience this year, which is a full tuition. Bc of the value of the Prominence award, I am not able to stack my other 2 scholarships, National Buckeye and something else from OSU.
The Morrill Scholarship is NOT based on grades. (Well the only grade requirement is for you to get accepted to OSU first) This scholarship is based on an essay you write regarding diversity and inclusion.
Best of luck to you and if you still want my numbers they are:
29 ACT
4.352 GPA
Top 2%
Tons of leadership and extracurricular