<p>my son is currently a hs jr and Indiana U is one of his top schools he is considering and a few months ago when i looked at their website they had automatic merit scholarships which would have made it financially feasible as we wont qualify for any need based aid.
However i just checked their website this am and found this:</p>
<p>Due to an overwhelming response and increase in applications for admission, Indiana University is no longer awarding Automatic Academic Scholarships to newly admitted students for the fall of 2009. Students admitted on or before January 15th may continue to submit updated academic information for further scholarship consideration to the Office of Admissions through February 2nd, at which time all Automatic Academic Scholarship awarding will cease.</p>
<p>Does that mean only the very selective merit scholarships are left?</p>
<p>Your son is a junior; this notice only means that the automatic merit-based scholarships for this year's admitted class (a grade ahead of your son) have been exhausted. Your son (if he applies early enough next year), will receive the merit-based scholarship for which he qualifies.</p>
<p>that's what i wondered. the first time i read it i thought it just applied to 2009 students but that last sentence .."all automatic academic scholarship awarding will cease" left a question.
thanks!!!!</p>
<p>parent56 - have your son apply in early fall next year and call admissions to make sure all materials including transcripts, scores etc are in by November 1</p>
<p>thanks lakeeffect. i think that will have to be the plan for all schools he wants to apply to. unfortunately we cant apply ed anywhere as we will have to know what aid he will get first. ea may be an option at some schools as those are supposed to give you until may 1</p>
<p>Yes, the scholarships for all students have increased significantly–especially so for in-state Indiana students. </p>
<p>Even though my son qualified for only a very small scholarship ($4,000–which is $1,000 a year for 4 years), I still think it is fantastic what the university has done in recent years in regards to increasing the number and dollar amounts of the merit scholarships awards in order to attract top students.</p>
<p>P.S. Congratulations, lsb312, on your $9,000 per year scholarship.</p>
<p>calcruzer–I’m going to agree with you on this one. It’s pretty tough to turn down a $9000 scholarship in-state, especially in this economy. D is in mostly AP type classes right now. It seems like a lot more of those kids are going to IU this fall in part because they received the $9000 scholarship. I know of a few NMF that choose IU over higher ranked schools because of the in-state scholarship. I know without it, D would be looking more seriously a few other places that waived OOS tuition.</p>