<p>Looking at last year’s acceptances thread, I’m seeing that the American Excellence scholarship was awarded in the amount of $29k/year, the Presidential scholarship was $27K/year, and the Dean’s scholarship was $20k/year. It seems as if everyone who got a particular “named” scholarship got the same amount.</p>
<p>Does anyone know yet what the amounts will be for the various scholarships this year? Do they tend to stay the same from year to year?</p>
<p>Well, I got the Presidential Scholarship, but it’s only worth 20k/year.</p>
<p>I received the Dean’s Scholarship, but I am only receiving $15k/year. I’m certainly not complaining, but the scholarships are evidently worth less than they used to be.</p>
<p>Yeah I got the Dean’s for 10K a year. Was hoping for a bit more</p>
<p>Does anyone know if these are negotiable?</p>
<p>I’m really happy to see this thread. When my son applied 3 years ago, his Presidential Scholarship was 27K, now my daughter’s is $20,000. I was wondering if they made a mistake but now I realize that they did not - amounts just went down. Maybe they want to offer more of them so they had to make each one worth less.</p>
<p>Got a Dean’s Scholarship of 15k. A bit disappointed, as it forces me to rule out AU entirely. I was offered a scholarship of $25k a year from Loyola Maryland (which costs about the same as AU) and scholarships from Scranton and CUA that put those schools in the mid-20 range in net cost as well. To put things in perspective: attending AU would cost nearly $20,000 more per year for me than TCNJ ($18,000 per year). Sadly, I just can’t justify that.</p>
<p>It’s a shame, but it’s one of those things that clearly isn’t meant to happen. One more I can cross off the list at least 
Congrats to all those who are accepted and able to attend AU!</p>
<p>I do find it strange that American is actually lowering scholarship awards- you’d think that they’d try to offer more, especially with the economy being what it is.</p>
<p>AU may be trying to spread the merit money around to more people–smaller awards to a bigger pool, a reasonable response to economic conditions, I think. Keep in mind that some schools have no merit awards, and base their financial aid on need only–an even more rational approach to the impact of the recession.</p>
<p>From what I’ve heard, it’s a case of trying to give more awards to more people in response to economic conditions, while upping need-based aid.</p>
<p>Good point, mommaj. Someone’s always going to lose, I suppose, and it does make sense to offer a little to everyone.</p>
<p>I also received the Dean’s Scholarship for only 10k- I was a little bit disappointed, but in general happy and grateful to get a merit scholarship at all!</p>
<p>Interesting. For the past several years, the Presidential Scholarship has covered all but a few thousand of tuition. It’s dismaying that it’s now just over half tuition instead. Good to know. </p>
<p>Would have been nice to know earlier on in the process, since we thought we were targeting schools that would give generous merit scholarships to my kid, but I guess it wouldn’t have changed much. Half tuition’s still generous.</p>
<p>somewhat disappointed with only a 10k deans scolarship also…</p>