Merit Scholarships

College Search & Selection
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<p>Where would I get the most merit based scholarships as an OOS? I will only have 50k from my dad for 4 years of college. I need the rest to come from scholarships as I do not want to take out loans.</p>

<p>TCNJ
Franklin & Marshall
Marist
Muhlenberg
Dickinson
Moravian
Connecticut College
Drew
Rampo College of NJ
SUNY Potsdam
SUNY Fredonia
Trinity College</p>

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<p>A lot of the colleges on your list are private - OOS will have no bearing. It will depend on your stats, etc.</p>

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<p>Student:</p>

<p>User Name: dancebabe9008
Gender: F
Location: Georgia
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public
Will apply for financial aid: Yes (Doubt I will get)</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.72
GPA - Weighted: 4.23
Class Rank: top 10%
Class Size: 205</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 600
SAT I Critical Reading: 630
SAT I Writing: 610</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Dance-Ballet,Jazz,Pointe,Modern since I was 4.
Leadership positions: Teach Dance Classes
National Honor Society
National Beta Club
Peer Mentor-Group Leader
Yearbook Advertisement Manager
Volunteer/Service Work: Boys and Girls Club Dance Class Jr&Sr Year
Key Club
Honors and Awards: Principal's Honor Roll
Georgia Certificate of Merit
Who's Who Nominations</p>

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<p>what about now?</p>

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<p>bumppp!!!!</p>

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<p>Connecticut College does not offer merit aid.</p>

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<p>From research and what not I've narrowed it down to</p>

<p>Dickinson
Franklin & Marshall
Marist 55/45
Muhlenberg
Ramapo College of NJ
SUNY Potsdam
TCNJ</p>

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<p>If money is a concern, why not just stay in-state? I can understand wanting to get away from home, but it seems silly to go to SUNY, Muhlenberg, or Ramapo when UGA and Georgia Tech have far better academic reputations...</p>

<p>Also, of your current list, I'm a bit skeptical about Dickinson...with your SATs, you probably wouldn't be eligible for merit money.</p>

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<p>I already told myself if I didn't get enough money to go out of state for all four years that I would not go out of state. </p>

<p>As for Georgia Tech, it's one thing getting in...it's another STAYING in and being successful. lol.</p>

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<p>Franklin & Marshall
Marist
Muhlenberg
Ramapo College of NJ
TCNJ</p>

<p>bump</p>

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<p>Here's the website for Muhlenberg.
<a href="http://www.muhlenberg.edu/finaid/merit.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.muhlenberg.edu/finaid/merit.html&lt;/a>
From that, you should be able to tell your chances as well as any of us can.</p>

<p>TCNJ says that its the average OOS student who gets a merit scholarship is 1250; you're a bit below that.
<a href="http://www.tcnj.edu/%7Eadmiss/apply/ScholarshipsOut.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.tcnj.edu/~admiss/apply/ScholarshipsOut.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Finding this information on the websites of two colleges took me less than 2 minutes. You might find it easier to do a bit of research on your own.</p>

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<p>Trust me I have done a lot of research. I was just hoping maybe someone had some other insight or even personal experience.</p>

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<p>If you look at the SAT ranges for each school, you can figure out if your stats put you above the 75% score. I'm guessing that you are unlikely to get significant merit aid unless you're in that top 25%, because schools are trying to attract top students with high scores and GPAs relative to their student body. That's just a rule of thumb, but I don't have knowledge of any of your listed schools. Have you looked at the possibility of outside scholarships? Maybe there's something related to dance or other ECs. good luck!</p>