Need Colleges w/ Lots'a Merit: Business/Econ

College Search & Selection
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<p>Stats:</p>

<p>GPA: 4.30 weighted
Ranking: 1/96
ACT: 34
APs: I've earned fifty-some college credits and will have earned nearly seventy by the time I graduate (Dual-enrollment high school/college program)
-Part of UMTYMP program which lets high school students take the honors math program from the U of M. I finished Calc 3 in the 1st semester of my junior year.
ECs: 6 years varsity tennis, captain 1 year, state championship 1 year, consolation championship 1 year
3 years varsity math team, went to state twice
Cross cultural ministry program - Com. Service, take a yearly trip to help needy after you spend the rest of the year raising funds
Wide job experiences... Right now have a 20 hr/wk job
Started successful online business
National Honors Society
Northern Stars Leadership Conference</p>

<p>PLus other stuff, but you get the point. I'm looking for a decent-to-great business/economics school that will give me at least half of tuition.</p>

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<p>Help me out.</p>

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<p>If you’re looking for a small school, definitely check out Denison. It’s ranked among the nation’s top 50 liberal arts colleges by USNWR, and has an excellent economics department. It also has a large endowment and is very generous with merit aid.</p>

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<p>Along with Wesleyan, you should look at the following: Bowdoin, Chicago, Claremont/McKenna, Colgate, Emory, Haverford, Northwestern, Michigan, Washington & Lee, Bates, Colby, Lafayette, Lehigh, Hamilton, NYU, Trinity and William & Mary.</p>

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<p>I don't think Northwestern offers good merit aid.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the help.</p>

<p>So I'd mostly be looking at smaller/liberal arts schools? My hope was to go to a large public school after being part of a small private school for my entire primary and secondary education.</p>

<p>I didn't realize Michigan and Lehigh gave good aid? When I looked on their websites I saw very little scholarships besides for in-state students.</p>

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<p>Would look at Holy Cross, Trinity and Colgate.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your help</p>

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<p>USC may give you a lot of merit aid. or another in-state public school. my advise would be to go private instead of public.</p>

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<p>Emory/ WUSTL/ Rice if you can get it...</p>

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<p>There were threads in both the Parents Forum and College Search Forum on this topic. Use that handy little search engine; don't reinvent the wheel. Jamimom once suggested a book or link that was comprehensive on this topic.</p>

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<p>kinshasa, I did four different searches and couldn't find the topic. Do you have any idea what the title is?</p>

<p>I wish I would happy applied for the Emory scholars program because now I'm too late...</p>

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<p>You might take a look at Fairfield and Villanova. Both have significant merita aid packages, well regarded business programs and are in metro areas which make internships feasible during the semester.</p>

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<p>How are Babson, CMU, and U of Miami-Florida in regards to merit aid?</p>

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<p>CMU only gives three scholarships, but you are veeeery well qualified for the Carnegie Scholarship. It's given for academic and ec achievement, and you certainly fit the bill. And CMU's an awesome school, especially for business, but econ is notoriously hard here!</p>

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<p>Trinty gives big bucks merit aid.</p>

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<p>What state do you live in? Your best chance of a large merit award at a public school will be in your home state. </p>

<p>I agree with the suggestion of Emory - the Emory Scholars program would be a good possibility. TUlane gives about 100 full tuition scholarships to students in your stat range each year as well. Babson does not offer many full merit scholarships, if any. You might also investigate what Arizona State U offers --- I know they have almost full tuition scholarships for national merit finalists and some other awards for top business students, even out of state students.</p>

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<p>Trinity don't do merit aid - almost all of it is based on need</p>