My son is a Junior in HS. His stats are unreal. Ranked 1 in a class of 460. 4.0 true GPA. 4.6 weighted. By end of his senior year he’ll have taken every AP and weighted class his school offers. This weekend he receives a 36 on the ACT. President of Key club and 2 year varsity athlete in 2 sports.
He wants as much scholarship money as possible of course, but not sure what he wants to major in. He is good at about everything so narrowing a major down is not something he wants to do yet. What’s next? Where do we look? Financial aid is not going to happen so we are searching for academic scholarships? Any ideas there?
look here:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1678964-links-to-popular-threads-on-scholarships-and-lower-cost-colleges.html#latest’
that said, he should apply to USC
http://www.usc.edu/
https://dornsife.usc.edu/trustee-presidential-deans-scholarships/
by Dec 1 of 2015 in order to be considered for one of their 100+ Trustee full tuition scholarships.
USC is the highest rated private U to offer so many full tuition scholarships.
Many students who are accepted at Ivys and more prestigious U’s decide to go to USC not only for their generous scholarships, but for the incredible educational opportunities offered there.
Thanks Menlo. We’ll check them out. He has talked about going to California.
I love the Colleges that Change Lives (CTCL) consortium schools… many of them give very good merit aid. U of Alabama is up-and-coming with students in the know and throwing money at top kids. In general if you aim at a tier down from what he could get into, they’ll be more likely to give merit aid.