As we will be looking for a college for our daughter, would love the information of parents can post your kids merit based or need based awards and college name. If you want to include your kids stats that will be great but not necessary. Thanks a lot as it will allow us to look for information. No need to include outside awards. But more information is always welcome! Thanks again
Our daughter will be applying for college in 2019
The information will do you no good without knowing the stats for merit aid and the income or EFC for need based aid.
I think you’d also have to know if the student is instate, OOS, has a special talent, etc., and what percentage the merit award is of tuition.
We had a similar thread recently…and really…knowing a merit award is NO value at all without knowing the student’s stats, and the criteria on which the colleges award merit aid.
You can look at the links in the following thread. The info has NOT been updated for a while so,you will need to check with each college to see if the awards still,exist and what current costs are for the colleges.
There is fantastic data in this thread. @eandesmom did the hard work of compiling the results for kids in this grade range, including merit awards and financial aid.
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/20485213/#Comment_20485213
you are better off looking at the list that is posted frequently with full tuition awards for certain stats. If your child is National Merit Finalist, Baylor, Oklahoma, Alabama, Univ. of Arizona and Arizona State all give full tuition or higher. There may be others. USC gives 50% tuition but no guarantee of getting in and some say NMF hurts your odds.
Several flagships give full tuition to high stats kids. Best merit aid is in the South. Worst is Northeast.
Tulane has a fair number of full tuition scholarships. You need to be 33 ACT/1500 SAT and 3.8+ GPA and that is far from a guarantee. SMU has several scholarship programs that are full tuition to full rides: Hunts Scholars and Presidential Scholars. Others are merit but less than full tuition.
Vandy, Duke, and USC are only highest stat kids for scholarships.
Has your daughter taken any practice tests yet? People disagree but I think fall of junior year is a good time to start taking ACT/SAT once per semester. PSAT is Fall junior year. It’s worth prep for NMF.
@sportman88, we are Korean, us Citizens, parents have education in Korean system. US system is new to us. First child going to US educational system, therefore looking for information.
Daughter attends a famous prep school on very generous need based scholarship, Daughter took sat in 7 grade and scored >1500, so far no SAT or SAT II,
This year she will take SAT II and APs. School does not rank but she is in top 10% at her very competitive school.
@twoinanddone NO special talent, but good in Math/Science/foreign Language/English/ and History. Not an athlete. Very good writer and good math/science research internships with graduate students while still in high school, she will end up taking lots of APs
First things first.
Do you have a budget for college? How much can YOU pay per year for,your daughter to attend college. Figure that number out first.
Then look at the thread I posted above. It has links for auto merit awards, competitive scholarships, low priced schools etc. but like I said…it is a bit on the old side.
If you find a school you like…start a thread about it…and ask about the merit aid at that school.
here is some info about automatic merit aid.
The yolasite link has also not been updated for a while…it’s a great place to,start…but do check each college for current accuracy.
You can look at any school and see what the merit aid COULD be, and someone, somewhere got that highest merit award. Maybe that person is on CC, maybe not.
Someone could say ‘my child got a full ride scholarship to MIT’ (and that would be need based anyway) but if your child isn’t interested in MIT, it doesn’t help.
Make your search smaller, not bigger. Is she thinking about STEM? Writing? Acting?
Computer science/math major
@thumper1 our budget is $7 to 10 K
Ok…is that what your income reflects?
In other words, are you low income…income $60,000 or less?
oh no we around 100 K on taxable income. we have second kid going to BS starting this year and third one next year if she gets admission to BS
if we take contribution to 401 (K) out, it is around 118 K.
So…you need to look at schools where your kiddo’s net costs could come in under $10,000. That means she needs to aim for a full tuition scholarship.
When shenhas a SAT or ACT score…and a GPA from the end of 11th grade…start a thread and ask about possible colleges that would meet your financial budget.
But really…knowing what others got…is not going to help you.
How are you paying for boarding school?? Oh I see…need based aid. Just keep in mind that the need based aid you get for boarding school may NOT be the same as what colleges give out.
Your daughter ismstarting college in 2019…so,she is in 10 the grade now?
Baylor Presidents Gold Scholarship $80,000/$20,000 per year.
Waitlisted and denied for the Baylor2 medical scholars program
Butler University Academic Scholarship $72,000/$18,000 per year
No application submitted for the honors program.
DePaul University Presidential Scholarship $80,000/$20,000 per year
DePaul Sage tuition scholarship/grant $15,737/$3,934.25 per year.
Pathway’s Honors - Accepted
Indiana University Provost Scholarship $32,000/$8000 per year
Herbert Presidential Scholarship $12,000/$3,000 per year
C & I Harlos Scholarship $16,000/$4,000 per year
Arts & Sciences Indiana Scholars Award $4000/$1000 per year
Hutton Honors - Accepted
Loyola University Chicago Presidential scholarship $88,000/$22,000 per year
Catholic Heritage Award $10,000/$2500 per year
Loyola Interdisciplinary Honors - acceptance
University of North Carolina engineering program
OSSA grant $1673 per year
No Excel@Carolina opportunities
University of Wisconsin engineering program
Scholarships pending