<p>The University of Louisville guarantees a 10K per year scholarship for every out of state student with 3.35 gpa and either a 25 or 26 (and equivalent in SATs) ACT, and also with those scores you would qualify for in state tuition, so that scholarship would be full tuition plus a stipend.</p>
<p>The spanish department is strong and there are minors in both Latin American studies and Latino/Hispanic studies. Every year there are school sponsored trips to Panama and many other students study abroad in Spanish speaking countries.</p>
<p>Depending on where in OH you are, a Southwest flight to Birmingham (for Alabama) or New Orleans (for Tulane) may be a faster trip to and from home than a school that is 5 hours away. It’s hard to think about that at the beginning but it’s something to consider.</p>
<p>Don’t know about curriculum & majors, but my NMF D had Centre in KY on her list for a while because of merit aid. They just added the Brown Fellowship (available there and at University of Louisville.) Centre is also a “College That Changes Lives” per Loren Pope.</p>
<p>My D had very similar stats last year. And somewhat similar interests (languages, classics, and English/writing). She got really great merit at Case Western, but she didn’t see herself there, though she liked a lot about it–it was just a bit too techy-sciency for her tastes. But–your daughter might feel differently.</p>
<p>She also got nice merit from Pitt. And liked it, but…</p>
<p>She also got great merit from Indiana University, which she fell in love with, and is where she wound up. Excellent languages, a real strength of IU’s. I think their ed dept is very good as well. (She LOVES it, loves the Hutton Honors college, the beautiful campus, and all the great opportunities of a big-10 campus–cultural events, sports events, great restaurants). Apply early for best scholarship opps, but your D would qualify for $9k/year with her stats. With your daughter’s APs, she could probably graduate a semester early if she wanted, or pursue a double major very easily.</p>
<p>For an urban campus in-state, in addition to OSU as someone else suggested, you might want to check out University of Cincinnati. One of the top Classics depts around, but too close to home for my D…</p>
<p>^I meant to say, would qualify for 9k/year automatically…there are additional scholarships that Honors-college students are invited to apply for, on top of the automatic scholarships…if your D is NMF you should look at the Wells and other scholarships to see if she’d need a nomination from her HS. Acquaintance of ours S got the Wells this year–full ride!</p>
<p>Since you’re in Ohio, you might want to look at Marquette. She may get half tuition at the most, but since you’re a multi child family, they may sweeten the pot with their own grants and special scholarships. Don’t expect any special treatment for being NMF from them, though. I have also heard of Bradley giving good NMF packages if she wants to stay relatively close by. Saint Louis University may be too far for you, but they also have a university in Madrid, if she’s interested in studying in a Spanish speaking country.</p>
<p>Be careful what people call “good merit aid”. We were drawn to those “good merit aid” schools that offered half tuition. Well, half of 30 is still 15, then add room, board, books on top of that. We were hard pressed to find a happy medium between that price tag and the full ride NMF schools. Apply to a bunch of the full ride NMF schools so you can choose not only based on price, but also fit.</p>
<p>Good luck and congratulations on your child’s NMF status!</p>
<p>Thank you for all of the great suggestions so far. I greatly appreciate the help. My ds was interested in pharmacy, so that made our college search a lot easier. We might only be able to spend $10,000 a year on dd. She realizes that a full ride would be better for her, especially if she wants to pursue a teaching career. She is interested in Case Western or John Carroll because her hs latin teacher went to on of those- but it will really come down to money. Her dreams schools are Notre Dame or St. Marys. </p>
<p>She has her 1st AP test this year. I don’t think she is planning on taking any SAT IIs. Should she? What is the purpose of those tests?</p>
<p>Both Pitt and Ohio State have excellent Spanish departments. I’ve guest-lectured at both schools (not in the Spanish Dept, however) and found the students at OSU especially impressive.</p>
<p>While the SAT I tests emphasize skills students need for any academic endeavor–you need to be able to read and calculate for most majors–the SAT II tests are subject-specific–biology, chemistry, French, etc. Many schools require 2 of them–check the admissions websites to be sure. If your D gets a Spanish subject test score above a certain cutoff, she will be probably be able to use it to jump into upper-level classes immediately. However most foreign language depts. offer their own exams for placement as well.</p>
<p>“We might only be able to spend $10,000 a year on dd.”</p>
<p>Linny, with a number like this, you better focus on private schools or the in-state publics. Most OOS public schools are not going to meet your D’s need. (there are a couple out there of course, very selective ones)</p>
<p>Tulane is so expensive, that even with the 24K scholarships they hand out like candy, it still is expensive.</p>
<p>Large Southern publics are the schools that offered me the best scholarships.</p>
<p>If she is a national merit finalist, a school like Auburn offers essentially a full ride. Even if she isn’t a National Merit, she could still get full tuition at Auburn. UGA has some great scholarships that are very competitive. LSU cut the full tuition out of state down to 10K/year unfortunately.</p>
<p>There is a stigma against these schools, but heck, I took a full ride and will be heading to a T14 law school with over 5000 dollars in a bank account of money that is strictly scholarship overflow after all costs were paid for.</p>
<p>If she becomes NMSF and continues to be interested in pharmacy, do look into my suggestion of Northeastern in Boston. Even with full tuition scholarship, you’d need to spend your $10K/year plus $5500/year student loan for room/board/etc. But the co-op program is a great thing if a good fit.</p>
<p>LSU8888 - The rivalry is long over, lol. The scholarships are $25,000 (get your numbers right) and a very small percentage of admitted students are offered these. It seems higher on CC I am sure because of the skewed demographic that uses this site. Also, this student would be a very good candidate for the Dean’s Honors Scholarship which is full tuition, especially if she raises her SAT or ACT score another notch.</p>
<p>Colorado_mom - I agree that Northeastern is a good choice for many things, but Latin or Spanish is not generally considered among them.</p>
<p>I know that you mentioned not qualifying for financial aid but it may be worth looking at what the top schools consider for need based aid. The SAT subject tests would be necessary for the most selective schools and they usually require two subject tests (SAT 2’s). It is possible that with the Ivy’s your daughter may qualify for aid because they have a higher income level set for need based aid than small schools or state schools.
You mentioned pharmacy…Has she considered Rutgers pharmacy program?..I have heard very good things about their program.</p>
<p>Not sure if anybody mentioned this yet, but check to see if your state offers scholarships for those students who intend to major in education. Since she wants to teach a foreign language, I don’t know if her major would be in education or foreign languages, but its worth a look. Not sure if its still the same here, but had heard that you had to promise to teach in our home state after graduation for a specific amount of time. Whether or not that is true, I don’t know.</p>
<p>OP – ND students I know have ACTs of 34 and if they do not qualify for need-based, get no merit aid at all.
St. Mary’s on the other hand would probably be generous.</p>