Prospects for Merit / Significant Scholarship atChapman?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Chapman University
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I have posted a similar question relative to a few different schools.

I would like some opinions on my son’s situation. My son is a current HS Junior. 36 comp ACT, 1530 SAT (I have mis typed that as 1540 in other threads here on CC), No subject tests yet, 3.9 UW GPA, 4.25 W GPA. High scores, but relatively average ECs and grades. Too early for NMSF, but he is likely to be a SF, possible F based on estimated PSAT SI.

I am trying to determine if Chapman or similar smaller CA (Santa Clara by example) schools might be a good match, with the understanding that to make this work, significant merit awards would be needed. In other words: our EFC is much higher than we can practically afford, so we are looking for desirable match schools that have a history of very very genrous merit awards.

Although bright, my son is open to all sorts of subjects to study … doesn’t haver a strong path … so using multiple methods (campus, weather, location, etc) to narrow choices is becoming a requirement. (example, maybe business, maybe pre Law, maybe certain STEM fields, even maybe film studies are in his future!)

I understand nothing can be predicted perfectly, but would be interested in thoughts. Thanks,

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The highest scholarship is 29k a year (Presidential Scholarship) and I’m pretty sure he would get it! However, since some students with your son’s stats use Chapman as a safety some interest should be demonstrated for them to give you the biggest scholarship.
He is, however, totally capable to get it.

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Thanks @bcnbound

I assume at Chapman the Presidential Scholarship would simply reduce the standard tuition and fees from ~65 to ~35 then. This is still out of reach of what we will pay. Thanks for the input.

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@DavidPuddy You aren’t going to find a school that will get your net cost down below your EFC. Our DD had similar stats to your son and Chapman got our net costs down to $17K. Our EFC is $11,500 with 2 in college.

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^Not true for kids with very high stats at many colleges. There are merit based scholarships available at several colleges that pay all or most of the cost for such kids.

OP, to your question. Look at the chapman scholarship page, if they have one. If not, contact an admissions counselor and ask about available merit scholarships.