<p>I think a student is lucky and rare to get offered a full ride anywhere in the financial climate we are currently in. If you are hoping for this , and want to be in an atmosphere similar to BC, that is even tougher.
Maybe you need to adapt and look at schools which wouldn't have been on your radar under normal circumstances.
I know of a couple of students that got great offers with similar stats in NJ.
Ramapo, TCNJ ..they are completing undergrad with the hopes of better name recognition schools for grad studies</p>
<p>lje62, sorry if I wasn't clear in my posts. I am open to all suggestions. I began to narrow things down after people suggested I set criteria for a college. And yes, I have looked into TCNJ, and I think it would fit my needs. However, I'm concerned about it's lack of name recognition for graduate school.</p>
<p>If you make NMF (which you should) you can get a full tuition scholarship at Denison. DD1 attends it and loves it.</p>
<p>hawkphoenix, you don't need to have a school with big-name recognition to get into graduate school. I went to a second-tier liberal arts college and got into top-10 programs in my field. And in any event, it's admissions officers and committees job to stay current with good undergraduate schools. In my program we have students from all over the country and without it -- what matters more than where you go is what you do while you're there.</p>
<p>Continue to consider the College of New Jersey (and if it's any consolation, one of my junior mentors from a year ago is a TNCJ graduate and she's in a top psychology Ph.D program now).</p>
<p>^^ Actually, you'd be eligible for a full-tuition scholarship at Denison. They only give out 20 per year, with the rest of the NMFs guaranteed a measly 1k/year.</p>
<p>Arizona and Oklahoma have good deals for NMFs as well. NJIT is also generous with numbers like yours. Friends' son is getting close to a full ride there. PItt has the Chancellor's scholarship that you have a shot of getting. There are a number of schools with guaranteed scholarships at certain threshhold SATs and GPAs. Check them out for possibilities.</p>
<p>Keilexandra, while it is true they have up to 20 reserved for NMFs, I don't believe they have all been given out in past years. Also, there are at least five other full tuition scholarships available, and a good number of half scholarships. Anyone who can make NMF will have a high probability of making one of the others.</p>
<p>^ Wow Erin's Dad, I didn't know that the NMF scholarship at Denison was so uncompetitive. Do you know what the yearly statistics are for number of NMFs enrolled at Denison?</p>
<p>I'll take a look at Denison.</p>
<p>I should have checked my numbers. Denison has 30 NMF Paschal Carter scholarships. For the 2011 class (the last data I could find and coincidentally DD1's class) they admitted 26 NMFs. They may become more competitive if other scholarships start to dry up.</p>