<p>I was wondering if anyone knew what kinds of scholarships are available at University of Wisconsin - Madison. I have been looking at their website and it looks like there aren't very many available for out of state students. I have a 3.8ish GPA and I got a 32 on the ACT. I have pretty good extracuriculars and I hold some leadership positions. Also, I plan on going into pharmacy.</p>
<p>Anything you know about scholarships that are available here would be great. Thanks!</p>
<p>The ones I know of for OOS students are:</p>
<p>Chancellor’s, Powers-Knapp, Vilas, Knapp & Bernhard, L&S General Scholarship, NMS, and possibly others through the College of L&S. They vary widely in the amount, some are directed towards diversity, some include need as a factor, some require a separate scholarship application and I think all are very competitive.</p>
<p>How much merit do you need? </p>
<p>i think their merit is largely test scores related. You should test again. A 32 is good, but probably not high enough for much/any merit at UWisc.</p>
<p>If you need merit to afford college, then don’t just apply to schools where merit is competitive and iffy. Also apply to some schools where you’d get ASSUREd merit for stats.</p>
<p>OP, you might get some money if you are a urm, otherwise I don’t believe Madison is very generous on the merit side. For in-state high achieving students, besides the WI Academic scholarship ($2,250 each year for WI valedictorians) I haven’t seen many scholarships offered. The only other scholarships I’ve heard these high-achieving students get are the Vilas scholarship ($400) and a engineering scholarship ($2,000). Even the NMF scholarship is not guaranteed to all NMF’s. I don’t think raising your ACT score is going to help moneywise, although it would help you get admitted.</p>
<p>You should contact Wisconsin’s financial aid office to find out the details. But if the OOS scholarships aren’t listed on the site, I’d imagine they are nothing special. Most universities that have good scholarship options for nonresidents based on a combination of test scores and GPA spell out the details on their websites. If the Midwest is where you’re looking, here are some public schools (off the top of my head) that have OOS scholarships (may or may not be automatic): Missouri, Indiana, Ohio State, Miami of Ohio, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Truman State University (Missouri honors university). The University of Kentucky (not exactly Midwest) has OOS scholarships. They also have a great pharmacy program (US News 5th best); not that UG attendance would have anything to do with admission but you might be able to meet people, network, etc.</p>