Scholarships?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>What type of scholarships are available and how many students actually get enough to cover full tuition? Here's some info on my son that might help point us to appropriate scholarships:</p>

<p>Rising Senior
1/2 Puerto Rican
Californian
1 parent graduated from state univ, one never went
Middle income (78K a year with a little home equity but no savings)</p>

<p>SAT I: 2320 (800M 790CR 730W)
SAT II: 800 physics 760 math II (took in 8th grade; will take again next week) 730 Lit
AP: Calc B/C 5, Physics C-M 5, Physics B 5, Physics C-E&M 4, Statistics 5; will take 2-3 more APs in senior year (Lit, USH, Chem)
GPA: 4.0/4.8 Will have about 70 community college units (math, physics, Arabic, history) and 1 1/2 years of upper division physics at the local univ.
Will do physics research this summer with prof at univ. (maybe enter science competition)</p>

<p>Some national honors (twice physics olympiad semi-finalist, AIME, ARML, nationally ranked for age in chess)</p>

<p>ECs: varsity baseball (not playing well, though!), lots of music (mostly professional violin playing and teaching but only one competition win, community service, youth worship leader on guitar at church, lots of violin at church, violinist in 2 bands), chess, math and physics competitions</p>

<p>Intended major: math, physics, maybe stats, maybe minor in music</p>

<p>What kind of scholarships might he be applying for at WUSTL? Do students apply separately or are they automatically applying for scholarships when they apply to the univ.?</p>

<p>Thank-you.</p>

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<p>At WashU, you are not automatically considered for merit scholarships; you must apply for each scholarship you wish to be considered for. </p>

<p>[Academic</a> Scholarship & Fellowship Programs](<a href=“http://admissions.wustl.edu/scholarships/Pages/default.aspx]Academic”>http://admissions.wustl.edu/scholarships/Pages/default.aspx)</p>

<p>After you pick the ones that are appropriate for you and match your interests, you can apply for as many as you want (with a few exceptions). Each one will have a fairly extensive application, however, so most people probably only do one or two.</p>

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<p>Thank-you very much!</p>

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<p>Number of people that get full merit scholarships? About 25
Then about another 25-50 with half merit scholarships.</p>

<p>Number is much higher for other programs, such as Law School</p>

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<p>You will probably qualify for a very good amount of financial aid as well.</p>