scholarships

Colleges & Universities A-Z The College of New Jersey
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<p>i have a question regarding how scholarships are handed out at tcnj</p>

<p>i was just accepted RD and received 26k over the course of 4 years</p>

<p>however, rutgers offered me 21,600 per year</p>

<p>my question is why is there such a huge disparity between scholarships? i thought tcnj would give me a comparable amount to that of rutgers..</p>

<p>my numbers are</p>

<p>rank: 1/190
SAT: 2200
ACT: 34
SAT II's: 790/770/770</p>

<p>another thing is that a friend of mine also applied RD and got 40k over 4 years from tcnj...and he has lower stats than me</p>

<p>rank: 4/190
SAT: 1990
ACT: 31
SAT II's: 690/660/610</p>

<p>He is Hispanic if that has any effect..</p>

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<p>I spoke to the scholarship coordinator yesterday and she said the most they are giving out this year based only on merit is 6500/year. I think your friend’s scholarship may differ either because there are different scholarships for minorities or because he has financial need.</p>

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<p>they did not get financial need information yet, so it can’t be that, i think its because he’s hispanic</p>

<p>thanks for the info though</p>

<p>oh and another one of my friends who happens to be hispanic got the 10,000 per year scholarship, so it probably does have to do with race</p>

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<p>From tcnj web:</p>

<p>[Freshmen</a> Merit Scholarships :: The College of New Jersey](<a href=“TCNJ | The College of New Jersey”>TCNJ | The College of New Jersey)</p>

<p>students who fall into the above academic ranges are not guaranteed a merit award if their admissions application is lacking in other areas.</p>

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<p>well my friend and I have basically the same EC’s (except he works at a supermarket and i volunteered at a hospital)
He is definitely qualified to receive a scholarship and i am happy for him and hope he enjoys tcnj if he decides to go there…but if you look on the link you posted it says “other factors are considered including…” … i’m pretty sure race is one of those factors but they won’t just blatantly say it</p>

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<p>same here bicycle, i got 26K/4 yrs, quite disappointing considering they were trying to sell me on their pre-med over rutgers which gave me a lot more plus honors benefits</p>

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<p>Are the scholarships referred to in this thread for in-state students? My D is OOS, we just received letter stating that she will get $6500 per year also. Curious as to what other out of state applicants are getting.</p>

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<p>and he also got $26000 total for four years. I thought that was the max.</p>