scholarships

Colleges and 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</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>