Scholarships?

Paying for College
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<p>atomic,</p>

<p>Zagat provides good advice, place your stats within the top 15%-25% of the applicant pool at schools that provide merit aid and you have a good shot. The best way I have found to detremine the amount of merit aid a sshool awards is to use the USNews online edition. Go to a particular school and look at the link for "Tuition and Financial Aid". This has an entry for merit based aid.</p>

<p>For example, here is the information for Boston University:</p>

<p>Non-need-based aid
Avg. merit award
(% awarded aid) $11,902 (16%)</p>

<p>This means that 16% of the freshman get merit based aid with an average award of $11,902. Good luck with your search.</p>

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<p>New York provides such awards to outstanding students. The flagship state universities in many states offer these awards--i.e. alabama, texas, etc. Sorry that Illinois can't at this time but many states can and do. The awards are usually associated with those schools which also offer honors programs.</p>

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<p>My son got approx $50,000 in merit aid from a state school. It's ranked in the US News Top-50 public universities (#46). And you can use your stats to calculate your own merit scholarship,</p>

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<p>When it comes to merits, sometimes you have to apply or sometimes they will choose you out of all the applicants.</p>

<p>When it comes to a full ride on athletics, I think you need to approach the school and try to get recruited or something.</p>