@mom2and
Some schools strictly offer 10, and if a few decline, then more are offered. Some will offer 10, and if 2 decline, that money is not re-offered.
Some schools use models and they know if they offer 13, then 10 will likely accept. They have funding to absorb any mistakes in calculations.
My son was offered (an accepted) a full tuition scholarship to a top 50 school. My understanding is they offered the scholarship to about 300 students and 125 or so accepted. I was a bit surprised at the yield but I guess these kids have lots of options.
Albright in Reading, PA just offered my D $26K per year. $25K is a Founder’s Scholarship, the additional $1K per year is for her being in NHS.
Michigan State offered an invitation to the Honors College, a grant equalizing tuition to the in-state rate, and a Professorial Assistant job worth $2500/yr. There is also a $2500-$5000 grant for overseas learning.My son was also invited to their two-day marketing/scholarship competition weekend in February where they offer 15 full scholarships and a number of smaller awards. For NMFs, they also offer a scholarship that covers room and board. With all of the scholarships stacked, it approaches the packages offered by Alabama and others who heavily pursue NMFs.
^ For MSU, the NMF rm/bd award is for OOS only, and also includes a $4000 annual stipend. You cannot take the room part of award off campus so need to live in on campus apts after freshman year to continue receiving it. Also there is a separate $750-$2,000/yr official NMF award added to this.
<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/magazine/30neurosis-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0”>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/magazine/30neurosis-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0</a>
This article tells you what it takes to get good merit money when you are a top student. The young woman featured did get numerous awards and then went on to Harvard and other academic ventures all on scholarships. But she worked for them, not just in the classroom, but in researching and pursuing them.
Hi, where’s that big ol’ list of schools that give merit money? Not finding it in this thread…
Many listed back on page 1 and beyond.
@charlucas, post #1406: You will find several on this link: <a href=“Links to Popular Threads on Scholarships and Lower-Cost Colleges - Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums”>Links to Popular Threads on Scholarships and Lower-Cost Colleges - Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums;
St. Lawrence, Dickinson & Gettysburg are very generous and all three great schools.
Dickinson is very expensive to start with, and only gives merit to the top 15% of so of their applicants. Fair warning.
@midwestblues, post #1401 I am new to the board and just starting to explore options for my son who is a junior. Are you able to share the top 50 school that offers 300 merit scholarships each year? I am aware of generous merit that my son qualifies for at tier 2 schools but would be interested to learn more about some in the top 50.
There are a lot of top 50 schools that offer merit, and more than 300 (unless you mean full tuition merit, there are somewhat fewer of those).
Tulane offers a lot of merit up to $32K per year, around 125 full tuition or more.
Emory offers around 250 full tuition, including the 200 at Oxford.
Also Northeastern and Wake Forest, though not sure how many WF offers.
Thank you @OHMOMof2 and suzy100 I will definitely look into those.
If you are a student Northeastern really wants, they will make it affordable: top 10-20% of applicant pool.
The school that had 300 students offered the full tuition was probably Northeastern.They used to offer full tuition to all NMFs, and also Achievement and Hispanic Scholars. But last year they reduced that award to $30,000/yr, so not sure if they are still getting that many apps from NMFs. They still have a full tuition scholarship that is holistic, have 75 of these- University Scholars. Both of the above scholarships have an annual 100 hour service condition.All this is described here:
<a href=“Undergraduate - Applying for Aid | Student Financial Services”>Undergraduate - Applying for Aid | Student Financial Services;
@collegemom2son: Although not necessarily a “Top 50” school, the University of Oklahoma also offers NMF full tuition scholarships as indicated in these links:
<a href=“http://www.ou.edu/content/dam/recruitment/documents/ScholDescription_14.15_Res.pdf”>http://www.ou.edu/content/dam/recruitment/documents/ScholDescription_14.15_Res.pdf</a>
<a href=“http://www.ou.edu/content/dam/recruitment/Downloads/NMpackage_2015_Res_editable.pdf”>http://www.ou.edu/content/dam/recruitment/Downloads/NMpackage_2015_Res_editable.pdf</a>
<a href=“http://www.ou.edu/content/dam/recruitment/documents/ScholDescription_14.15_NonRes.pdf”>http://www.ou.edu/content/dam/recruitment/documents/ScholDescription_14.15_NonRes.pdf</a>
<a href=“http://www.ou.edu/content/dam/recruitment/Downloads/NMpackage_2015_NonRes_editable.pdf”>http://www.ou.edu/content/dam/recruitment/Downloads/NMpackage_2015_NonRes_editable.pdf</a>
@TomSrOfBoston and @celesteroberts Thank you, I will definitely have him look into Northeastern as his stats do fit into the top 10-20% of the applicant pool. This is exactly what we are looking for.
@gandalf78 Thanks for the info, but he already has a good number of safety schools that we have visited that he is happy with in the #60 to #80 range where he would be able to obtain very good merit packages.
He has a couple of reach schools as well but I know merit scholarships are more limited at these. He is looking for more schools in the #30 to #60 range that may offer more merit aid to add to his list to explore.
More on merit aid at Northeastern. My son was accepted yesterday into their University Honors program and given a Dean’s Scholarship of 18K/year. Stats: SAT 2270 (CR 780, Math 770, Writing 720) SATIIs Biology (M) 710, Math I 740, Math II 800. Unweighted GPA 4.0, weighted 4.39. HS doesn’t offer AP, but most classes can be taken for honors.