<p>What do you think are the Top Colleges That Provide Merit Based Aid?
Ivies are expensive, especially for people who are a few thousand dollars
above their need based aid level.</p>
<p>So what other top notch or good schools are out there, ones who are
willing to give merit based aid to the brightest?</p>
<p>Lets make a list.
1. Caltech - Gives several Full rides based on Merit Each year</p>
<p>Keep adding to the list</p>
<p>Bump (10 Char)</p>
<p>AFAIK</p>
<p>Can range from very small % (like UChi/Duke to a considerable amount for WashU/Rice.)</p>
<p>Duke (NC Resident)
UChicago
WashU
Rice
Emory
Vanderbilt</p>
<p>So the list stands at:</p>
<p>Caltech
Duke (NC Resident)
UChicago
WashU
Rice
Emory
Vanderbilt</p>
<p>Any body know the largest possible award that is purely merit based for these
schools?
Also add some more Colleges to the list</p>
<p>For Chicago, the max you can get is $30k/year. (Compare this to the $50k/year tuition.) You get your tuition covered, but you still have to pay room and board. There are about 20-30 of these.</p>
<p>There are also about 100 $10k/year scholarships available each year.</p>
<p>Thanks Phuriku</p>
<p>So I will make a integrated list with max merit amounts and estimate of awards</p>
<p>Caltech - 14 awards, Full Rides
UChicago - 20 - 30 awards 30K per year, 100 awards 10K per year
Duke (NC Resident)
UChicago
WashU
Rice
Emory
Vanderbilt</p>
<p>This list will be useful for all those who aren't quite rich enough to pay for a top college.</p>
<p>Keep Adding people.</p>
<p>Duke has the Robertson Program, which is full tuition, room and board, and mandatory fees.</p>
<p>You don't have to be a NC resident to get a Duke scholarship, though it definitely makes it easier.</p>
<p>Claremont McKenna;
Washington University</p>
<p>Thanks guys
Updated List
Caltech - Around 14 awards, Full Rides
UChicago - 20 - 30 awards 30K per year, 100 awards 10K per year
Duke (NC Resident) and Robertson Scholars which is Full tution and some extra benefits
UChicago
WashU
Rice
Emory
Vanderbilt
Claremont Mckenna</p>
<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/63770-best-schools-give-most-merit-based-aid.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/63770-best-schools-give-most-merit-based-aid.html</a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/211927-institutional-merit-based-scholarships-full-tuition.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/211927-institutional-merit-based-scholarships-full-tuition.html</a></p>
<p>
[quote]
Ivies are expensive
[/quote]
</p>
<p>One thing to consider is that per-student spending at some of the eight colleges in the Ivy League is above list price for EVERY student, so you could argue that every single admitted student gets a "merit scholarship" just for showing up. </p>
<p>The</a> Education Trust - Closing the Achievement Gap</p>
<p>Also add all of the public Ivies if you're in-state (all of the UC's, UMich, William and Mary, UVA, UNC, UIUC, UT Austin, etc. etc.)</p>
<p>As for privates, Brandeis definitely does (I got a merit scholarship from there) and I think BC does too.</p>
<p>UChicago gives full tuition of almost $37k (20-30 per year) and $10k (around 100). Also they give $1k per year for National Merit or $2k if you also qualify for financial aid. These scholarships are awarded in March to admitted students. If the student doesn't attend Chicago, they are not offered to anybody else or rolled over for the following year.</p>
<p>washington and lee university in lexington virginia has the johnson scholarship---tuition>full ride.</p>
<p>tulane--offers very good merit scholarship--son got 25K there</p>
<p>brandeis offers good merit scholarships, son got 25K per yr </p>
<p>ultimately chose wash and lee for small top lac, very involved professors, beautiful campus, and of course the full ride.</p>
<p>Yea a friend of mine got a good UC Chicago Scholarship
Seems like a good choice
USC is another college with alot of merit aid</p>
<p>Add Scripps College (women only) to the list, it is in a consortium with Pomona, Harvey Mudd, Clermont McKenna.</p>
<p>
[quote]
**Beering Scholars Program
The Beering Scholars program offers Purdue's top applicants a full-ride scholarship that covers all expenses through both the undergraduate and graduate work at Purdue. [Medical School at IU] Each year, the top 80-100 high school seniors who have been admitted to Purdue by the first week in December may be invited to apply for Beering Scholarships. From those who respond, two to ten are selected as Beering Scholars.
[/quote]
**</p>
<p>and another:
[quote]
**Trustees Scholarship
Criteria - High School GPA of 3.8 on 4.0 scale plus an SAT of 2000 or higher or a score of 30 or higher on both the ACT composite and ACT writing. Purdue will calculate student GPA based on grades in core academic coursework as provided on the final junior year transcript. Purdue also will determine the qualifying coursework, which will include math, science, English, social studies, and foreign language.
Value - Non-Indiana residents: $10,000 per year ($40,000 total value); Indiana residents: $8,000 per year ($32,000 total value)
Deadline - Complete admission application must be on file in the Office of Admissions by November 15. No separate scholarship application necessary.
Renewability - Renewable for up to four years of continuous, full-time enrollment at Purdue University's West Lafayette campus. Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA to renew each year.
[/quote]
**</p>
<p>Why is this a featured discussion? There is already a sticky at the top of the financial aid forum on this. Also go to parent forum and check out the threads at the top. This thread is just pure redundancy.</p>
<p>To answer the direct question, different moderators feature different discussions. I encourage anyone who thinks an earlier discussion of this issue was helpful to link to the earlier discussions in this now featured thread, so that those earlier threads get the visibility they deserve.</p>