<p>Hey everyone, I am a current junior and am very interested in going to Washington University, St. Louis. However, since my family doesn't qualify for financial aid and we don't have enough money to send me there even if I got in (4 kids), I wanted to know about the scholarships they have there.</p>
<p>I know they have many in the College of Arts and Sciences, (Moog, for example), and then an additional 4 for the college in general. Also, I saw they have an engineering one as well.</p>
<p>In general, I wanted to know if anyone here has ever gotten one, what their profile was, and opinions about them in general. Also, would it be better to apply to an engineering one (I'm interested in biomedical) or the other ones? I consider myself fairly well-rounded, which may be a plus when applying to engineering since most kids tend to excel in math/science but are more average in other subjects. </p>
<p>If you don't get any replies here, there are people on the WUSTL forum who have gotten some of these scholarships. My D got to the interview stage last year but couldn't attend due to a conflict with another scholarship weekend. In general, these are very competitive scholarships, the kids that get them are also accepted to the most selective colleges.</p>
<p>The Danforth scholarship is not advertised on their website. You have to be nominated by a teacher, GC or principal. Ask your GC, if they don't know about it, just have them contact WUSTL for the nomination form. Good luck!</p>
<p>First, most of the students I know who have major merit scholarships are very well-rounded. They may be outstanding in one area and merely very strong in others, but I don't know any with weak academic areas.</p>
<p>Second, there are not many really large "pure merit" scholarships at Wash U. It may seem that way because they send out tons of glossies, but look at the number of scholarships and keep in mind that you are competing with thousands of applicants.</p>
<p>Third, since engineering is not one of their top-ranked departments, it might be less competitive to land one of the major awards.</p>
<p>Fourth, there are other merit awarding universities with a larger number of scholarships available. Check out some of the "sticky" threads at the top of the page.</p>