Where can I get full scholarship? [Transfer]

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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I don't mean to boast, but my college GPA is about 3.89 at a CCC. I started a CS internship about 3 weeks ago and plan to continue until August 2010.</p>

<p>I am applying to transfer as a CS major to MIT, Stanford, and Caltech (already did UCs).</p>

<p>Does anyone know another college (preferably in top 50) where I can get a full scholarship (tuition + room and board) and also have a pretty good chance of getting in?
My dad is unemployed but wants to start a business soon and my mom doesn't have a large salary.
Merit-based scholarship is preferable.</p>

<p>I am looking more at a good price than rank though, so let me know your thoughts!</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>I’m sorry to be pessimistic, but there are darn few – if any – full-ride scholarships available for transfer students. The full-rides are almost always reserved for incoming freshmen. It sounds like you might qualify for significant need-based aid though.</p>

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<p>Thanks worried_mom for the information :(</p>

<p>I also found at that Caltech and Carnegie Mellon offer NO financial aid to transfer students!</p>

<p>Anybody know of any charitable schools?</p>

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<p>Wait, I just checked and Carnegie Mellon apparently offers aid to transfers. However, I know for sure that Caltech does not.</p>

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<p>Momfromtexas described her strategies for finding full scholarships in these two threads. If you read through them carefully, you may find something that works for you.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/291483-update-what-i-learned-about-free-ride-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/291483-update-what-i-learned-about-free-ride-scholarships.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/148852-what-ive-learned-about-full-ride-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/148852-what-ive-learned-about-full-ride-scholarships.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You also need to haunt the transfer office at your CCC, and your advisor’s office. They have had other students like you in the past and should be able to come up with some ideas. If they don’t have any ideas themselves, they should have professional colleagues who do.</p>

<p>Wishing you all the best.</p>

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<p>Your best bets are going to be schools that give full-need (with no or small loans) to transfer students.</p>

<p>Schools give big scholarships to incoming freshmen because it helps the schools’ ranking (which is affected by the qualify of incoming freshmen).</p>

<p>I can’t think of any big scholarships for transfer students - and certainly not ones that cover tuition, room and board. Frankly, there are too many transfer students with high GPAs for schools to need to offer such. Plus, as mentioned above, the school doesn’t help its rankings by giving scholarships to transfers.</p>

<p>If you’re applying to UCs as a Calif resident, and your family income is low, you should get most/all of your tuition covered. But I don’t know how the UC’s cover room and board.</p>

<p>What about the Claremont schools?</p>

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<p>Thank you all for the information!</p>

<p>I will look at the links happymomof1 posted.</p>

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<p>Good luck…but I think those are for incoming freshmen.</p>