<p>Hello,
I have compiled a list of schools I believe that I will apply to and I wanted to know which of them are the most generous in merit scholarships. My stats are 3.902 Weighted GPA at one of the top private schools in Illinois and a projected ACT of 29. I want to major in biology. Don't be afraid to knock schools or add them onto the list; any help is appreciated.
University of Minnesota
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Alabama
University of South Carolina
Cal Poly
UConn
Butler University
Oregon State University
University of Washington-Seattle
Temple University</p>
<p>I see to many state schools, and from what I know, state schools don’t tend to feel the need to give any awards to out of state applicants, because the purpose of the state school is to give its state residents a place to attend college, and rewarding those state residents who have achieved merit.</p>
<p>You’d have better luck at receiving either merit or need-based scholarship if the school is private.</p>
<p>Private schools are fine as long as they have no religious affiliation. Go to a catholic school now, and I’m not doing that again.</p>
<p>USCC gives away alot normally</p>
<p>U of Wisconsin is very stingy with OOS merit awards. If I remember correctly the top award listed for OOS is $400. University of Minnesota is much more generous with scholarships and their OOS tuition is only $4000 more than instate tuition, so it is a much better value even before any scholarship. Look at each website for details on the scholarships available.</p>
<p>I have no experience with the other schools listed.</p>
<p>University of Washington is not so generous to out of staters. I believe tuition is $16000 more per year than for in staters.</p>
<p>If you are looking for merit aid, why the big list of state schools? Add some privates that are known to give merit aid. Many will give you $10,000 per year if you are at the top of their pool. You can get a good bio education at many LAC’s, even a superior education and many have a very high rate of acceptance into grad school and med school.</p>
<p>I don’t believe you would get anything from Cal Poly, it being a state school that gives priority in admissions and aid to state residents. Beautiful area, though.</p>
<p>Also, Catholic Colleges are run completely different than HS. In general Jesuit colleges are fantastic at wholistic education. I know a girl that was given full ride to USD, a stunningingly beautiful and well regarded school and she did not have your GPA, but she did have a very strong HS. I wouldn’t overlook these types of schools, but you might do better at an LAC known for Bio.</p>
<p>thanks for all the responses
bump</p>
<p>Maybe Beloit? U of I is cheap.</p>