<p>My D was offered $8K/year by Lewis and Clark; very high SAT; applied EA. It was her safety; she didn't go.</p>
<p>Indiana University in Bloomington hands out merit base scholarship without an application. They just show up in the mail; how cool is that?</p>
<p>office of student financial aid gives out the Trojan Scholarships. These are small, $4,000 a year, scholarships that require an annual 3.0. They do not seem to be based on need since we didn't qualify for an need-based aid. I have no idea on what basis they are awarded since my son had fine but not outstanding qualifications, and was not awarded the quarter scholarship (Dean's) he applied for. There are no applications, and apparently no way to ask to be considered. It was a nice surprise. Afterall, $16,000 is $16,000.</p>
<p>No FAFSA, no application, not need based:</p>
<p>USC (large)
Vanderbilt (large, plus small National Merit award)
Northwestern (small national merit)
St. Louis Univ. (large)
George Washington (large)
Washington University (small national merit)</p>
<p>large awards were approximately half tuition</p>
<p>In some cases, check off on app or applying by certain date is required</p>
<p>My S was offered merit scholarships by RPI ($10k), Syracuse, and Drexel. No finaid apps had been files.</p>
<p>S offered 15,000/yr by the LSA college of U Michigan. Big surprise, because the Michigan website says all awards are partially need-based (didn't know LSA had separate ones.)</p>
<p>DePauw has a merit scholarship calculator on its web site. All the NJ state colleges have automatic merit awards based on SAT and class rank. At RU a 1500/top 5% gets you a free ride. I believe its 1450/5% at TCNJ and a bit less at the others. Two students in my sons class took that offer and are attending RU.</p>
<p>I know that all applicants at Elizabethtown, Dickinson, Goucher, Rider, University of Rhode Island, NJIT, Carnegie Mellon and Rutgers are considered for merit aid with no separate application. Among my 3 kids, all were offered some sort of scholarship ranging from $8000 per year to full ride at these schools. The amount offered depended on SAT scores and GPA.</p>
<p>Mount Holyoke $60,000 Leadership Award (15,000 yr/4 yrs)</p>
<p>Case Western, Rice</p>
<p>alwaysamom,
I like that idea. We saw that also on a number of solicitations to my D, & on various college websites. I think a separate app is silly unless the category is very specialized or requires unusual info. Congrats to those colleges for reducing the paperwork. Separate apps should be for those outside private agencies & groups.</p>
<p>Soozievt, congrats to your daughter on those offers, & the recognition of her talent.</p>
<p>The College of New Jersey has a matrix on its website for Class Rank and SAT combinations which result in various scholarships up to total. Many liberal arts colleges that my D and also my nephew who is a HS senior this year looked into also give merit aid w/o additional application including Kenyon, Denison, Allegheny, Dickinson, Gettysburg. I'm sure there are more. In the case of Kenyon, an additional application is required for the largest scholarships (Honor, Science, and for minority groups - which are for half tuition) but not for the Distinguished Academic Scholarships which are less ($2000-10,000 per year). I don't know all of the details at the other schools.</p>
<p>Motherof Two, I can't find the matrix on the College of New jersey website. Can you provide a link?</p>
<p>So, do merit scholarships, that are offered unsolicited, still require the Fafsa, or does that vary from one school to the next. There seem to be differing opinions here. I have checked websites of many schools, and most say all students are automatically considered for merit scholarships, no separate application reqd. But it says nothing about Fafsa.</p>
<p>Try this link for the TCNJ scholarships:
<a href="http://www.tcnj.edu/%7Eadmiss/apply/scholarships.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.tcnj.edu/%7Eadmiss/apply/scholarships.html</a></p>
<p>chocoholic, you are getting different opinions because some schools require fafsa, some don't. It's not uniform.
Thanks for the link.</p>
<p>My son was offered a full ride (over $100,000.) at Lewis and Clark College and he just filled out the general application. If you apply on-line there is also no application fee. I believe they offer 9 full ride scholarships per year as well as other less substansial scholarships. Many smaller private colleges offer merit based $$$.</p>
<p>My D was offered merit aid from U. of Oregon. Tulane, Univ. of Denver and George Washington also offer aid without an addition app.<br>
Of the schools my D applied that offer merit aid none required fafsa for merit aid.</p>
<p>Juniata's merit scholarship is listed with the acceptance. Washington College in Maryland offers $10,000 a year for NHS members. Here's a quote from their website, "WASHINGTON COLLEGE ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS FOR NHS & CLS MEMBERS</p>
<p>All National Honor Society and Cum Laude Society members who are admitted to Washington College are awarded a $40,000 four-year scholarship ($10,000 annually for four years). Some NHS and CLS members qualify for additional awards that increase their total academic scholarship from $10,000 per year to $11,500 - $15,000 per year. </p>
<p>To qualify, students must be NHS or CLS members prior to March 1st their senior year."</p>
<p>I know I've seen quite a few colleges that have a straightforward chart for merit aid discounts that say if you get this SAT score or this gpa or this combo of both you get this discount. It's kind of a backwards way to look for a college, that is, looking at the money part first, instead of finding what college has the major, location, etc and then seeing the pricetag. It's not like one would apply before looking at all that info.</p>
<p>mom60, how much are the scholarships at U of Oregon? I am under the impression that you can get $5,000 a year scholarships at the school.</p>