Competitive Full Tuition / Full Ride Scholarships
This is a compilation of large scholarship awards that are competitively awarded. The awards included in this section meet the following criteria: 1. At least Full Tuition/Full Ride in magnitude (or...
View ArticleHow much merit aid will duquesne give me?
I am a rising high school senior. I visited Duquesne and fell in love with it! However, I do not believe I qualify for much need based aid and Duquesne is rather pricey. I heard that Duquesne gives out...
View ArticleLooking for help interpreting financial aid data
I'm looking for some insights on how to interpret a comparison of financial aid outcomes for 2 similar schools - Amherst and Williams. (I choose these 2 because they are both top tier LAC's with...
View ArticlePaying for off-campus room and board from 529 plan
I have been told that my full-time student D's off-campus room and board can be paid from our 529 plan as long as the total amount does not exceed the cost of attendance provided from her school and...
View Article$35,000 and a whole bunch of questions
Okay so I have a lot of questions because I don't really have help at all. I feel like I can't ask my guidance counselors for help because they already have a lot to do and all I am is another face...
View ArticlePerkins loan vs Subsidized Stafford loan
From what I understand, Perkins loans currently have a slightly higher rate (5% vs 4.29%) and no loan origination fee. Trying to figure out which one is better. I guess if I pay the loan off after...
View ArticleCommunity Service and Leadership - Suggested ways to show?
I have an idea of how I can show leadership, but I doubt what I have in mind would impress most. And I'm already doing some community service, by teaching self-defense free of charge - but again, I'm...
View ArticleCan someone please take a look at my SAP appeal letter? What can I do different?
What Happened: During the first few months of the spring semester my family had to move out of the home that we had been living in for about 9 years due to not being able to pay for our mortgage. As a...
View ArticleFinding colleges with generous financial aid and scholarships for...
Junior Area of interest: Business, entrepreneurship, economics Scores: _ GPA: 3.5 (extremelly hard to get a 4.0 in my country) _ SAT : 1400/1600 _ IELTS: 7.0 Study in public school so no APs, IBs,......
View ArticleFinancial Aid for International Students
I am an international student from Asia, and I am aiming for the ivies in engineering (not hyp level) - most favorably cornell, upenn, and columbia. I've heard that those universities are not...
View ArticleDon't Trust College Off-Campus Living Cost Numbers
One of the key costs of attending a school is room and board. For campus housing residents, colleges can provide straightforward numbers. But estimating off-campus costs is a different story. A NYTimes...
View ArticleScholarships and internships and ACT practice
Does anyone know easy and good scholarships that pay a good amount for college? I also want to know good internships that I can apply for as a high school senior or junior. And finally, does anyone...
View ArticleUniv. of Lousiana Lafayette -- auto tuition, close to full ride
Although it doesn't appear on the Yola site, the University of Louisiana-Lafayette seems to offer an automatic scholarship based on ACT scores and grade point. I would put the school a small notch...
View ArticleWhere can I get academic scholarships to?
I live in Georgia and would like to stay in the south however i will definitly consider else where. UGA i a top choice because of the Zell Miller Scholarship but i would like to get away being that i...
View ArticleMoved: Can someone inform me about QUESTBRIDGE please??
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View ArticleState Grants and Scholarships
Hey guys! Im currently a high school senior and I'm trying to understand the concept of financial aid for college. I really tried to do research but everything seems so confusing. For state grants and...
View ArticleIs QuestBridge "legit"?
So I received a letter from Quest Bridge, about the full ride 4 year university scholarship, as I'm sure many have.They said they reached me through the ACT, or something. I was wondering if this...
View ArticleNROTC scholarship chances
I am in the process of applying for a NROTC scholarship and I am curious of my chances for receiving the scholarship, my accolades are as follows: 620 Math SAT 640 Critical Reading SAT 1260 Math+...
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