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I work in the student loan field. Academic scholarships offering 'full rides' largely do not exist, whether need based or otherwise. It's the dirty little secret of the industry.
Depends on the student. I would imagine if there is a star student who is winning all the academic competitions, not to mention the athletic students that exist, schools will offer the full scholarship just so they can keep that student in their school and hopefully use that student's achievements as some bragging rights.
Depends on the student. I would imagine if there is a star student who is winning all the academic competitions, not to mention the athletic students that exist, schools will offer the full scholarship just so they can keep that student in their school and hopefully use that student's achievements as some bragging rights.
The number one concern of university administrators is diversity. This is why they have chancellors and other very high positions earning $400K plus to serve as diversity bureaucrats to work problems that don't exist. This is also one big reason why college tuition have increased so much. And, this is why certain demographics are admitted to universities with one standard deviation lower SAT scores and other academic criteria.
My daughter got an offer that would cover all tuition with the exception of certain fees, but not room and board.
It was a small college in Massachusetts, and they were actively looking to expand beyond the New England area, where most of their students traditionally came from.
After she'd sent in her application, we were invited with other people who lived in New Jersey to the home of a married couple who were alumni for an open house to hear about the college and what it had to offer.
Shortly after, she received the chunky scholarship offer.
She turned it down. The school did not offer the classes she wanted for the course of study she planned to take (and would abandon her first year), plus it was in a semi-rural area, and my daughter is a city girl. It would have been nice financially, though.
Does "full ride" mean only tuition OR does it also include room and board?
Even fully covered tuition is very rare. But these days tuition is just one part of college expenses. Fees, room and board, and books are all very expensive now. To get all of them covered by scholarship is very rare indeed. Possible? Maybe...I'm sure someone out there will prove me wrong, but it is a very uncommon occurrence.
Depends on the student. I would imagine if there is a star student who is winning all the academic competitions, not to mention the athletic students that exist, schools will offer the full scholarship just so they can keep that student in their school and hopefully use that student's achievements as some bragging rights.
Unfortunately it doesn't work like that in my experience. Partial scholarships, yes. 'Full ride' type scholarships? No.
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