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I noticed on LSN that some schools (ie - Villanova, Richmond) are absolutely shit in terms of offering scholarships to applicants with high numbers (above 75/75). Does anyone have any comments on schools that are more generous and some that are not?

iWayneState wrote:I noticed on LSN that some schools (ie - Villanova, Richmond) are absolutely shit in terms of offering scholarships to applicants with high numbers (above 75/75). Does anyone have any comments on schools that are more generous and some that are not?

Very insightful.

marquette and santa clara are pretty bad.

Oregon doesn't offer much in the way of scholarships. Tuition is pretty cheap though.

Or you have the opposite of this: scholarships with Draconian GPA stipulations. I just received an email from Akron (I'm from Ohio) saying that I would be very competitive for a scholarship of 85% of resident tuition and pay like 3k a year. I looked around and the stipulation is a 3.3 which requires you to rank in like the top 15% or something; something you can't assume because those kids are going to work like crazy. I think these types of schools even worse for bringing people in with enticing money and knowing that a high number will lose them. I would rather pay 11k a year or something at a state school (none in Ohio) than sweat in my sleep over keeping a strict scholarship.

mpj_3050 wrote:Or you have the opposite of this: scholarships with Draconian GPA stipulations. I just received an email from Akron (I'm from Ohio) saying that I would be a scholarship for 85% of resident tuition and pay like 3k a year. I looked around and the stipulation is a 3.3 which requires you to rank in like the top 15% or something. I think these types of schools even worse for bringing people in with enticing money and knowing that a high number will lose them. I would rather pay 11k a year or something at a state school (none in Ohio) than sweat in my sleep over keeping a strict scholarship.

Yeah, Akron is kind of developing a reputation for this, I think. In their defense, they're at least very up-front about what a 3.3 translates into. Where a lot of people get hurt is the less informed folks who don't realize how difficult it is staying in the top 15% of the class. They think, hey - i was in the top 10% of my graduating class when I majored in History, so this should be doable. So at least Akron is pretty transparent; they just end up screwing over the people who don't have the initiative to see how difficult maintaining a high ranking will be.