What To Know About Institutional Academic Merit-Based Grants
Institutional Academic Merit-Based Grants are “Free” money (usually) given by colleges (that goes back to themselves) based on the student’s ACADEMIC MERIT (GPA and SAT/ACT)
FACTS about Institutional Academic Merit-Based Grants
Lowers direct college cost. $$$$ do not REALLY change hands!!
Some Colleges’ “scholarships” (i.e. Western Public Colleges, SPU & GCU) are Easier to Get than from other Colleges’
Hardest to Get: Private Colleges – including HBCU and UCs
SOME times, guidelines for Academic Award are on the website; sometimes they are more subjectively based on the POOL of candidates in a given year.
Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) Scholarships – Free Money given by CERTAIN Western PUBLIC Universities and are a way for HIGH GPA/SAT students to get VERY VERY Affordable Colleges.
State Schools in the WEST which are MOST popular either do not do WUE Scholarships or they are very small = ASU, UW, Washington State, University of Oregon, Oregon State, UNLV.
In some cases, very high (cumulative) GPAs are required to keep institutional ACADEMIC MERIT AWARDS (3.25 to 3.50) – FACTOR THAT INTO YOUR COLLEGE SELECTION!!
For family incomes > $60,000, MOST Private Colleges are not “affordable” without Merit Scholarships.
REMEMBER: You get the school that you earn and want, not just the one you want.
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