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What schools on the East Coast, mainly the northeast, offer full ride scholarships to out of state students who are national merit finalists. I know pleny in the midwest but none on the east coast. thanks

By Medusa2003 (Medusa2003) on Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 02:18 pm: Edit

Alfred University offers some full ride scholarships to NM finalists.

http://www.alfred.edu/finaid/scholarships_freshmen.html#aunms

By Nealp (Nealp) on Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 07:21 pm: Edit

more please, thanks

By Nealp (Nealp) on Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 07:25 pm: Edit

and, is alfred u a good school?

By Sunshine916 (Sunshine916) on Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 08:24 pm: Edit

which schools in the midwest do? im curious...i live in the midwest (ohio) and would like a few good super safety schools that i wont have to pay much for. thanks!

By Nealp (Nealp) on Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 11:20 pm: Edit

midwest: u houston, u tulsa, uksansas, many, many more. i'll post a list in a few days (as soon as i find it).

By Medusa2003 (Medusa2003) on Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 11:41 pm: Edit

Alfred has one of the top ceramics programs in the U.S. but don't know much about its other programs. Full ride to University of Kansas is only for Kansas residents starting this year. University of Oklahoma, University of Nebraska, Arizona State, University of Arizona, University of Florida and New College of Florida also give full rides or close to full rides for National Merit Finalists.

By Nealp (Nealp) on Monday, July 28, 2003 - 10:31 pm: Edit

although i love ceramics, its probably not going to be my profession. any east coast full rides other than alfred? thanks

By Sunshine916 (Sunshine916) on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 08:37 am: Edit

i was joking to one of my friends that i was going to major in ceramics =)

By Nealp (Nealp) on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 03:00 pm: Edit

please! east coast full ride national merit!

By Xitammarg (Xitammarg) on Friday, August 01, 2003 - 07:51 pm: Edit

As far as I'm aware, any state school in Florida offers a full ride. (More than full, actually; I made money from it.)

By Iceangeljt (Iceangeljt) on Saturday, December 20, 2003 - 05:50 pm: Edit

Xitammarg - what school do you go to, and are u a FL resident?

By Raky (Raky) on Sunday, December 21, 2003 - 06:35 pm: Edit

May be you already know Rutgers and TCNJ (possibly NJIT) are full ride for in-state for SAT 1500+ and being in top 5% in the class. TCNJ is full ride for out-of-state students also.

By Jnatkins (Jnatkins) on Sunday, December 21, 2003 - 08:59 pm: Edit

Rutgers isn't a completely full ride as far as I'm aware, but the difference is like 400 some dollars per year

By Garland (Garland) on Sunday, December 21, 2003 - 11:11 pm: Edit

I don't know aabout the 400,but according to the charts we were sent, what raky said was true.

By Kiwanis04 (Kiwanis04) on Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 07:37 pm: Edit

Does anyone know if Florida State gives anything to national merit finalists? I searched their website and saw nothing on the issue.

By Thedad (Thedad) on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 12:48 am: Edit

Sunshine, ceramics majors are often taken for crackpots.

All these schools offering great aid for NM...and my D has absolutely no interest in any of them.

By Shennie (Shennie) on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 11:20 am: Edit

Actually - Alfred has a well known ceramics engineering program. (They also have one in art but the one they are known for is in engineering since not a lot of schools offer industrial ceramics majors.) Overall, Alfred is best known for its engineering programs, and, while not well known, is a fine school.

By Jamimom (Jamimom) on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 05:59 pm: Edit

I have not had direct experience with NM finalists in the last few years but several years ago I knew of kids that got full rides (or maybe full tuitions) at Richmond and GW by indicating that they were their first choice schools. A lot has changed so I don't know if that situation still exists but it might be worthwhile to take a looksee. I knew these kids and their families quite well so I know that this opportunity existed but it has been about 4-5 years.