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Merit based scholarships

Amount: Varies $4,000-$10,000

Requirements: None

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Amount: Full tuition, Room and board Scholars also have access to generous funding for up to three summer experiences, funding for conferences throughout the academic year, and for two semesters of study abroad

Requirements: The Robertson Scholars Leadership Program supports intellectual freedom, promotes personal integrity, and pursues values that foster responsible leadership.

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Amount: Full tuition room and board

Requirements: It offers support for the intellectually adventurous and curious. Chief among their unusual attributes is a self-motivated sense of discovery and a commitment to engage and meet the challenges faced by society at large: in the arts as well as sciences, in applied policy as well as theoretical economics, and many other areas.

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Amount: Full tuition

Requirements: Specifically, the scholarship awards will be focused on outstanding students from lower-income households. ISS Scholars will be selected based on financial need, academic excellence, leadership potential, and passion for science.

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Amount: $15,000 per year Recipients will also receive up to $5,000 to support a qualifying summer internship/experience between the first and second years.

Requirements: None

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Amount: $15,000 per year Recipients will also receive up to $5,000 to support a qualifying summer internship/experience between the first and second years.

Requirements: None

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Amount: Full tuition

Requirements: awarded to up to five entering freshmen every year. This scholarship is awarded to students who demonstrate exceptional promise to become leaders intent on making a positive impact in the world.

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Amount: $13,200 average award.

Requirements: Award criteria include academic credentials, student essays, recommendations, leadership experience and potential, and academic interests. There is no application for this scholarship – eligibility will be determined during the normal financial aid review process. Renewal beyond the freshmen year requires a cumulative GPA of 3.0, which is reviewed on an annual basis.

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Amount: Approx 2/3 of tuition

Requirements: Hodson Trust and Hodson-Gilliam Success scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic and personal achievement and leadership, and provide approximately two-thirds of the annual tuition costs for around 20 exceptional first-year students.

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Washington University in St Louis

Amount: Full tuition

Requirements: See site

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USC Trustee scholarship

Amount: Full tuition

Requirements: academic excellence, leadership, and community service

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USC Presidential

Amount: Half tuition

Requirements: academic excellence, leadership, and community service

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USC Deans

Amount: quarter tuition

Requirements: academic excellence, leadership, and community service

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Vanderbilt Ingram

Amount: Full tuition

Requirements: Ingram Scholars are selected on the basis of commitment to civic-minded service, an entrepreneurial spirit, strength of personal character, and leadership potential.

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University of Pittsburg

Amount: 2K-25K per year

UC Berkeley Regents scholarship

Amount: 2000 per year

Requirements: Top 200 entering applicants who have been admitted to Berkeley, as determined by a holistic review by the Academic Senate Committee on Undergraduate Scholarships, Honors and Financial Aid.

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UCLA Regents scholarship

Amount: 2500 per year

Requirements: Regents Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of demonstrated. UCLA awards up to 75 Regents scholarships each year to entering freshmen and transfer students academic excellence, leadership and exceptional promise

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UC San Diego Regents scholarship

Amount: 2000 per year

Requirements: Based on academic excellence.

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UC San Diego Chancellor Scholarship

Amount: Chancellor's Scholars receive an honorarium of up to $5,000 per year in each of their 4 undergraduate years (up to $20,000 total), plus special privileges as outlined below.

Requirements: UC San Diego awards Chancellor's Scholarships to entering first-year students on the basis of outstanding academic achievement

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UC Davis Regents Scholarship

Amount: New Regents Scholars receive an honorarium award of $7,500, disbursed over three quarters.

Requirements: Demonstrated academic excellence (strength and breadth of your high school academic program, test scores, grades and other academic criteria.

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UC Santa Barbara Regents Scholarship

Amount: $6,000 per year

Requirements: Student’s strength and breadth of academic preparation

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UC Irvine Regents scholarship

Amount: Unspecified

Requirements: Student's strength and breadth of academic preparation.

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UC Merced Regents scholarship

Amount: $7,000 per year

Requirements: Student's academic performance, quality of essays submitted on the application for admission, the quality of the student's extra-curricular activities, letters of recommendation, personal achievement rankings, life's hardships, and additional distinctive personal achievements.

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UC Riverside Regents scholarship

Amount: $10000 per year

Requirements: Student’s strength and breadth of academic preparation

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Boston University Trustee scholarship

Amount: Full tuition

Requirements: Exceptional academic credentials, intellectually and creatively adventurous and demonstrate viewpoints, experiences or achievements beyond the usual.

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Boston University Presidential Scholarship

Amount: $25000 per year

Requirements: Most academically talented students, demonstrate excellence beyond the classroom and are leaders in their schools and communities.

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Boston University National Merit

Amount: $25000 per year

Requirements: Finalists in the National Merit Competition who designate BU as first choice college with the National Merit Scholarship Corporation before March 1 will be considered for this award..

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Georgia Tech Presidential scholarship

Amount: Full ride

Requirements: Demonstrated excellence in scholarship, leadership, progress, and service.

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