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**PizzaMiLiTiA** · December 13th, 03:42 PM

I'm having a tough time deciding where to go to college. They're all giving me the hook-up for academic excellence scholarships. The competitive scholarships haven't even been decided yet, and that's when I will probably finally decide.

Based solely on academic excellence / presidential scholarships:

Ole Miss wants to give me $5500 per year to attend.

Mississippi State wants to give me $20,000 over the course of 4 years, plus room and board expenses up to $5,000 a year. They are also considering me for their $50,000 scholarship, which only 20 people will receive.

Mississippi Gulf Coast CC will cover full tuition, room and board, meal plan, and transportation. If I join the band then they will end up paying me about $2k a year.

Southern Miss and Millsaps haven't given me a response yet, but I expect Southern to cover full tuition and board. Millsaps, being a private university, probably won't give me much.

Anyone else getting offered some righteous scholarships yet?

**burningcow422** · December 13th, 03:51 PM

nope.

got in the first college i heard from though. waiting on the others.

**buddhaHybrid** · December 13th, 04:06 PM

haven't even sent in my apps?

**theunforgiven** · December 13th, 06:17 PM

i just got in to Penn State. still waiting on Cornell, Duke, Rice, and U. of Illinois.

Penn State will give me $4,000 per year off. not bad, considering i also get in-state tuition.

**Jinjiro** · December 13th, 06:45 PM

RIT gives me $10,000 a year for the Presidential Scholarship (or something like that) plus I get another $2,000 off a year for being an Honors student.

That, coupled with the fact I live at home, means I'm only paying ~$9,000-$10,000 a year for a school that normally costs around $30,000. Since I'm graduating in 3 years instead of 4, by the time I'm done I will have under $30,000 in loans, which is less than some people take out for one year at RIT.

-Jin

**mynameisgeorgel** · December 13th, 11:21 PM

one of my best friends goes to millsaps and he loves it. he's on the football team

***Dooms*** · December 13th, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by theunforgiven

i just got in to Penn State.

PSU main? You could come see me.

I never got offered any scholarships or financial aid. They looked at our finacial info and basically told us to go #$%* ourselves.

**mynameisgeorgel** · December 14th, 12:28 AM

^^^^ mine too. They saw that my mom was a doctor and basically said, yea right

**1337** · December 14th, 12:33 AM

Congratulations man. Those are some pretty nice scholarships you've got offered there. I'd definitely take the full ride or $20k one if I were you.

I'll probably be getting a ton of grants because of my family's financial situation.

**sumsimpleracer** · December 14th, 01:18 AM

lincoln scholarship for Carthage is a full ride
Diedrich scholarship for Marquette is a full ride
those are the ones i'm striving for the most

**big_balla** · December 14th, 01:37 AM

I got ****ed even for student loans because of my parents financial status.. They're not rich or poor.. just middle class. Did you know that the federal government expects parents to hand 6 grand a semester to their kids for college? That's ****ing ridiculous if you ask me.

**rustyness** · December 14th, 04:18 PM

yay academic scholarships. i get 10000 a year as long as i maintain a 3.. w00t.

**burningcow422** · December 14th, 05:06 PM

yay got into another school. 2 for 2 so far. can't wait to hear from the others. no scholorships or anything though.

**Zues** · December 14th, 05:10 PM

You guys are making me feel horrible

I'm way behind with college stuff, I'm going to apply to Embry-Riddle, Bridgewater state, USM, and JMU.
I've just got to do those damn Essays over the weekend..
(Hopefully I will be able to major in Aviation Science)

**burningcow422** · December 14th, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Zues

You guys are making me feel horrible

I'm way behind with college stuff, I'm going to apply to Embry-Riddle, Bridgewater state, USM, and JMU.
I've just got to do those damn Essays over the weekend..
(Hopefully I will be able to major in Aviation Science)

i applied to riddle also. you plan on flying?

**buddhaHybrid** · December 14th, 09:00 PM

How do you guys know all this already? Early action/decision results are just being sent out by most colleges.. is that what you did?

**burningcow422** · December 14th, 09:03 PM

rolling admissions

**Zues** · December 14th, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by burningcow422

i applied to riddle also. you plan on flying?

Definitely, I think it would be a really cool career. I've wanted to fly my whole life.

I just really hope my grades are good enough so that I can get in, unfortunately I slacked off my first 2 years of Highschool and have just started to get my **** together

**burningcow422** · December 14th, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Zues

Definitely, I think it would be a really cool career. I've wanted to fly my whole life.

I just really hope my grades are good enough so that I can get in, unfortunately I slacked off my first 2 years of Highschool and have just started to get my **** together

instead of hijacking this thread i'll tosss you a PM

**Twistedpain** · December 14th, 10:59 PM

I got into Frederick Community College, yay for my sister going to a school that costs 23000 a year so that she can be a teacher.... And me being forced to do computer networking is pretty sweet, no body ***** about college cause i got royally f'ed, especially cause I have a 3.6GPA.