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* Wake Forest University - [[Wake Forest Merit-Based Scholarships]] [http://www.wfu.edu/finaid/merit-based_intro.html website]
 
* Wake Forest University - [[Wake Forest Merit-Based Scholarships]] [http://www.wfu.edu/finaid/merit-based_intro.html website]
 
* Rice University - [[Rice Merit Scholarships]] [http://financialaid.rice.edu/main.aspx?id=62 website]
 
* Rice University - [[Rice Merit Scholarships]] [http://financialaid.rice.edu/main.aspx?id=62 website]
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* Washington University in St. Louis - The school offers a variety of full tuition merit-based scholarship. For a full list, please visit: [http://admissions.wustl.edu/scholarships/programs/Pages/default.aspx website]
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* Swarthmore College - [[McCabe Scholars]] - for students from the Delmarva Peninsula and from Southeastern Pennsylvania (Chester, Montgomery, and Delaware counties) [http://www.swarthmore.edu/x14034.xml website]
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* University of Chicago [[University Scholarship]] - Offers a few full tuition scholarships as well as partial scholarships. [https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/costs/merit.shtml website]
  
 
== Public schools ==
 
== Public schools ==
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* University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - [[Robertson Scholars Program]]. [http://www.robertsonscholars.org/ website]
 
* University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - [[Robertson Scholars Program]]. [http://www.robertsonscholars.org/ website]
 
* University of Virginia - [[The Jefferson Scholarship]]. [http://www.jeffersonscholars.org/undergraduate_program/the-jefferson-scholarship/ website]
 
* University of Virginia - [[The Jefferson Scholarship]]. [http://www.jeffersonscholars.org/undergraduate_program/the-jefferson-scholarship/ website]
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* William & Mary - [[Murray Scholars]] [http://www.wm.edu/as/murrayscholars/index.php website]
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* University of Southern California - [[Trustee Scholarship]] [http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/arp//scholars.htm website]
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* University of California, Los Angeles - [[Regents Scholarship Program]] [http://www.fao.ucla.edu/uclascholarships/regents.html website]
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== For participating schools ==
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* [[Posse Foundation Scholarship]] for students living in select cities who show leadership and academic potential and are nominated by their high schools. Participating universities include Boston University, Pepperdine University, Pomona College, UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, and many other schools as listed [http://www.possefoundation.org/our-university-partners/participating-schools/ here]. [http://www.possefoundation.org/ website]
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* 1890 Historically Black Land Grant Universities - [[USDA/1890 National Scholars Program]] for entering freshmen to study agriculture, food, natural resource sciences, or other related disciplines at participating institutions. [http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/about/civilrights/NRCS1890NationalScholarsProgram.html website]
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* Historically Black Colleges and Universities - [[Tom Joyner Foundation Full Ride Scholarship]] for high school seniors to attend HBCUs. [http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=promo/14223 website]
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Academic scholarships]]
 
* [[Academic scholarships]]
 
* [[National scholarships]]
 
* [[National scholarships]]

Latest revision as of 16:13, 19 July 2011

This list of scholarships is for prestigious scholarship programs at specific schools that are full-tuition and merit-based. Please note that they are extremely competitive, so do not count on these programs as your only source of financial aid - be sure to fill out financial aid applications and apply to many other scholarships.

Private schools

Public schools

For participating schools

  • Posse Foundation Scholarship for students living in select cities who show leadership and academic potential and are nominated by their high schools. Participating universities include Boston University, Pepperdine University, Pomona College, UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, and many other schools as listed here. website
  • 1890 Historically Black Land Grant Universities - USDA/1890 National Scholars Program for entering freshmen to study agriculture, food, natural resource sciences, or other related disciplines at participating institutions. website
  • Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Tom Joyner Foundation Full Ride Scholarship for high school seniors to attend HBCUs. website

See also