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2024-25 Merit Scholarship Deadlines

By Brittany MaschalSep 12, 2024

College Kickstart compiles a sampling of schools with explicit deadlines, along with some stats to help you gauge the size and breadth of the institution’s merit offerings. In some cases, like Boston University and USC, there is a hard deadline. At other schools, like Indiana University and many other public institutions, it’s a “priority” deadline.

Important Note: There are many schools where an RD app must be received EARLY to be considered for merit. This is why it is so important to keep making progress on your application essays after your first set of deadlines in October or November. Read the application institutions for every school on your list to see if there is a merit deadline that is earlier than the application deadline.

Read more on the College Kickstart blog –> https://www.collegekickstart.com/blog/item/keeping-vigil-on-2024-25-merit-scholarship-deadlines?idU=1

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Don’t Miss Early Merit Scholarship Deadlines

By Brittany MaschalOct 08, 2020

To be eligible for merit scholarships, many schools require you to submit your application by a specific deadline. Many of these deadlines are earlier than RD deadlines.

Every year College Kickstart compiles a list of some of the most popular schools with early merit scholarship deadlines.

A few of the schools you’ll need to submit by 11/1 include:

Indiana
Michigan State
NC State
Purdue
TCU
UF
UMD
U Miami

A few of the schools you’ll need to submit by 11/15 include:

DePaul
Emory
OSU
Rutgers
South Carolina

A few of the schools you’ll need to submit by 12/1 include:

Auburn
Boston University
Claremont McKenna
Clemson
FSU
UConn
Richmond
USC
Wake Forest
Vanderbilt

Visit College Kickstart for their full list.

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Colleges With Generous Merit Aid

By Brittany MaschalOct 19, 2016

My favorite data site College Kickstart has compiled a list of competitive 4-year institutions that offer merit aid to 20% or more of undergraduates. Merit awards are typically not based on financial need but rather on academic performance and other qualities deemed desirable by the institution. As such, they can make college more affordable for academically gifted students—especially those that are unlikely to qualify for need-based financial aid.