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2. National Merit Scholarship Program - Wikipedia

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   The NMSC uses the PSAT/NMSQT as the initial screen of over 1.5 million program entrants. In the spring of the junior year, NMSC determines a national Selection Index qualifying score (critical reading + math + writing skills scores all multiplied by two) for "Commended" recognition, which is calculated each year to yield students at about the 96th percentile (top 50,000 highest scorers).

3. 13 Colleges That Give Merit Aid to the Most Students

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   News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or ...

4. Where to Find Merit-Based College Scholarships

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   Good examples of private merit scholarships include the various scholarships given out by the Air Traffic Control Association. Last year, the group awarded 11 scholarships totaling $71,000 for ...

5. 10 Public Schools Where Most Out-of-State Students Get Merit Aid

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   Many public colleges use merit aid to attract prospective out-of-state students and lower prices to better compete with other institutions. The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall ...

6. Stamps Family Charitable Foundation - Wikipedia

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   The Stamps Family Charitable Foundation offers merit scholarships to 44 partner colleges and universities in the United States. The foundation and scholarships are named for their benefactors, E. Roe Stamps IV and Penelope W. Stamps. In general, in the scholarship programs focus on the support of outstanding undergraduate students, without ...

7. Student financial aid in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Scholarships may have a financial need component but rely on other criteria as well. Some private need-based awards are confusingly called scholarships and require the results of a FAFSA (the family's EFC). However, scholarships are often merit-based, while grants tend to be need-based. Some examples of grants commonly applied for in the U.S.: