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Based on a thread below.

 

Feel free to add--there are places where I know someone who attended, visited, worked out or have heard of by reputation etc. These are merit scholarships, which range in the 1200-1400 range and corresponding GPAs. All awards are at least half tuition or more.

 

Eastern University, PA Templeton Honors College

Union University, TN

Scholars of Excellence

Howard Payne University, TX Academy of Freedom Honors Program

Azuza Pacific University, CA

Westmont College, CA

Mount Vernon Nazarene University, OH Honors Program

Malone College, OH

 

 

Georgetown College, KY (Not a CCCU school, not sure how Christian it is)

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Covenant College - a PCA Christian school (conservative branch of Presbyterian), but my oldest is living proof that one can belong to another denomination and be perfectly happy and accepted there (still must be Christian). Their named scholarships offer 60% off tuition for merit, but they offer more than their named scholarships. Anyone invited to their scholarship competition automatically got at least $8500 the year my son went - and at least $1000 more if they actually attended the competition.

 

Also, homeschoolers automatically get a $1000 scholarship if they sign up for it.

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Messiah College, their honors program scholarship offered 60% of freshman tuition, renewable for 4 years. A few students from within the program receive higher scholarships than that, up to full tuition.

 

Hardin-Simmons University offers an additional scholarship (amount varies each year, had been $4K in Fall 2010) above their highest merit scholarship to students accepted into the honors and Leadership Studies programs. From there, a few students may also be invited to interview for full tuition scholarships.

 

We were very diappointed to find out the Biola doesn't currently offer anything past their regular merit scholarships, which peaked in 2010 at about 1/3 of tuition. We knew a family who had an NMSF there with a full tuition scholarship 6-8 years ago.

 

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Can you qualify what you mean by "full ride"? Do you mean all expenses, room and board, lab fees, books, etc. or just tuition? We found very, very few public or private schools in the Midwest that were offering a full ride in the traditional sense. Nearly all were tuition only based. Some of the state schools were still offering the whole enchilada.

 

I don't know if Cedarville University (Christian - Baptist) in Ohio is still offering it's 75% scholarship. They did as of two years ago and it included 75% of tuition, fees, and room and board so long as the student did not choose the most expensive meal plan. They offered it to only 4-6 students per year and it required a minimum 32 on the ACT and a 4.0 gpa plus lots of character and academic references to qualify. DD got a 31 so she was offered 50% of tuition, plus a Christian Leadership award, plus a homeschooling scholarship, plus a departmental scholarship, and a $900.00 per semester grant. Our portion of the bill still came to $14,000.00 per year. Nursing is a very expensive major; well any medical field is a pricey major.

 

Pensacola Christian is still offering a lot of scholarships. It is in Pensacola, Fl. I don't know much about it other than we weren't comfortable with some of the very strict rules.

 

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Ouachita Baptist University gives full rides to National Merit Finalists.

 

My dh and I both went to OBU on full scholarships (not NMF). OBU is expensive but they offer several great scholarships. They give a presidental scholarship (which I recieved) which is full tuition.

 

The other benefit of OBU is that even though I had a full scholarship I also received work study. This covered room/board/books. Many of the smaller scholarships at OBU can be stacked also.

 

If anyone is interested in going to school there the director of admissions is a friend of mine (we were students at OBU together).

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We were also disappointed with Bioloa's offerings. It especially irks me that ds can't earn a full ride merit-based scholarship when my friend's dd is getting all expenses paid to sit on the bench with the basketball team.:glare:

 

Hi, Maverick!

 

It's good to see you!

 

I don't frequent this board too much after hanging out here all last year with my graduating senior. :)

 

I wanted to thank you again for the rcmd. of Alexandria Tutorials--dd had a wonderful junior year taking his church history class--absolutely loved the class! After having that thirst quenched, she then went back to Torrey Online her senior year for their Foundations of American Thought (gov't/phil class), after a gov't class at the local uni sparked her interest in really understanding the background. (Kudos to the uni professor, who we knew was/is a standout!)

 

Anyhow, I'll always remember your kindness in helping to meet her need.

 

Hope you and your family are well. Where is your graduate, and how is he doing? Do you have one more in progress? (you can PM me if you prefer)

 

Thx again!

 

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Pensacola Christian is still offering a lot of scholarships. It is in Pensacola, Fl. I don't know much about it other than we weren't comfortable with some of the very strict rules.

 

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If things continue now as they have been in the past, PCC does not have regional accreditation. I would not send a student there.

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If things continue now as they have been in the past, PCC does not have regional accreditation. I would not send a student there.

 

:iagree: A lady I know went there for one year, then NONE of her credits transferred to another local non-selective Christian college when she wanted to get an education (elementary & music) degree locally. She felt it was a wasted year both financially and time-wise and wished she'd known ahead of time that her credits wouldn't transfer.

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Valerie, I wouldn't personally send a student to PCC either. But, the poster didn't really ask what the accredidations were of the colleges. In our area, a lot of very conservative Christians send their kids to PCC because the tuition is low and scholarships are very, very generous. Again, I wouldn't choose to send my kids there. But, since the OP asked specifically about Christian Colleges that offer Full Rides and they do, I threw it out there. I would hope everyone checks the accredidations and reputations of the institutions their children seek to apply to.

 

Sorry if I offended anyone. DD is at a state institution and a secular school is likely to be the end choice of my other children so I don't actually know very much about Cedarville, Taylor University, PCC, Azuza, etc. We did have a brief connection to Seattle Pacific University when we lived out west and I have to say that I wasn't impressed with it for the amount of money it cost to attend.

 

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Valerie, I wouldn't personally send a student to PCC either. But, the poster didn't really ask what the accredidations were of the colleges. In our area, a lot of very conservative Christians send their kids to PCC because the tuition is low and scholarships are very, very generous. Again, I wouldn't choose to send my kids there. But, since the OP asked specifically about Christian Colleges that offer Full Rides and they do, I threw it out there. I would hope everyone checks the accredidations and reputations of the institutions their children seek to apply to.

 

Sorry if I offended anyone. DD is at a state institution and a secular school is likely to be the end choice of my other children so I don't actually know very much about Cedarville, Taylor University, PCC, Azuza, etc. We did have a brief connection to Seattle Pacific University when we lived out west and I have to say that I wasn't impressed with it for the amount of money it cost to attend.

 

Faith

 

I think the problem with PCC vs the other schools listed is that while PCC calls themselves a college, no one else recognizes them as such (via accrediting them). This sort of makes them akin to some of those online degrees that no one recognizes for actual credit. While it's true that they are less expensive, one isn't really getting a "college" education (as defined by the vast majority) for their money.

 

People can choose to support any place they wish with their $$, but especially on a board like this, it's good for people to know the "facts" before spending their money. PCC is there. They are cheap. But beware of what one is getting for their money. It isn't a recognized college degree. (And yes, beware of the super strict rules.)

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Based on a thread below.

 

Feel free to add--there are places where I know someone who attended, visited, worked out or have heard of by reputation etc. These are merit scholarships, which range in the 1200-1400 range and corresponding GPAs. All awards are at least half tuition or more.

 

Eastern University, PA Templeton Honors College

Union University, TN

Scholars of Excellence

Howard Payne University, TX Academy of Freedom Honors Program

Azuza Pacific University, CA

Westmont College, CA

Mount Vernon Nazarene University, OH Honors Program

Malone College, OH

 

 

Georgetown College, KY (Not a CCCU school, not sure how Christian it is)

 

Just wanted to point out that Azusa offers only 5 full-tuition scholarships. The next scholarship level is $10k/year - when you take that off of the $37k estimated cost per year, it barely makes a dent!

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Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, CA (Orange County) has many scholarships offered, not only to freshmen, but also to transfer students. National Merit Finalists who enter as freshmen receive scholarships covering 100% of tuition. There are also 6 levels of academic scholarships ranging from $5,000-$14,000 per year. Each level requires a certain GPA coming in as a freshman and then is renewable with a minimum GPA while at Vanguard. Tuition at Vanguard is $13,700 per semester, so an incoming freshman with a GPA of 3.5+ could easily get one semester's tuition covered ($13,000 or $14,000 depending on actual GPA).

 

My DD was accepted here and we live about 25-30 minutes away, so she is commuting. This is a great savings as we do not have to pay room & board (just gas to drive back and forth). She loves the small class sizes as this university is smaller than the high school she graduated from!

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Yep, I do know that, and she took it both sophomore and junior years. We knew the sophomore was just for practice, but her junior year report came back saying she wasn't eligible for national merit consideration...she said on her preliminary info she put that she was not "enrolled" in high school, because she's not, right? Or do they count homeschool as enrolled? I've got another one due to take it next year, so it would be good to know what to fix.

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Yep, I do know that, and she took it both sophomore and junior years. We knew the sophomore was just for practice, but her junior year report came back saying she wasn't eligible for national merit consideration...she said on her preliminary info she put that she was not "enrolled" in high school, because she's not, right? Or do they count homeschool as enrolled? I've got another one due to take it next year, so it would be good to know what to fix.

 

Yes, she definitely needs to mark that she's enrolled full time in high school, and that's she's in her junior year in order to be eligible for National Merit scholarships.

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It is a pretty common thing for homeschoolers to misunderstand that question. If any juniors make a mistake and it comes back that they are not eligible because they checked the wrong box, they should immediately call the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (not the College Board). NMSC is nice and they can help you get that fixed so your child will be able to go forth in the competition.

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Our dd is on a full ride at Oklahoma Christian University as a National Merit Finalist. It's a true full ride--tuition, room/board, fees, plus a $1000 Honors stipend to help with study abroad. Combined with her financial aid, she actually realizes about $2000 per semester which she uses for books and living expenses.

 

The scholarship is 5 years and applied to her study abroad this semester so she is in Europe almost for free right now.

 

OC is a Church of Christ school and you may have to learn some doctrine for a class or two that doesn't jive with your thinking. We are not C of C, but it has been okay. You might want to familiarize yourself with their doctrine if you consider it. Some profs are old school and hold tightly to doctrine; many of the younger profs are very flexible and more open-minded.

 

She loves it there-small, friendly campus; professors who are very focused on helping undergraduates find great opportunities. The head of the history department selected one of her freshman papers to present at the national conference of the history honor society. Undergrads usually don't get opportunities like that at large universities.

 

We followed the money, but it has worked out well. Oh, and just this year the Honors students got their own dorm which they are very excited about.

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