Kyle Said:

If Barrack Obama was such a great student why did he not recieve full tuition scholarships? ?

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affimitive action only goes so far sometimes.

Andy Said:

Is there any full scholarships (tuition&boarding) for International sctudents, studying in Naturopathic School

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I can't imagine them not having full financial aid packages, but as for coverage of boarding fees this will vary by school. Here are some helpful websites concerning Naturopathic schools:
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association…
Council on Naturopathic Medical Education http://www.cnme.org/links.html
Once you narrow down which ones you would actually want to go to, then go to each of the schools' websites and look at their admissions sections where they all have information on tuition and financial aid. As you must know, full financial aid is only offered to candidates with exceptional grades that you must maintain during your time there. It will not really matter whether you are an international student or not, financial aid is offered to anyone that qualifies. Also, you will have to pay for added expenses, most being optional, but some are mandatory. These can run into several thousands of USD, excluding airline fares. Best of luck.

Andrea Said:

Is there a list of full-tuition scholarships somewhere online?

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Jokerfan:

A "bunch of schools", no, but...

Nearly every private school in the US offers at least one full-ride scholarship - small schools may have 1 or 2, the larger schools may offer a dozen or more.

The very elite schools - the Ivys and the Stanfords of the world - charge expenses based on family income and assets. For example, if you were accepted by Yale, and your parents had a household income of less than $60,000 a year, the school would pick up all of the costs of your tuition, your fees and your room and board.

Yale is just one such example.

We often get questions here about things like "Why can't I find information about the academic scholarships to Stanford?". The answer is - Stanford doesn't offer merit-based scholarship - all of their financial aid is based on need.

Want info on a few schools that do offer full-ride scholarships?

Davidson - Belk Scholarship
Tulane - Dean's Honor Scholarship
Wake Forest - Reynold's Scholarship
Clemson - National Scholars
University of Virginia - Jefferson Scholars
University of California schools - Regents' Scholars
University of Delaware - Eugene S Dupont Scholarship
University of Pittsburgh - Chancellor's Scholarship
Colorado State University - Monfort Scholarship

This is just a very small, partial list - there are many, many more. As I'm sure you realize, these scholarships are only offered to the very most elite admittees that each school accepts. More typical scholarships are in the $500 to $2500 range.

Here's a long board thread where people discuss major scholarships that they've encountered. You'll find it useful, because most of the posters have provided direct links to the scholarship info on each school's website. http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/fina…

Good luck to you - I hope that information helped.

Floyd Said:

How to find US colleges with full tuition scholarships for international students?

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Just explore the websites of various colleges. Several of them offer a fee waiver depending on your GRE, TOEFL marks, your grade point average and your essay. I know that SUNY Buffalo does, so does the University of Rochester... However, it is easier to get a fee waiver if you go in for a Phd rather than an MS. The assistantship that you get will pay for the tuition fee..I don't think there are lists of such universities out there on the web..you will have to look through the website of each school...and look for graduate assistantships on offer ...

Hilda Said:

How to get a full tuition scholarships?

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There are two types of scholarships, merit based (for grades and stuff) and need based. If your family has financial issues, you will get need based scholarships. You will need to file the FASFA by a certain date (different for different schools) and it shows you how much money you can get at the schools you selected when you filed it.

Apply to places you're actually interested in, because if they think you will fit in well there they are more likely to give you a good scholarship. And an important thing to understand is that while private colleges cost more they also give much bigger scholarships. (I have about an 80k scholarship to a really nice private college and was offered no scholarship to my local state college, to give you an idea). Even if you think you can't afford the college, go to one of their visit days because there should be a financial aid lecture and it may open your eyes to something you didn't know about (the case for me and my family). Each college looks for different things so there's no magic formula, unfortunately...you know as well as anyone else what to do. Get good grades, practice before you take an ACT/SAT, plan to take it more than once, get involved in some stuff other than school (extracurriculars, sports, volunteering, community service, part time job...take your pick). I had a 3.8 GPA and a slightly above average GPA, but I had a really nice resume in terms of stuff I did outside of school. I think something important was that when I applied to the school that gave me this scholarship, I really knew what I liked about it and that showed in my application, personal statement and interview. I'll give you some links that maybe will help.
http://www.collegeconfidential.com/Searc…
http://fastwebs.com/
http://myplan.com/education/colleges/f-a…
http://www.cappex.com/

Bob Said:

Does any one have any real information on full tuition scholarships under the stiumulus package?

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The only source of scholarships or grants is filling out the FAFSA. Everything else is a scam. http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ fill out a FAFSA you wont find any magic loans or mystical scholarships.