Merit Aid Grids

– Helping Students Cut the Cost of College –

We are living in a golden age of merit aid for college. While the average college tuition is over 250% higher now than it was 30 years ago, scholarship requirements are much more frequently quantifiable and transparently posted via merit aid grids: tables relating students combined GPA, SAT or ACT scores, and a scholarship to match.

Hundreds of colleges use merit aid grids to evaluate students based on their academic performance, and many update their grids on an annual basis to entice applicants with the kind of discounted prices they can expect. Most merit aid grids on the site are renewable annually, provided a student meets the required criteria, while others may require an additional application.

We recommend that students and families use merit aid grids to identify schools where they are likely to receive a meaningful financial package. Merit aid scholarships do not need to be ‘paid back’ to the university, thus potentially saving students and their families tens of thousands of dollars per year of their undergraduate career.

Learn more about how your test scores impact your potential scholarships at meritaidgrids.com!

And please pay it forward! If you know of a merit aid grid we didn’t catch in our searches, please feel free to contribute by submitting a new one! Over 10 people have submitted new ones since we launched the site in October 2024!

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Merit Aid Grids – In the Press

Meritaidgrids.com helps college students find merit scholarship information – Scripps News – Main & Wall, November 13, 2024
New website gives students free access to scholarships. Here’s how it works – Forsyth County News Article – November 19, 2024
Georgia-based website connects students with merit-based scholarships – FOX 5 Atlanta News Article – November 14, 2024
MeritAidGrids.com – Saving families money on attending college – 95.5 WSB Radio, Atlanta News & Talk – November 22, 2024
Merit Aid Grids directs students to untapped college scholarships nationwide – (Yahoo! Finance) (Fox 5 Article) ( Direct Video) – Yahoo! Finance and Fox 5 Atlanta Video Segment, November 27, 2024
Scholarships for Nashville Area Students – WSMV-TV Nashville, 12/17/24

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