Do colleges grant scholarships to transfer students?

Question

do colleges grant scholarships (FOR TRANSFER) on the basis of our SAT and high school GPA Or they only look at our college GPA. b/c i m planning to transfert to another college to get scholarship b/c my college is not giving me a scholarship saying my SAT score and High School GPA wasnt high enough.

Answer 1

Sure they do -- but keep in mind that SATs and GPAs are only SOME of the things that schools might look at when determining whether to offer a student some scholarship funding. Some schools don't offer any scholarships for anything. Other schools limit their scholarship funding to high-need/low-income students (with low EFCs, as determined by the FAFSA). Just because your current school reserves their scholarship funding for students with high SAT scores doesn't mean that another school will even LOOK at your SATs/GPAs when determining your scholarship eligibility.

Scholarships that are funded by the college itself (i.e. the "College of Fred Merit Scholarship") can pretty much be distributed however the school wants. Those types of funds aren't regulated by the government in the same way that Federal Student Aid (like Pell Grants and Stafford Loans) are.

Since it sounds your financial aid package will be the deciding factor in your choice of colleges, I would recommend that you research ALL of the criteria that goes into each school's scholarship decisions. Ask the school if it matters that you are transferring in (some schools care but others -- like mine -- don't award scholarship any differently to transfer students).

Answer 2

That will depend on each college. I know the last school I worked at gave scholarships for transfer students based on the cumulative college GPA that had to that point.

Answer 3

Sure they do. Go to scholarships.com and sign up. when you sign up make sure you specify that you ARE a transfer student and it will give you a lidt of scholarships for transfer students. Hope i helped!

Answer 4

yes, they do. go to fast web.