Duke University
Robertson Scholars Leadership Program
This scholarship pays full tuition, fees, and room and board. It also awards funding for up to three domestic summer experiences. Winners are typically students who demonstrate purposeful leadership, intellectual curiosity, strength of character, and collaborative spirit.
Vanderbilt University
This scholarship gives full tuition and stipends for summer projects. Students are selected based on commitment to community service, strength of personal character, and leadership potential.
Deadline Dec 1. via MyAppVU
Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship
This scholarship gives full tuition plus a one-time stipend to be used toward a summer study abroad or research experience. Selection is based on academic achievement, intellectual promise, leadership, and contributions outside the classroom.
apply via MyAppVU after submitting admission application
Chancellor’s Scholarship
All Deadline Dec. 1
University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Indiana)
This scholarship gives full tuition and fees plus $12,000 in enrichment funds. Each winner also gets a professional mentor from the faculty. Students must be nominated by the admissions office. Selection is based on leadership, perseverance, scholarship, service, and innovation. Five scholarships are awarded each year.
automatically considered
Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri)
John B. Ervin Scholars Program
This scholarship gives full tuition plus a $2,500 annual stipend. Applicants should excel academically, challenge themselves, demonstrate initiative and leadership in their communities, bring diverse groups together, commit to community service, serve historically underprivileged populations, and/or persevere through challenging circumstances.
Annika Rodriguez Scholars Program
This scholarship covers full tuition and offers a $2,500 annual stipend. Awards are based on academic achievement (strong grades and SAT/ACT scores), a commitment to serving historically underprivileged populations, the ability to bring diverse people together, application answers and an essay, and recommendations received as part of the admission application. International students are eligible for this scholarship.
This scholarship covers full or partial tuition. Applicants must be nominated by someone with extensive knowledge of the student. Calls for nominations go out to high school guidance counselors every summer.
This scholarship covers full tuition, fees, room and board, and supplies; it also gives a $10,000 enrichment fund. Selection is based on the applicant's academic achievement, leadership, perseverance, scholarship, service, and innovation.
Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia)
This scholarship gives full tuition and enrichment stipends and is only awarded to top students at Emory. The application deadline is November 15.
Submit all required application materials by November 15
University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
This scholarship gives full tuition plus an enrichment fund of up to $12,000. You have to be nominated by UCLA for this scholarship based on qualities such as leadership, scholarship, community service, and innovation. Up to 10 scholarships are awarded every year: five nationally and five for California residents. Invitations to apply are emailed by February 1, with applications due in mid-February.
University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California)
This scholarship gives full tuition plus a $5,000 stipend. Finalists are selected by USC faculty for interviews. The average SAT and ACT scores of recipients are in the top 1-2% of all students nationwide. Other factors considered include academic achievement, talent, perseverance, innovation, involvement, and leadership. A maximum of 10 scholarships are awarded each year. Finalists are notified of scholarship award status by April 1.
This scholarship gives full tuition plus a $5,000 annual enrichment fund ($20,000 in total over four years). Candidates are selected by USC faculty for interviews. The average SAT and ACT scores of recipients are in the top 1-2% of all students nationwide. In addition, winners are selected based on academic achievement, talent, perseverance, innovation, involvement, and leadership. Five scholarships are awarded each year. Finalists are notified of scholarship award status by April 1.
This scholarship covers full tuition. The average SAT and ACT scores of recipients are in the top 1-2% of all students nationwide. Additionally, winners are selected based on factors such as academic achievement, talent, perseverance, innovation, involvement, and leadership. Approximately 100 scholarships are awarded each year. Candidates are selected for interviews by February, and finalists are notified of scholarship award status by April 1.
Deadline Dec. 1
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
This scholarship covers full tuition, fees, housing, books, meals, books, a laptop, supplies, and funding for research and summer opportunities. It is open to students from a designated nominating school. Current nominating schools are located all across the globe.
You may be eligible for nomination through our Admissions Referral Program (ARP) if you are out-of-state and don’t attend a nominating school
Deadline Oct. 15
Robertson Scholars Leadership Program
This scholarship gives full tuition, fees, and room and board, as well as funding for up to three domestic summer experiences. It is awarded to students who show purposeful leadership, intellectual curiosity, strength of character, and collaborative spirit.
For an application to be considered it must contain two (2) letters of recommendation. One recommender should be able to speak directly to the student’s leadership abilities, the second can be from a teacher, coach, counselor, employer or other person that a student chooses. A student CAN use the same letters they used in the Common or Coalition Applications, but we look for letters that directly address leadership, so students should keep that in mind when choosing their referees.
Deadline NOV. 15
University of Chicago
https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/cost-aid/scholarships/merit-scholarships
Rice University
https://financialaid.rice.edu/types-aid/merit-scholarships
JHU
https://finaid.jhu.edu/undergraduate-aid/types-of-aid/grants-scholarships/
