Oak Alley and institutional merit
ListedCollege programUp to full tuition
- Award
- Oak Alley full tuition; Cambridge $45,000 annually; Presidential $40,000; Founders and Ralph C. Hon $38,000; Diehl $36,000; Rhodes Award $20,000–$34,000. These automatic merit awards are renewable up to four years/eight semesters and cannot stack with each other. General institutional-aid SAP requires cumulative GPA at least 1.50 and 67% course completion after freshman year, then GPA at least 2.00 and 67% completion after sophomore year.
- Deadline
- Published admission deadlines: Early Decision I November 1, Early Action November 15, Early Decision II/Regular Decision January 15. Early Decision has priority scholarship review. No cycle years are stated; no separate initial application is required for these named merit awards.
- How to apply
- Submit Common App, personal essay, official transcript, counselor secondary school report/recommendation, and at least one teacher recommendation; Regular Decision also requires a midyear report. SAT/ACT and the 90-second video are optional. Automatic named merit consideration requires no separate scholarship form.
- What you'll need
- No separate application: you are considered when you apply for admission
- Recommendations
- An essay
- Who can apply
- Admission applicants are assessed individually for academic talent, service, and leadership, without a published universal entry GPA threshold. International applicants are explicitly eligible for merit from $20,000 annually to full tuition; additional English proficiency and a non-U.S.-citizen financial-information form apply to their admission route.
- Good to know
- Full-time enrollment of at least 12 credits is required, including the final senior semester. Awards cover fall/spring only and ordinary 12–18-credit loads; overload costs are extra. Rhodes-funded gift aid cannot exceed direct costs and other aid can cause reductions. Interest/affinity awards use separate applications and eligibility, so this award family should be split. An older Bellingrath award is not confirmed in the current directory.
- Details
- Test optional