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Understanding National Merit Scholarships

National Merit Scholarships are awarded based on PSAT scores. Learn more about qualifying scores, and how you might be awarded college and corporate-sponsored scholarships through this program. Are you eligible?

Merit Scholarships from Colleges

Many colleges award merit aid to entice high-performing students to attend their schools. Find out which factors determine merit scholarships and how these funds are typically awarded.

Maureen Meyer2025-11-18T13:55:04-05:00November 18th, 2025|Categories: Class of 2030, college, college admissions, College Early Admissions Programs, college early applications, College Essays, College Scholarships, Collegiate Gateway, Common Application, Early Action, Early Admissions, Early Decision, Julie Gross, Merit Aid for College, Merit Scholarships|Tags: affordability of college, Bonner Scholars Program at the University of Richmond, Boston University, college scholarships, collegiate gateway, Duke University, Emory Scholars Program, FAFSA, Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program at Boston College, julie gross, Lehigh University, merit scholarships, NYU, Oberlin College, Schools that Award High Percentages of Merit Aid, Tulane University, USC, UVA Jefferson Scholar, Vanderbilt University, Washington University in St. Louis|

Early College Admissions Notification Dates 2025-26

Congratulations on submitting your early college applications! Now you may be wondering when you will find out your college admissions results! See our list of early admissions notification dates for many selective schools for the 2025-26 application cycle.

Maureen Meyer2025-11-07T15:25:14-05:00November 7th, 2025|Categories: Admissions trends, Class of 2030, college, college admissions, college applications, College Early Admissions Programs, college early applications, college list, College update letter, Collegiate Gateway, Common Application, Early Action, Early Admissions, Early Admissions Notification Dates, Early Decision, ED2, Julie Gross, Regular Admissions|Tags: brown university, Case Western Reserve University, College Early admissions notification dates, college early applications, collegiate gateway, Columbia University, Cornell University (ED), Dartmouth College, Duke University, early action, early decision, Georgetown University, Harvard University, julie gross, MIT, Northwestern University, Princeton University, restrictive early action, single choice early action, Stanford University, Tulane University, university of michigan, University of Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt University, Yale University|