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OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY TO SPEND $1.5 MILLION TO HELP LOW INCOME STUDENTS GET A COLLEGE DEGREE
88"OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS" GET NEEDY
STUDENTS TO COLLEGE
One high school student in each of Ohio’s 88
counties could receive a full scholarship to attend Ohio State,
worth up to $17,000 per year, under a new program designed to offer
more high-ability, low-income students a chance to go to university.
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Interested students will have to apply for admission to the
university by Feb. 1 and are also required to submit a Free
Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by the March 1 deadline
to the Columbus campus. No additional application for the
scholarship is required. Recipients will be announced in late March.
Mabel Freeman, assistant vice president for Undergraduate Admissions and First Year Experience, said the scholarships meet an important need in the state. “We’ve realized that in the state of Ohio there are young people who should be going to university that don’t think they can even apply,” she said. “We are serving the citizens of Ohio by helping to identify those students in each county to give them a opportunity to go to Ohio State University.” |
Tally Hart, director of Student Financial Aid, said qualified students
whose families earn less than $40,000 a year will be eligible for the
opportunity scholarships. The amount of the award will be in addition to the
students’ federal and state grants to fully fund their education, including
tuition and other expenses such as room and board, books and supplies and
transportation to and from campus. Students also are eligible for work-study
awards to pay for out-of-pocket expenses. The scholarship may be renewed for
up to 12 quarters as long as a student attends school full time and
maintains a 3.2 GPA.
Hart said recent studies by the American Council on Education and the Lumina
Foundation have increased awareness about a growing challenge in higher
education: a high number of qualified students don’t apply for college or
for financial aid because they don’t know what’s available.
“This scholarship was created because we think some very talented students
are missing the opportunity to attend Ohio State because they fear they
can’t afford it,” Hart said. “We want students who are talented to know that
Ohio State is still their university and finances are available to help them
meet the cost.”
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