Washington University in St. Louis

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Outside funding will first reduce Federal Work-Study. Your WashU scholarship will only be reduced if the total of all scholarships and grants, from all sources, exceeds your annual cost of attendance.
WashU requires all students to have health insurance. If you are not covered by a parental plan or your request for a waiver from WashU is denied, the WashU grant will be increased to cover the amount of health insurance.
Your contribution from savings varies based on the amount of assets. Typically, students are expected to contribute 20% of their assets during each of the four years of undergraduate enrollment. For example, a student with $5,000 in assets would be expected to contribute $1,000 toward each year of enrollment.
Students are typically expected to work during the summer to earn money to use for college expenses for the upcoming academic year. The summer work contribution is often used to pay for travel costs to campus or for personal expenses during the academic year. However, as part of WashU’s commitment to QuestBridge National College Match students, this expectation has been waived for you.
Students are eligible to receive scholarship assistance for the equivalent of 8 full-time semesters of attendance. Students must maintain satisfactory academic progress and meet university academic regulations to receive this offer. See the Undergraduate Catalog for additional information. Annual submission of both the CSS Profile and the FAFSA is required. You are expected to meet application deadlines in order to ensure eligibility for all need-based aid.