Rochester Merit Awards

Merit-based scholarships range in amount from $2,000 per year to full-tuition. They are awarded to students who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement and potential, regardless of financial circumstances.

All undergraduate applicants to the College are considered for merit scholarships.

If you are a senior in high school and wish to be considered for scholarships (but have not yet interviewed), you should to schedule an interview.

Rochester Merit Awards — A Partial List

  • Freshmen
  • Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award
  • George Eastman Young Leaders Award
  • Xerox award for Innovation & Technology
  • Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Humanities Award
  • The Wilder Trustee Scholarship
  • Rush Rhees Scholarship
  • Genesee Scholarship
  • Hillside-Rochester
  • Renaissance Scholarship
  • Deans Scholarship
  • 7th Generation Scholarship
  • Meliora Alumni Scholarship
  • Ahora Scholarship
  • College Bound
  • FIRST Robotics Scholarship
  • Harper Scholarship (Martha Matilda Harper)
  • Hillside-Rochester Scholarship
  • IB Scholarship
  • Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship
  • Lorenzo de Zavala Scholarship
  • National Merit, National Hispanic, and National Achievement Scholarships
  • Navy ROTC Scholarship
  • Rochester International Scholarship
  • Rochester Rotary Oratorical Scholarship
  • Urban League Scholarship
  • Rochester Pledge for Veterans
  • Rochester Promise Scholarship
  • Rochester Ventures Scholarship
  • STEP
  • Youth Orchestra Scholarship
  • Washington Metro Scholarship
  • Wilson IB Scholarship
  • Transfers
  • Hillside-Rochester Scholarship
  • Phi Theta Kappa
  • Dean's Scholarship
  • Meliora Alumni Scholarship
  • Rush Rhees Scholarship
  • Rochester Promise Scholarship
  • Rochester Pledge Scholarship
  • Genesee Scholarship
  • Navy ROTC Scholarship

Endowed Scholarship

If you are a returning student interested in applying for an endowed scholarship - the James A. Chin Memorial Award or the Glick Memorial Scholarship - please view and print the respective PDF application form. Description, purpose, background, and submission information is included on each application.