The starting point
Lewis & Clark gives every applicant automatic (but undisclosed-amount) academic merit scholarships, while its top award — the full-tuition Neely Scholarship — is gated to students from a specific set of Oregon and Washington counties who apply Early Action or Early Decision.
Selection beyond grades and scores. These awards are not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read each award's selection rules, application steps and dates. Meeting a minimum is not an award offer.
Awards to discuss
First 3 of 5 recorded awards, in chapter display order. This is a selection, not a ranking. Read the full chapter for all awards. Amounts retain the original units and conditions; confirm the entering year with the school.
Academic Merit-Based Scholarships (Oregon Maple or Sequoia)
Amount not published · Published award terms
Not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules.
Eligibility: Entering first-year and transfer students; based on academic program and performance. No published amount or GPA/test grid.
Renewal: Renewable each year provided the student maintains satisfactory academic progress (SAP); merit recipients must also meet any GPA/renewal standards on their specific award.
Other terms: Two named tracks (Oregon Maple, Sequoia). Scholarship amounts vary and are not published on the merit page.
https://www.lclark.edu/offices/financial_aid/undergrad/scholarships/merit/
Barbara Hirschi Neely Scholarship
Full tuition (plus a $2,000 stipend usable after the 4th semester) · Published coverage or package
Not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules.
Eligibility: RESIDENCY-GATED: only students who attend high school in Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Washington, or Yamhill counties (OR) or Clark County (WA) are eligible. MUST apply through the Common Application via Early Action or Early Decision. Selection by academic accomplishments, leadership, community impact, and a day-long on-campus program + group interview.
Renewal: Renewable annually provided the student maintains satisfactory academic progress.
Other terms: Lewis & Clark's highest merit award. Five full-tuition scholarships awarded to entering first-year students. Funded by Barbara Hirschi Neely endowment.
https://www.lclark.edu/offices/financial_aid/undergrad/scholarships/merit/
Tuition Exchange Award
Per Tuition Exchange, Inc. guidance (amount not published) · Published coverage or package
Not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules.
Eligibility: Dependents of eligible employees at Tuition Exchange member institutions; recipients identified by the Office of Admissions; limited number each year
Renewal: Must maintain SAP and continue to be certified as eligible by the participating institution.
Other terms: ANTI-STACK: recipients are NOT eligible to receive other institutional merit-based scholarships, and receipt may require reducing previously awarded institutional need-based aid.
https://www.lclark.edu/offices/financial_aid/undergrad/scholarships/merit/
