USC slashes scholarships for National Merit Finalists

"USC will dramatically reduce a merit scholarship it offers for students who earned elite scores on their high school PSAT exams.

Those students, known as National Merit Finalists, have historically enjoyed half-tuition scholarships — $34,952 this year, according to financial aid documents viewed by Morning, Trojan.

That number is now $20,000.

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The scholarship reduction also comes as the university continues to jack tuition at a rate that far outpaces national inflation. USC is the most expensive college in the United States."

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