Definition
A scholarship that covers all tuition, and in some cases fees or other educational and living expenses as well.
A total and complete experience of something.
In Context
- "The Ivy Group and the Big Ten were the most notable conferences to initially avoid full ride scholarships."
- "If you showed half the interest in school as most of the kids, you could get a full ride to any college in the country."
- "For some reason, his college counselor saw talent in Ron that he didn't see himself, and when the SAT scores came out, Ron was offered a full ride to Louisiana State."
- "But because we didn't have any money, the notion of applying to a college that specialized in theater— by that time the die was fully cast—seemed a waste of time unless I was going to get a full ride."
- "You had better get off your ass and be my husband because I signed on for the full ride."
- "Only this time, I knew I was going for the full ride. The only thing was that I didn't know was what kind of ride I was going on."
- "Advanced readers may, as a result, wish to read selectively, but we believe that novices will benefit from taking the full ride."