Yet another annoying merit aide question

[Anonymous]

So sorry but my google skills are failing me. If a school says they give $ merit with X GPA and Y SAT, is that only based on SAT or are they using SAT and/or ACT interchangeably? We are hoping for a bit of merit but DC prefers the ACT and would like to just stick with it. Do I need to also strongly encourage taking the SAT just for merit money or can I let it go? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

If they say SAT they mean SAT, in my experience.

[Anonymous]

Just commenting that the merit aid questions are relevant and good topics for this forum. The merit aid thread that is currently running off the rails has a less practical focus.

Sorry I don't know the answer, you can look at their common data set and see how many of their student took what test. This may be a good question for the admissions office at the school, I would suspect they want strong students so may give merit for strong ACT scores but you would have to look at the concordance tables to figure out at what level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they say SAT they mean SAT, in my experience.

Are you sure? Since, they all seem to accept either test interchangeably for admission (if they consider standardized tests), I would think they would do the same for merit.

[Anonymous]

Just call and ask.

[Anonymous]

Many charts I’ve looked at have both the SAT and ACT scores printed right on the chart. (E.g., Michigan State.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just call and ask.

This ^^^ You need to call and ask if you can't find ACT listed online.

[Anonymous]

Aid not aide.