What Top 30 colleges give most aid to 250k families...

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Anonymous wrote:How can both be true? PP explicitly said "plenty of top 50 schools," which would belie the idea that merit aid is scarce.

"Plenty" of top 50 schools offer it but not to everyone, but to small numbers of students making it a bad strategy for chasing merit aid as your odds are very small.

Other colleges will over merit awards to a large percentage of their admits, making that a better strategy for chasing merit aid as your odds of receiving it are much higher.

Do you really need this explained to you? Or are you just being petulant?

If the "odds are very small" as you claim, then why does Selingo call these top 50 schools buyers?

He doesn’t. Maybe you should read the book or work on your reading comprehension?

O RLY?
https://jeffselingo.com/which-colleges-are-really-buyers-and-which-are-sellers/

Post the list and you’ll get your answer. Link is NOT to the list.

Google reddit Selingo spreadsheet. I posted the Dropbox link here yesterday but apparently it got deleted.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can both be true? PP explicitly said "plenty of top 50 schools," which would belie the idea that merit aid is scarce.

"Plenty" of top 50 schools offer it but not to everyone, but to small numbers of students making it a bad strategy for chasing merit aid as your odds are very small.

Other colleges will over merit awards to a large percentage of their admits, making that a better strategy for chasing merit aid as your odds of receiving it are much higher.

Do you really need this explained to you? Or are you just being petulant?

If the "odds are very small" as you claim, then why does Selingo call these top 50 schools buyers?

He doesn’t. Maybe you should read the book or work on your reading comprehension?

O RLY?
https://jeffselingo.com/which-colleges-are-really-buyers-and-which-are-sellers/

Post the list and you’ll get your answer. Link is NOT to the list.

Google reddit Selingo spreadsheet. I posted the Dropbox link here yesterday but apparently it got deleted.

No I am not your research assistant. You post the list to support your claim. It’s a list, copy and paste.

You won’t because you know it will not support your claim.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can both be true? PP explicitly said "plenty of top 50 schools," which would belie the idea that merit aid is scarce.

"Plenty" of top 50 schools offer it but not to everyone, but to small numbers of students making it a bad strategy for chasing merit aid as your odds are very small.

Other colleges will over merit awards to a large percentage of their admits, making that a better strategy for chasing merit aid as your odds of receiving it are much higher.

Do you really need this explained to you? Or are you just being petulant?

If the "odds are very small" as you claim, then why does Selingo call these top 50 schools buyers?

He doesn’t. Maybe you should read the book or work on your reading comprehension?

O RLY?
https://jeffselingo.com/which-colleges-are-really-buyers-and-which-are-sellers/

Post the list and you’ll get your answer. Link is NOT to the list.

Google reddit Selingo spreadsheet. I posted the Dropbox link here yesterday but apparently it got deleted.

No I am not your research assistant. You post the list to support your claim. It’s a list, copy and paste.

You won’t because you know it will not support your claim.

More like, you're lazy.

Rice: Mild Buyer
University of Southern California: Mild Buyer
Rochester: Mild Buyer
Case Western: Buyer
University of Florida: Buyer
University of Georgia: Buyer
University of Illinois: Buyer
Rutgers: Buyer

All T50 on USNWR.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can both be true? PP explicitly said "plenty of top 50 schools," which would belie the idea that merit aid is scarce.

"Plenty" of top 50 schools offer it but not to everyone, but to small numbers of students making it a bad strategy for chasing merit aid as your odds are very small.

Other colleges will over merit awards to a large percentage of their admits, making that a better strategy for chasing merit aid as your odds of receiving it are much higher.

Do you really need this explained to you? Or are you just being petulant?

If the "odds are very small" as you claim, then why does Selingo call these top 50 schools buyers?

He doesn’t. Maybe you should read the book or work on your reading comprehension?

O RLY?
https://jeffselingo.com/which-colleges-are-really-buyers-and-which-are-sellers/

Post the list and you’ll get your answer. Link is NOT to the list.

Google reddit Selingo spreadsheet. I posted the Dropbox link here yesterday but apparently it got deleted.

No I am not your research assistant. You post the list to support your claim. It’s a list, copy and paste.

You won’t because you know it will not support your claim.

More like, you're lazy.

Rice: Mild Buyer
University of Southern California: Mild Buyer
Rochester: Mild Buyer
Case Western: Buyer
University of Florida: Buyer
University of Georgia: Buyer
University of Illinois: Buyer
Rutgers: Buyer

All T50 on USNWR.

DP: ok but OP asked about T30

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can both be true? PP explicitly said "plenty of top 50 schools," which would belie the idea that merit aid is scarce.

"Plenty" of top 50 schools offer it but not to everyone, but to small numbers of students making it a bad strategy for chasing merit aid as your odds are very small.

Other colleges will over merit awards to a large percentage of their admits, making that a better strategy for chasing merit aid as your odds of receiving it are much higher.

Do you really need this explained to you? Or are you just being petulant?

If the "odds are very small" as you claim, then why does Selingo call these top 50 schools buyers?

He doesn’t. Maybe you should read the book or work on your reading comprehension?

O RLY?
https://jeffselingo.com/which-colleges-are-really-buyers-and-which-are-sellers/

Post the list and you’ll get your answer. Link is NOT to the list.

Google reddit Selingo spreadsheet. I posted the Dropbox link here yesterday but apparently it got deleted.

No I am not your research assistant. You post the list to support your claim. It’s a list, copy and paste.

You won’t because you know it will not support your claim.

More like, you're lazy.

Rice: Mild Buyer
University of Southern California: Mild Buyer
Rochester: Mild Buyer
Case Western: Buyer
University of Florida: Buyer
University of Georgia: Buyer
University of Illinois: Buyer
Rutgers: Buyer

All T50 on USNWR.

Except this list is silly.
Rice is a mild buyer? Please. 4% undergrads w/out need get merit. https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/merit-aid
Florida a mild buyer? Only 5% undergrads w/out need get merit.
USC a mild buyer? Maybe. 22%. Big difference.

Just look up the actual numbers for each school folks. Means way more than buyer-seller marketing nonsense:
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/merit-aid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can both be true? PP explicitly said "plenty of top 50 schools," which would belie the idea that merit aid is scarce.

"Plenty" of top 50 schools offer it but not to everyone, but to small numbers of students making it a bad strategy for chasing merit aid as your odds are very small.

Other colleges will over merit awards to a large percentage of their admits, making that a better strategy for chasing merit aid as your odds of receiving it are much higher.

Do you really need this explained to you? Or are you just being petulant?

If the "odds are very small" as you claim, then why does Selingo call these top 50 schools buyers?

He doesn’t. Maybe you should read the book or work on your reading comprehension?

O RLY?
https://jeffselingo.com/which-colleges-are-really-buyers-and-which-are-sellers/

Post the list and you’ll get your answer. Link is NOT to the list.

Google reddit Selingo spreadsheet. I posted the Dropbox link here yesterday but apparently it got deleted.

No I am not your research assistant. You post the list to support your claim. It’s a list, copy and paste.

You won’t because you know it will not support your claim.

More like, you're lazy.

Rice: Mild Buyer
University of Southern California: Mild Buyer
Rochester: Mild Buyer
Case Western: Buyer
University of Florida: Buyer
University of Georgia: Buyer
University of Illinois: Buyer
Rutgers: Buyer

All T50 on USNWR.

Rice: Mild Buyer 4% receiving merit aid
University of Southern California: Mild Buyer 22% receiving merit aid
Rochester: Mild Buyer barely in T50 (47) 24% receiving merit aid
Case Western: Buyer NOT IN T50 (53) AND 41% receiving merit aid
University of Florida: Buyer 5% receiving merit aid
University of Georgia: Buyer 4% receiving merit aid
University of Illinois: Buyer 12% receiving merit aid
Rutgers: Buyer 2% receiving merit aid

Yeah, those T50s are handing out merit left right and center! I rest my case.

Thank you to PP who posted the link I got the numbers from.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can both be true? PP explicitly said "plenty of top 50 schools," which would belie the idea that merit aid is scarce.

"Plenty" of top 50 schools offer it but not to everyone, but to small numbers of students making it a bad strategy for chasing merit aid as your odds are very small.

Other colleges will over merit awards to a large percentage of their admits, making that a better strategy for chasing merit aid as your odds of receiving it are much higher.

Do you really need this explained to you? Or are you just being petulant?

If the "odds are very small" as you claim, then why does Selingo call these top 50 schools buyers?

He doesn’t. Maybe you should read the book or work on your reading comprehension?

O RLY?
https://jeffselingo.com/which-colleges-are-really-buyers-and-which-are-sellers/

Post the list and you’ll get your answer. Link is NOT to the list.

Google reddit Selingo spreadsheet. I posted the Dropbox link here yesterday but apparently it got deleted.

No I am not your research assistant. You post the list to support your claim. It’s a list, copy and paste.

You won’t because you know it will not support your claim.

More like, you're lazy.

Rice: Mild Buyer
University of Southern California: Mild Buyer
Rochester: Mild Buyer
Case Western: Buyer
University of Florida: Buyer
University of Georgia: Buyer
University of Illinois: Buyer
Rutgers: Buyer

All T50 on USNWR.

DP: ok but OP asked about T30

There was a PP two or three pages ago who shifted the discussion to T50.