Merit based scholarships

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Anonymous wrote:Are those all of the privates that offer merit based scholarships?
Pretty sad considering the numbers that give out sports-based scholarships...
Priorities!

Really? Name a DC-area private school that gives sports scholarships. I don't know of any.

Bullis does (but doesn't admit it -- does it under the guise of "financial aid" but to families with over $350,000 in income).

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The basic answer is no. None of the top independent schools (GDS, Maret, STA, NCS,Sidwell etc) give merit aid. They save their money for need based financial aid. They have enough highly qualified applicants that they don't need to recruit with merit aid. It's the same case for highly selective colleges. Most merit aid is used at less selective schools trying to recruit top talent. The Ivys get that talent anyway, just like the top private schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My niece got really high scores on her PSAT and was offered tons of scholastic scholarships from many schools. They are not advertised, but they will pay for a possible NMS?

But they're all catholic schools, right?

No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The basic answer is no. None of the top independent schools (GDS, Maret, STA, NCS,Sidwell etc) give merit aid. They save their money for need based financial aid. They have enough highly qualified applicants that they don't need to recruit with merit aid. It's the same case for highly selective colleges. Most merit aid is used at less selective schools trying to recruit top talent. The Ivys get that talent anyway, just like the top private schools.

None of this is true. They do give merit base scholarships.

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base = based

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NMS-national merit scholar

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The basic answer is no. None of the top independent schools (GDS, Maret, STA, NCS,Sidwell etc) give merit aid. They save their money for need based financial aid. They have enough highly qualified applicants that they don't need to recruit with merit aid. It's the same case for highly selective colleges. Most merit aid is used at less selective schools trying to recruit top talent. The Ivys get that talent anyway, just like the top private schools.

None of this is true. They do give merit base scholarships.

Really? Which DC privates give merit scholarships? Which Ivy's give Merit scholarships? Links and proof.

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Bullis gives them out for football, basketball or lacrosse.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The basic answer is no. None of the top independent schools (GDS, Maret, STA, NCS,Sidwell etc) give merit aid. They save their money for need based financial aid. They have enough highly qualified applicants that they don't need to recruit with merit aid. It's the same case for highly selective colleges. Most merit aid is used at less selective schools trying to recruit top talent. The Ivys get that talent anyway, just like the top private schools.

None of this is true. They do give merit base scholarships.

Really? Which DC privates give merit scholarships? Which Ivy's give Merit scholarships? Links and proof.

Can you provide links and proof that the don't provide scholarships. I know kids that have gotten scholarships. What do you want, their names.

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But you don't know their financial needs pp. People are confusing FA with MA.

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The only merit scholarships I know of at elite colleges/grad schools are highly selective "named" scholarships you apply for. In my grad school there were a handful of partial scholarships for a class of 300. I can't imagine there are many non-FA options at elite high schools either. I CAN imagine a FA applicant getting more aid in response to highly coveted skills like being gifted in math, music, a sport, etc.

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exactly pp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The basic answer is no. None of the top independent schools (GDS, Maret, STA, NCS,Sidwell etc) give merit aid. They save their money for need based financial aid. They have enough highly qualified applicants that they don't need to recruit with merit aid. It's the same case for highly selective colleges. Most merit aid is used at less selective schools trying to recruit top talent. The Ivys get that talent anyway, just like the top private schools.

Sad that some save it to recruit better basketball players. Yes, they qualify for aid, but they are recruited first for their ability to play ball. Meanwhile the families with smart kids who are struggling to pay the tuition have to pay full freight. I guess an intellectual contribution to the school isn't as valuable as being #1 in a team sport.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The basic answer is no. None of the top independent schools (GDS, Maret, STA, NCS,Sidwell etc) give merit aid. They save their money for need based financial aid. They have enough highly qualified applicants that they don't need to recruit with merit aid. It's the same case for highly selective colleges. Most merit aid is used at less selective schools trying to recruit top talent. The Ivys get that talent anyway, just like the top private schools.

None of this is true. They do give merit base scholarships.

Really? Which DC privates give merit scholarships? Which Ivy's give Merit scholarships? Links and proof.

Can you provide links and proof that the don't provide scholarships. I know kids that have gotten scholarships. What do you want, their names.

Ivy's cannot give out athletic or merit scholarships. Look it up. It is need based only. People who say they received a scholarship to an Ivy are bragging about Financial Aid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The basic answer is no. None of the top independent schools (GDS, Maret, STA, NCS,Sidwell etc) give merit aid. They save their money for need based financial aid. They have enough highly qualified applicants that they don't need to recruit with merit aid. It's the same case for highly selective colleges. Most merit aid is used at less selective schools trying to recruit top talent. The Ivys get that talent anyway, just like the top private schools.

Sad that some save it to recruit better basketball players. Yes, they qualify for aid, but they are recruited first for their ability to play ball. Meanwhile the families with smart kids who are struggling to pay the tuition have to pay full freight. I guess an intellectual contribution to the school isn't as valuable as being #1 in a team sport.

It not true that they don't recruit for academics. For HS the ones I know about were recruited due to PSAT scores. One hired a company to negotiate the scholarship.

Another aced his SATs and that family hired a company to manage the college applications and scholarship offers.