Merit aid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone get more than $25,000 off from places like Kenyon and Oberlin? That puts it at about $20,000 more than UMD.

I'm thinking they don't. E.g. Kenyon says merit is between 10-25K. When it's explicitly stated it's going to be extremely rare that anyone gets more. DC got 35K from Wooster which put it very close to UMD, since Wooster is also lower sticker price. The goal of these offers is to lure someone from their flagship at full pay. That's still a good paying customer, and it builds word of mouth. As interest builds the offers go down, and the sticker price goes up. You still have people bragging about merit when it's only 10K at an expensive school.

My child with a 33 ACT and strong GPA got $18k from Kenyon. She was ED though so maybe in RD she could have gotten more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone get more than $25,000 off from places like Kenyon and Oberlin? That puts it at about $20,000 more than UMD.

My kid got $20,000 merit from Oberlin. Another $25000 FA. That made it less expensive than our state university.

with similar stats as OP's kid?

It looks similar, but with leadership EC roles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does it make a difference if student is URM w similar stats in amount of aid awarded?

Yes, but you need to find a Midwestern SLAC that’s still lopsided in terms of enrollment and putting $$ into diversifying the student body.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone get more than $25,000 off from places like Kenyon and Oberlin? That puts it at about $20,000 more than UMD.

My kid got $20,000 merit from Oberlin. Another $25000 FA. That made it less expensive than our state university.

So they offered you enough FA that cost of attendance is lower than your state school? Why didn't you qualify for FA at the public? Was this lower than your FAFSA EFC?

PP here. Full tuition scholarship and more from home state university. Oberlin was for less than the price of instate university without the state scholarship. Oberlin is worth giving up full tuition+ back home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone get more than $25,000 off from places like Kenyon and Oberlin? That puts it at about $20,000 more than UMD.

My kid got $20,000 merit from Oberlin. Another $25000 FA. That made it less expensive than our state university.

So they offered you enough FA that cost of attendance is lower than your state school? Why didn't you qualify for FA at the public? Was this lower than your FAFSA EFC?

PP here. Full tuition scholarship and more from home state university. Oberlin was for less than the price of instate university without the state scholarship. Oberlin is worth giving up full tuition+ back home.

Thanks for clarifying and congratulations on both. My DC would have chosen the same.

[Anonymous]

Miami of Ohio, Indiana Bloomington & U Minnesota all gave some merit aid with similar stats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does it make a difference if student is URM w similar stats in amount of aid awarded?

Yes, but you need to find a Midwestern SLAC that’s still lopsided in terms of enrollment and putting $$ into diversifying the student body.

My DC is URM. I think that this did help our family in the merit aid department. DC still had to have high grades and SAT, but faced less competition. I'm sorry that that's the way it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where can my kid get merit aid? 31 ACT, 3.9 GPA, and average EC's. Can anyone who has a kid with these stats tell me where they got aid?

Temple, Seton Hall, and secondary campuses of the state flagship.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where can my kid get merit aid? 31 ACT, 3.9 GPA, and average EC's. Can anyone who has a kid with these stats tell me where they got aid?

pretty much everywhere. Congrats to your kid. Esp at smaller LACs... Good luck!

[Anonymous]

University of Vermont, $20k per year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where can my kid get merit aid? 31 ACT, 3.9 GPA, and average EC's. Can anyone who has a kid with these stats tell me where they got aid?

Temple, Seton Hall, and secondary campuses of the state flagship.

My kid's stats were lower than that and he got 25K from Bard. But only for the first year. We didn't take it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone get more than $25,000 off from places like Kenyon and Oberlin? That puts it at about $20,000 more than UMD.

I'm thinking they don't. E.g. Kenyon says merit is between 10-25K. When it's explicitly stated it's going to be extremely rare that anyone gets more. DC got 35K from Wooster which put it very close to UMD, since Wooster is also lower sticker price. The goal of these offers is to lure someone from their flagship at full pay. That's still a good paying customer, and it builds word of mouth. As interest builds the offers go down, and the sticker price goes up. You still have people bragging about merit when it's only 10K at an expensive school.

My child with a 33 ACT and strong GPA got $18k from Kenyon. She was ED though so maybe in RD she could have gotten more.

What was the strong GPA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where can my kid get merit aid? 31 ACT, 3.9 GPA, and average EC's. Can anyone who has a kid with these stats tell me where they got aid?

Temple, Seton Hall, and secondary campuses of the state flagship.

My kid's stats were lower than that and he got 25K from Bard. But only for the first year. We didn't take it!

Was it clear that it was a one-time offer? How did DC fare?

[Anonymous]

Many out of state, state schools. Some have them posted online, look by college+out of state+merit aid

[Anonymous]

Muhlenberg, Juniata, SMCM, MHC, College of Wooster, Washington College