Full ride from merit - Is it a thing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 4.0 uw 36 ACT 5s on all AP exams this year got accepted to an Ivy, top SLAC, 2 T10s and 3 T20s...

not a SINGLE one offered any merit aid (no matter what their website said). We don't qualify for any need-based FA.

He did write emails to a few schools after acceptance, basically said nicely: your are SOL.

Full-freight $90k/year.

I find you have to go lower, lower---he was offered $25k year for 5 years from a T60 school. And he got into all top in-state schools.

Of course not! Most schools in this tier offer aid only based on need. Everyone merits. The merit is getting in!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 4.0 uw 36 ACT 5s on all AP exams this year got accepted to an Ivy, top SLAC, 2 T10s and 3 T20s...

not a SINGLE one offered any merit aid (no matter what their website said). We don't qualify for any need-based FA.

He did write emails to a few schools after acceptance, basically said nicely: your are SOL.

Full-freight $90k/year.

I find you have to go lower, lower---he was offered $25k year for 5 years from a T60 school. And he got into all top in-state schools.

Of course not! Most schools in this tier offer aid only based on need. Everyone merits. The merit is getting in!

I know that. I don’t think OP knows that - hence my post. He’s full freight an Ivy next year.

[Anonymous]

My kid got a full ride but it was a state school with specific numbers for merit aid. So yes, it happens, but probably not at a private and highly selective school. Lots of kids as perfect as yours were rejected. You want the status, you pay for it.

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Most of the full rides I’m aware of come from state schools or small schools that arent’ even close to the T100.

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Who applys to "Full-freight $90k/year."

That is beyond stupid for undergrade unless there is a learning disability.

Who spends that? We can afford it but who spends that?

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Rollins College has some, so does Washington & Lee.

[Anonymous]

I’m trying to understand WTF would make any school worth $360,000.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 4.0 uw 36 ACT 5s on all AP exams this year got accepted to an Ivy, top SLAC, 2 T10s and 3 T20s...

not a SINGLE one offered any merit aid (no matter what their website said). We don't qualify for any need-based FA.

He did write emails to a few schools after acceptance, basically said nicely: your are SOL.

Full-freight $90k/year.

I find you have to go lower, lower---he was offered $25k year for 5 years from a T60 school. And he got into all top in-state schools.

Of course not! Most schools in this tier offer aid only based on need. Everyone merits. The merit is getting in!

I know that. I don’t think OP knows that - hence my post. He’s full freight an Ivy next year.

No no no. The 90K school is not Ivy or even T25. It's more in the 60-80 range, like Tulane or Miami.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m trying to understand WTF would make any school worth $360,000.

OP here - I don't think any school is worth 360K, that's why I'm asking. We know not to expect merit from T25 schools, but are building a diverse list that might include schools that are more financially attractive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m trying to understand WTF would make any school worth $360,000.

Lots of people. It’s why admit rates are 3-5% for Ivies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m trying to understand WTF would make any school worth $360,000.

Ivies, Boston College, Vanderbilt, Pomona, Williams, Georgetown, Wake Forest, etc etc

Plenty of UMC and donut holes people are paying that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m trying to understand WTF would make any school worth $360,000.

Ivies, Boston College, Vanderbilt, Pomona, Williams, Georgetown, Wake Forest, etc etc

Plenty of UMC and donut holes people are paying that

Is it b/c of student-teacher ratios? We've been keeping a chart of school info and, no surprise, the expensive privates have much lower ratios. BC is 11:1 and Tulane is 8:1. UMD is 18:1 and UCLA is 19:1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m trying to understand WTF would make any school worth $360,000.

Who pays $70-90k for a car? Or high end brands?

Not us. We buy Hondas.

People have different priorities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m trying to understand WTF would make any school worth $360,000.

Who pays $70-90k for a car? Or high end brands?

Not us. We buy Hondas.

People have different priorities.

I mean life is a series of choices.

We are paying for an Ivy next year. I was a typical MC kid who was told only in-state, no private universities. I didn’t want my own kids to have that same limitation. Next generation and all…my husband and I do better than our parents.

I was grateful, but always a little upset as a top, top student that was my only choice. We didn’t qualify for aid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m trying to understand WTF would make any school worth $360,000.

Ivies, Boston College, Vanderbilt, Pomona, Williams, Georgetown, Wake Forest, etc etc

Plenty of UMC and donut holes people are paying that

Tufts, U Chicago, Swarthmore, etc etc