Great merit stories

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Anonymous wrote:Full ride at Lafayette College

How???

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Anonymous wrote:Full tuition from Ithaca, $30,000 from NYU, $25,000 from Emerson. 33 ACT. DC public HS, UW GPA 3.9.

Impressive! Did they end up at one of those or elsewhere?

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Anonymous wrote:Marquette. Offered merit which brought it down to compare to our in state levels for the state flagship. Yes good marketing but she loves the school ( now a sophomore) and I love that they wanted her. She is a good but not fantastic student. And she got a huge frozen pretzel in the mail with the acceptance.

Congrats to your daughter. Is she Catholic? I saw a list (Princeton Review?) that showed Marquette as having the most religious students. It gave me pause because my son is agnostic. Thanks for any input on student diversity. I was seriously looking at Marquette until I saw it on the list.

DP: Marquette is Not overly religious.

We are not religious at all. My kid loved their time at Marquette. Sure most kids are catholic or Christian, but not all. Most don’t make a big deal about it. Other than Ash Wednesday—first year was a nice learning experience—most kids participate then even if they never go to mass/church normally.

Only have one theology course requirement—viewed it as a history course. Great education all around

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Minnesota

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Minnesota

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Full tuition from Ithaca, $30,000 from NYU, $25,000 from Emerson. 33 ACT. DC public HS, UW GPA 3.9.

Impressive! Did they end up at one of those or elsewhere?

NYU and the aid was actually more generous because additional terms like January special courses, summer terms, and an additional semester due to Covid were also covered in addition.

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My 3.93 UW, 35 ACT DC got a $10k year merit scholarship at Minnesota. Definitely nice, but didn't bring it down to an in-state level cost.

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Anonymous wrote:Where did a kid you know (does not have to be your child!) get a TON of merit? By ton I don't mean just 20, 30k (like 80k to 60k...still very expensive), but so much that it made cost go down to in-state, truly affordable. And what school was it?

If your child has the stats, he/she could get get great merit (i.e. in-state tuition) at University of Central Florida and Florida State University. I think the SATs need to be around the 1400 mark and the I can't remember the GPA.

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South Carolina
Alabama
ASU
WVU
Kalamazoo College
Juniata
Delaware State University

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Anonymous wrote:Alabama
Tennessee
Indiana
Rochester
Florida State
UMD
Mizzou

You must have received a $50-60k scholarship to bring in line with cost of in state as OP inquired.

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Anonymous wrote:Full tuition from Ithaca, $30,000 from NYU, $25,000 from Emerson. 33 ACT. DC public HS, UW GPA 3.9.

Impressive. Didn't realize NYU gave merit. Tough to get down to level of in state. COA still must be over $60k

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Full tuition from Ithaca, $30,000 from NYU, $25,000 from Emerson. 33 ACT. DC public HS, UW GPA 3.9.

Impressive. Didn't realize NYU gave merit. Tough to get down to level of in state. COA still must be over $60k

PP is not being truthful as NYU offers very limited merit money:
https://www.nyu.edu/admissions/financial-aid-and-scholarships/applying-and-planning-for-undergraduate-aid/scholarships-and-grants.html

$30k is not an option.

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Duke full ride

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After merit, no need aid, these schools all ended up with a net price around $30-$35k for DD... SMCM (OOS), Allegheny, Susquehanna, Juniata, Washington College. UMW was $17k.

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39k/yr from Lewis and Clark. Nice place and a better school than you’d think based on admissions stats…..