Merit Scholarships
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My kid was a very competitive applicant, didn't get into HYP but got in everywhere else (think next tier - Hopkins, Brown, Duke).
Richmond and Trinity both came through with very nice merit offers. Richmond, in particular, seems to use extremely generous merit aid as a way to recruit students that might otherwise go to schools perceived as being more prestigious. |
Anonymous
Grinnell is a top choice for my DD. She hopes to visit through a minority recruitment weekend and I think she'll love it. Can you share your son's stats? |
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3.9+/4.7+ 15 APs (mostly 5s/few 4s) over 1000 hours of service NMF/Scholar National AP Scholar as Junior 36 ACT (36/36/36/36) Presidential Scholar (Semifinalist) + some other awards |
Anonymous
Do all schools have minority recruitment events? Do you find out about them on each school's website? |
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But it does give out crazy amounts of financial aid. 33% of the freshman class is tuition free. 56% get need based aid. The average amount of need-based aid is $43,000 http://web.mit.edu/facts/tuition.html |
Those three were our easy kids. We have one that enlisted in the Air Force right out of high school. We are super proud of her. She wasn't a great student, but she has turned out to be a really good Airman. We're hoping she'll be more ready for college when she gets out. The military will pay which is nice. Our youngest wants to go to MIT. He had better pray for merit aid.
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http://blog.prepscholar.com/guaranteed-scholarships-based-on-sat-act-scores
If your kid doesn't mind the midwest, check out Ohio State University (oldest DD attended on a full-ride merit scholarship) or Miami University (in Ohio... DD21 is attending and has a full-tuition merit scholarship). Sorry, but I only know Ohio schools because that's where we lived when our oldest kids graduated from high school. |
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Understood. For people in the "donut hold," however, who neither quality for FA nor can pay $65k/year per kid plus annual increases for an MIT education, that is meaningless. |
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| ^^^ "donut hole" |
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Sure... unweighted GPA 3.5 ACT 31 5 APs 24 hours college credit from community college (that's max they will transfer in so he didn't even bother with taking AP test and they never asked for scores or asked if he was taking test) Good EC's including HOBY, Boy's State, board member of local teen philanthropy group, and 2 sport athlete. My advice is to connect with someone at Grinnell. A coach, an admission rep, etc. and keep in touch. Let them know its your first choice and if accepted DD will attend. |
Anonymous
not many in DC area will get it. people make too much on paper. |
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Thanks! |
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That's crazy!! |
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Damn. |
Anonymous
The Net Price Calculator will estimate financial aid, but it is silent on merit aid. I don't think it's a dumb question at all, OP. It's very difficult to get an answer, though, because merit aid is all over the place and depends on the college and your child's desirability for that college. If you have a superstar kid, merit aid, including a free ride, is available at very competitive colleges like Duke, U of Chicago, Hamilton and many others. My child got merit offers at Lehigh, Dickinson, GW, and several others. Most of the Colleges that Change Lives www.ctcl.org offer merit aid because they are not top schools in terms of competitiveness for admissions. They are all great schools, though, and your child will get a great education at any of them. Look at the links a PP posted. There is lots of information on the web about which schools offer merit aid. But awards are very unpredictable. Financial aid, on the other hand, is predictable. Use the Net Price Calculator on each school's website, and you'll have a good idea of how much FA to expect from each school. |