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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have an average child grade wide who doesn’t play sports or have any other hooks. And we’re white and middle class. Am I to assume child won’t receive any merit aid or scholarship? I’m looking at the college price tags and trying to figure out what’s realistic. If merit was a miracle, would it only be for like $5k or something hardly worth considering for OOS or private?[/quote]

Yes, your child can get merit at some of the CTCL colleges, which have 60% or higher acceptance rates. If the college is in another part of the country, you're more likely to get more merit. Not a lot, mind you, but some. My friend's kid, who had mediocre grades, not any ECs, no sports, still got merit at a CTCL. This kid did really well there, and went to a mid-tier law school and is now gainfully and happily employed as a public interest lawyer. Not making a whole lot of money, but successful and happy.

The pandemic has changed things a lot. My older kids got a lot of merit ($25K when the price tag for a typical private college was about $65k), but my youngest child with far better stats, got almost no merit this year from schools like Pitt and Lafayette, which have offered substantial merit in the past to kids with my kid's profile. So things, have changed. But don't give up on merit, which is just a discounted price not an "award" or anything they dress it up as. And things may change back, so by the time your kid is applying to college, lower-tier colleges may once again be competing for kids with your child's stats. [/quote]

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