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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Wooster and Juniata both gave my child approximately 25K in merit aid (per year, for four years). She had a 3.7 UW GPA, very average SAT scores and just a handful of AP's.

She also go aid offers from other, more highly ranked schools.[/quote]
This is helpful! [b]I am still in shock as I realize that our HHI of $210k (which only recently got that high) means no financial aid on all the net price calculators I run.[/b] I can't imagine actually paying $70k/year (!) so we're scrambling to think about options. [b]PP, could you mention the other, more highly ranked schools that also offered aid?[/b] [/quote]

You will not qualify for financial aid.  (I'm kind of surprised you would think that you would.)

Higher-ranked schools that award merit aid include e.g. Dickinson, Denison, Grinnell, Oberlin, U. Rochester.  Some elite schools, e.g. Johns Hopkins and Washington U. in St. Louis, as well as e.g. Boston College, give a tiny number of merit scholarships to super high-performers.

If your child is a good but not stellar student, you will need to look at schools ranked 40 and above by USNWR.  Or, send your child to an in-state public.[/quote]

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