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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So --- my post got closed and referred here.  [b]My interest is more in the top schools.  I see a few like Emory, WashU, Tulane, W&M (we are out of state) listed here. [/b] SLAC's listed broadly but would like specifics...and are there others for a very high stats kid willing to set an Ivy or top SLAC aside.

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"What are the top schools that offer merit aid?

Currently have a junior who has stats to have a chance at top schools and has funds to be full pay. Considering some Ivys, top SLACs, and others outside top 20 on a stats perspective. But with long term picture in mind, I'd like to have DS also consider schools that could potentially get merit aid and then have a choice in the end among acceptances so that some include the option to take a merit package vs a full pay and save the 529 funds for graduate school."[/quote]

On the whole, top schools (meaning ranked ~1-25 or 30 by USNWR) do not award merit scholarship aid, or if they do, it goes to a very small fraction of incoming students.

I am not familiar with what Emory, Tulane, and W&M do for high-performers, but I can tell you what my high-performing DC got for merit aid last year:

[u]Stats[/u]:  1600 SAT, 4.0 UW/4.83 Weighted GPA at an MCPS magnet.  Three subject-matter SAT tests, scored 800 on all three.  Ten AP classes, nine grades of five and one grade of four.  500 service hours.  Tutored for Aristotle Circle.  Played an unusual sport and a musical instrument at a high level (won awards including at a national level).

[u]Results[/u]:

UMD-CP:  Admitted, $5K merit/year
Pitt:  Admitted, $15K merit/year, not admitted to the Honors College
UMBC:  Admitted with a full ride
WashU:  Admitted, no merit money
URochester:  Admitted, $12K merit/year
Grinnell:  Admitted, $25K merit/year
Case Western:  Admitted, $32K merit/year
Rice:  Admitted, no merit money
Davidson:  Admitted, no merit money
Oberlin:  Admitted, $32K merit/year
Brandeis:  Admitted, $15K merit/year

If you are chasing a name-brand, you need to pay or qualify for need-based aid.  [/quote]

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