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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Name some SLACS that give good merit aid or are not 50k+ to attend.[/quote]

Almost all SLACs are $50k plus to attend BUT give merit aid. The ivies do not give merit aid by agreement among them. Some LACs like Temple or Fordham that are especially eager to recruit top-tier kids give $$$$ in merit aid. I've seen this.

You have apparently missed the ginormous debate going on in higher ed today, precisely about the burgeoning student loan crisis and the value of a $240,000 degree. Especially if the student is going to major in something non-lucrative, like teaching or theater. You're not going to convince anyone that many families are [b]indifferent[/b] to the choice between an Ivy with  tens of thousands in student loan debt, vs. a good state or SLAC or LAC with lots of merit aid. [/quote]

Just off the top of my head I know that Washington & Lee has a program (Johnson Scholars?) that gives full four-year merit aid.  I couldn't understand why W&L, seen as a men's finishing school when I was in high school, had gotten so selective, but this merit program has given them a huge boost in selectivity.  Other schools are following suit as well.[/quote]

This is true, but the thrust of this thread has been about comparing attendance rates at precisely those schools (Ivies) that DO NOT offer merit aid, and using those attendance rates to question the merits of some highly regarded public schools vs private ones. And some of us are pointing out that public schools families likely weigh finances more heavily than exclusive private school families in making these decisions.[/quote]

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