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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.
Here is DD's current list (OK, my list) based on the possibility that DD might get a large merit award from these schools.
Please comment if you think any of these private schools would not offer at least $30K in merit aid (or less at state schools) to a kid with my DDs stats. 
TBS, DD is more likely than not to go to our state U. It's so much cheaper than any other option. We have nothing against our state U (my FIL is an alum), but DD wants a small school, so we're doing our best try and give her a choice.
I put together this list based on comments I've read on many threads here, and on College Confidential. Some parents reported their kid with similar stats got very large awards ($35K or more). But I don't know if that kid had extraordinary ECs or was a recruited athlete. DD has neither. 
The list will get whittled down to about 10 schools.

Clark
Pitt
Wooster
Davidson
U Richmond
Lafayette
Lottery ticket school (Princeton or Harvard)
George Washington
University of Mary Washington
UMass Amherst
UDel
Kenyon
Oberlin
Muhlenberg
Ursinus
Penn State
Miami of Ohio
University of Vermont
Case Western
Connecticut College 
Gettysburg

Hope this is helpful to other parents looking for merit aid. 
BTW, merit aid is fickle. Some schools offer it, and then stop, and vice versa. It changes year by year. [/quote]

My DD with stats lower than yours got merit from the following in your DD’s list:

Clark
Pitt
U of Richmond
Case Western
Connecticut College

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