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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You'll often hear need based aid referred as merit scholarship, it can be confusing.

One example is annual news story about a student gaining admission to 70 colleges and $2 million in "scholarships". [/quote]

Yes, in my limited experience at a private college, some parents will call it whatever suits them.

I worked for a DIII college years ago.   Students absolutely did not get athletic scholarships.  Of course there was "that" parent, and their student had FAFSA-defined need (no parent ever wants to brag about un-ment need or their true finances) and was given a F/A package--small subsidized direct student loan and a [college name] grant.    This family told other families that their son had received a baseball scholarship to [name of college].  I found this out when I met with another family, from the same small town, who was wondering why their bright biology major did not get as much $$ as the kid they knew with the baseball scholarship?? [/quote]

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