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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I posted on a recent thread about my kid getting lots of merit aid and he applied TO. Most schools gave him around $20k in merit money and he didn’t have anywhere near the GPA your kid has. [/quote]

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There are plenty of great schools that will provide merit for kids with 3.5UW, kids that don't take AP courses, kids that score less than 1200, etc. Key is to find a school with over 50% acceptance rate (ideally 75%+) and a school where your kid is at/+ the 75 percentile for statistics.

My own 3.5UW, 1 AP (with a very bad grade), 1200 got 35% from two schools in the 80s (kid was at 50%), and 67% tuition from one around 120th (kid was at ~90th%) .  And we were not chasing merit.  We were not chasing merit/did not need it.  But if we had, they could have gotten into several schools that would give over 50% merit.  It is not that difficult to do, just look where your kid is at/above the 75-80th percentile.  [/quote] May I ask where your kid ended up? [/quote]

Marquette University
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