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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]VT doesn’t give out merit aid. It doesn’t need to.

Pitt is much less desirable and more desperate so might offer some.[/quote]

PP.  That slam on Pitt's a crappy remark.

I think the pullback in aid is because they were giving merit money away needlessly. Demand is strong enough that they don't have to.  To me $5K is just a "Hey, we like your kid" and "We know parents like to brag on merit aid" gesture.  It's not enough to sway a decision.  It tells me they still aren't too concerned about geographic diversity from within a day's driving range.

PA colleges have high tuition, relatively speaking.  State support has declined, so tuition has had to stay high. It's a talked-about issue in PA news.

When I attended Pitt years ago, there were already visible ties to MoCo.  Marylanders like to go North/Northeast for college if they don't stay home.  Virginians like to go South. Has to do with where people feel culturally comfortable.  My MoCo friends were Jewish.  Pitt was a very comfortable school for practicing Jewish students at that time.  [/quote]

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