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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its tough in this area to justify handing out merit money with no consideration of income. There is literally no reason to give a 50% scholarship for his 99% HSPT to a kid whose parents make 800K.  And there are a LOT of kids like that around here. [/quote]

That’s why merit awards and financial aid are different. 🤔 If my kid got all A’s and a high HSPT, it shouldn't matter what my income is because he still earned it on his own merits. [/quote]

Doesn't matter. And this is why there is not that many schools handing out notably large "merit scholarships".  Fancy schools need the people who can easily pay, to pay. Giving rich kids major academic scholarships is throwing needed money away.

And your kid is not particularly special getting all As and high HSPT.  Mine had all that. Per one of the ADs that I knew socially, he had the highest score among applicants.  We got essentially the same generic merit offers everywhere, whatever the top tier at the school was. Incl Gonzaga's Presidential award. These were all nice, but modest 5K-6kish type awards if I recall correctly. And that is because many of the kids that get these come from well off families who really don't need them.  Kids that need more will get FA.
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