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[quote=Anonymous]As someone with a rising college freshman who just went through this process, it's not a stupid question at all.  My DC got a lot of merit aid from some schools, none from others, and anecdotally word got out about schools that give out quite a bit.  The links shared by an early PP have some good leads on schools.  The two biggest tips I can share are that: 1) Review the online "Common Data Set" for schools in which you're interested, and scroll to Section H2A -- this will tell you how many freshmen, who had no financial need, were awarded merit aid, and the average amount of such aid.  (In section H2 you can see data on students with need who additionally received merit aid.)  To find these reports, just google "Common Data Set" and the name of a college, e.g., "Common Data Set Case Western," and you will usually be brought to a page on the college's site that has links to their CDS reports.  2) IF a school gives merit aid, your student is most likely to be in the running when their stats place them in the top 5-10% of their admitted students' profile.  For schools with high % of students getting aid, perhaps a slightly bigger pool?  Generally speaking, you need to target schools ranked a bit lower ranked than their dream/reach schools, unless they are an exceptionally top applicant, then you're looking at a different set of scholarships/schools/merit aid targets . . .[/quote]

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