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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Try raiseme.  You sign your kid up for an account, they put in grades, extracurriculars, awards, etc and earn micro scholarships. Also for college visits, college interviews, college fairs, taking the PSAT, SAT, ACT.  If they get into a school that participates, the money is theirs in the form of a merit scholarship. It’s new, and lots of schools don’t participate. But, with 2 years of grades, 2 big extracurriculars, PSAT 10 and some college visits, my kid has $7500 from Oberlin in his account, over $20,000 from Denison and over $30,000 from Wooster.

We also learned this weekend that Wooster and Oberlin both now do early aid. You file a transcript, SATs and extracurriculars, plus that FAFSA in August, and they will give, you an financial aid estimate (need AND MERIT) before you have to apply for ED. [/quote]

Yes we did this at Oberlin two years ago before my daughter applied ED. It was merit only but we knew going in how much she would get.[/quote]

That is so nice. DS will not qualify for need based, and needs X amount of merit to make it work. And Oberlin is a clear front runner. I love the idea of being able to ED, even if you need financial aid. I wish more schools did this. [/quote]

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