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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stats are important but parents ability to pay is also considered even if they call them merit scholarships. I know a kid with max stats (1600, 4.0/4.95) that got only a Dean scholarship (2k only for the first year). Parents have 529 fully founded to cover all UMD in-state costs.[/quote]

I don't think this is true.  DD is fully funded in 529 and high stats, we make solid money where we would not get financial aid, and she seems to have gotten max possible.

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It is true.
Every year about 1/3 of Blair's STEM students (25-30) have these kind of stats. They are accepted in the Honors College but only few receive UMD scholarships. Most f them pick private colleges (MIT, CMU, Cornell). 
Ask any of the kids there and he/she will confirm. 
My daughter is a senior there. I know for sure it is a valid comment.[/quote]
again, not true.  There are people (my kid) who got the full 5k. RMIB magnet.

IMO, merit aid is like college admissions - it's opaque as to who gets it.[/quote]

The part you think is not true is the merit aid and 529 supposition. Right?
That's a guess and I agree the criteria is opaque and it is not only stats based. There are few kids at Blair that got the BK and also the President scholarship. But they are few and not necessarily the top of the top. They know very well each others.[/quote]
Yes, BK especially is holistic and not just merit based.

I know of a Blair magnet kid who has an amazing ec  but was denied at T10 for CS, and they only got the 5K from UMD, not BK.[/quote]

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