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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Yes, they particularly offer a lot of merit dollars to National Merit Finalists. My child had high PSAT scores and we get a lot of mail from USC telling us about these scholarships. I suspect it's a bit far away for us, but if my child ends up being found eligible it is sure tempting. [/quote]
[quote=Anonymous]Most schools give scholarships to National Merit Semifinalists provided you indicate that that particular school is your "first choice" school.
http://www.finaid.umich.edu/Home/TypesofAid/ScholarshipsandGrants/OFAScholarshipListing.aspx[/quote]

Actually, many schools give no money at all for National Merit. Examples off the top of my head include the Ivy League schools and UVa. Many other schools offer only token amounts of a couple or a few thousand (not much compared to a $55-60,000 tuition bill). The most generous for National Merit are schools like USC, Oklahoma, Alabama, and a lot of smaller LACs.
(Could not find a listing for National Merit Scholars in your link, but I'm in a hurry right now and didn't have time to go through the entire thing.)
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I never could find an reference to National Merit Scholarships on this linked page. Was it elsewhere on that site? We are looking at schools that offer substantial (covering at least half tuition) scholarships for National Merit qualified students.[/quote]

This link mentions that many elite pubic and private universities no longer use their own funds for national merit scholarships.

http://publicuniversityhonors.com/2013/04/20/best-major-universities-for-national-merit-scholarship-funding/

Top 25 schools that use their own money to award merit scholarships regardless of need are: University of Chicago with 303 merit scholars (217 of them with university sponsorship); USC with 263 merit scholars (228 with USC support); Northwestern with 236 scholars (169 with school support); Washington University St. Louis with 206 scholars (142 with university sponsorship); Vanderbilt with 187 scholars (137 with university support); and Rice with 147 scholars (104 with Rice sponsorship)

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