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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=The link above]All of the Ivy League universities have stopped matching or funding national merit scholarships, although they continue to enroll large numbers of winners because of the prestige of the institutions.  Ivy League schools also, as a rule, provide generous financial support based on actual need, making them an excellent choice for most of the applicants they admit.  The mean SAT scores for many of these schools are likely significantly higher than the mean score nationwide on the PSAT (converted to SAT). …
Many public elites have joined the Ivies in not providing their own funds to match or pay entirely for merit scholarships.  Among these schools are all the UC campuses, UT Austin, and the University of Washington.  Michigan and Virginia also appear to have stopped using their own funds for merit scholarships based solely on the PSAT.  At these universities, merit scholars may still receive assistance but it will not be in the form of merit matching funds or totally funded merit scholarships.  These and other universities may also have non-need-based scholarships for valedictorians
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This is good to know. So many of the higher-ranked schools only give need-based aid. It is truly difficult for families that make just over the limit for aid, but do not make enough to just easily pay out $60,000/year. 
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Not unlike private high schools in the DC area, you have the well-to-do and the low SES, but not much of the middle class. Thank God for public schools.[/quote]

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