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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are in the donut hole: too much money for FA, not enough to afford privates or OOS public.

DD has a 3.9 unweighted, but she's a junior and is floundering this year. She'll probably end up with a 3.2 at the end of the year at the rate she's going. Her SATs will probably be around 1200 based on her PSAT scores, according to her high school counselor.

I am starting to compile a list of places for DD to visit during spring break, but aside from our in-state schools, what other colleges will accept someone with her stats, and give her merit aid? She has one somewhat unusual interest, is a non-varsity athlete, no special talents except that she's nice and funny and people like her.

She's social and outgoing, so she'll feel fine in a large OOS public, but we can only afford it if she can get merit aid. She'd probably prefer a SLAC, but are there any that would give her enough merit aid to match in-state tuition?

Any suggestions? I'm thinking U Delaware, U VT, maybe Penn State? Any other ideas? Northeastern, maybe? [/quote]

There are plenty of SLAC's that would give her merit aid, but probably not enough to reach in state tuition.

If she wants an SLAC, I'm not sure why you're looking at Penn State.  I'd look at state schools that resemble SLAC's instead: Mary Washington, Saint Mary's (which ever is OOS, I assume you're already looking at the one that's instate) Truman State, etc.. . .

Also, is she willing to go to a private school where her stats are on the high end?  You'll find the most money there.[/quote]

OP. Thanks for those suggestions. We're in MD, so I know about St. Mary's. Truman State I've never heard of. Is [b]Mary Washington the one in Williamsburg? [/b]OOS is not cheap though for public SLACS, so not sure if we could afford Mary Washington or Truman State.

She'd do fine at a large university, but would prefer a small college. She had a 3.9, so [b]I was looking at better schools,[/b] but this year she's fallen apart, so we have to aim our sights a lot lower.

Keep those suggestions coming, please! this is so helpful!

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U. of Mary Washington is in Fredericksburg.  It is a SLAC and bears no resemblance to the College of William & Mary, which is in Williamsburg.

Whether the other schools you were looking at are "better" is up for debate, but I will tell you that brand-name schools do not, by and large, give merit aid.[/quote]

Sorry, using shorthand. Didn't mean "better" just "more selective." DD1 did get merit aid from "brand-name" colleges, but DD1 had much higher stats than DD2.

Thank you for clearing up the confusion between W&M and Mary Washington. I thought W&M was a SLAC, a very selective one? [/quote]

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