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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the school? If they give a huge discount to pretty much everyone then this is nothing really special.[/quote]

It's special to the parents who are proud of their kid and likely relieved that they won't be on the hook for full tuition.

Lots of teenagers are aimless and undedicated. The kid in question sounds like a hard working kid who is not naturally brilliant, a good test taker, or a naturally gifted athlete. And yet she has diligently kept working at school and her sport, doing the best she can, even retaking test to improve her shot at a good college result. She's gotten in a a school she and her family sound excited about, and bonus, she is getting scholarship money to attend.

She and her parents have every reason to proud and if you can't see that, that's on you. This kid isn't being written up in a national newspaper as some kind of superstar. Her parents are bragging on her a bit because they are happy and proud.[/quote]

There are many, small D3 schools that provide nearly 100% of admits significant merit aid.  If that is the goal then just go to colleges like the below:

Colleges Offering Merit Aid to 95%+ of Students Without Financial Need
Name	State	% Freshmen W/out Need
Receiving Merit Aid	Avg Merit Award	Cost of Attendance
('22-'23)
Beloit College	WI	99	$41,660	$67,172
Albion College	MI	100	$39,697	$67,796
Susquehanna University	PA	98	$36,317	$70,600
Kalamazoo College	MI	96	$36,009	$68,166
Clarkson University	NY	100	$35,794	$76,666
Washington & Jefferson College	PA	100	$34,857	$45,515
The College of Wooster	OH	98	$33,902	$73,550
Washington College	MD	100	$33,834	$67,960
Ursinus College	PA	97	$33,247	$74,240
Coe College	IA	98	$33,182	$63,562
Simpson College	IA	100	$32,534	$55,394
Lebannon Valley College	PA	98	$32,257	$60,460
Centre College	KY	98	$32,217	$60,370
St. Catherine University	MN	96	$32,101	$58,764
Wabash College	IN	100	$31,853	$61,500
Lawrence University	WI	99	$31,503	$66,987
Widener University	PA	97	$31,300	$68,148
Agnes Scott College	GA	100	$31,127	$61,195
Cornell College	IA	99	$30,950	$61,168
Ohio Wesleyan University	OH	99	$30,854	$69,443[/quote]

Lame schools. [/quote]

If your DC is interested in chemistry, then Kalamazoo may be one of the more affordable picks for UG with a pipeline to PhD (they may still have an arrangement with Yale where the tuition is covered for MS/PhD).

https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-colleges-chemistry[/quote]

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