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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the OP. DD wants to be in the mid-atlantic or midwest. We're in Maryland and think she has a decent shot at College Park. She started taking APs junior year, which allowed her to get over a 4.0, and did well on her AP tests (a 3,4, & 5). But she's more interested in small schools. She's not sure what she wants to study, basically anything except humanities is on the table.[/quote]

I went to Beloit College in Wisconsin and got (at the time) 20K off of the 30K/yr bill via their Presidential scholarship, which was merit based but also required an on-campus interview.  I had a 4.0 and 33 ACT score, though, but I interviewed applicants for that scholarship while in college and a 3.8/29 would possibly get you the second-level merit scholarship, which is now 25K off of the full tuition (which I think is more like 40K).

I'm using a very specific example, but I suspect that a lot of other schools in that category will have similar packages.  I remember Macalester gave me a similar package, as did one of the Claremont Colleges. This might have changed, but small middle tier privates would be likely to give generous merit aid to a student like yours.  Think: Knox College, Kalamazoo, Cornell College, Lawrence, Earlham etc.

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