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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some good info on CC about automatic merit aid for certain stats. List is mostly for state publics if you are interested.

https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/21437224/#Comment_21437224[/quote]

Not a fan of the straight GPA. My kid could have taken some easy classes in an easy public school for a high GPA’s.  MCPS inflate their GPA’s. Rigorous college prep schools do not and getting a lot of A’s is no easy task.

I can see why so many private school kids prefer private colleges that look at school, rigor, how the school grades, etc... compared to state colleges. [/quote]

These are a joke. Some only want a 30 ACT for the highest scholarships but a 3.75 unweighted GPA? That is strange.

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If the colleges are large public state schools, I’d believe it. That’s how they give scholarships to kids from rural high schools who don’t have any AP/IB classes and have few honors classes. It’s getting all or mostly all A’s with the curriculum that’s offered when you have 75 kids in your graduating class. [/quote]

I am not talking about comparing non weighted to weighted GPA’s.

I am talking a non weighted English remedial class in a rural school is not the same as Literature in a college prep school.  To just blankly state they take X GPA without looking at what classes were taken is a mistake. Pitt was the only one on the list that said they look at the transcript to decide if the GPA is worthy of the scholarship. The rest don’t care if you take only 3 years of math or mostly remedial and electives.  That I have a problem with . [/quote]

But you're mad at a state with low performing public schools. This is not UVA offering scholarships with hard cut-offs. Although they allow in and give scholarships to OOS students, they primarily serve in-state students. In other words, NOT YOU.[/quote]

That list is most state schools and includes in and out of state tuition merit aid. These aren’t all crap schools that are only offering some in state kids a deal. Some packages are $30K plus for GPA above 3.75 and a min 30 ACT. [/quote]

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