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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would love it if the previous posters could share some hints about which private schools might offer merit aid for high B/low A average students.[/quote]

Your ability to guess this would be considerably helped by some rough predictions on SAT score (based on practice PSAT percentiles for instance)?  And the rigor of the coursework is key--high B/low A in rigorous courses is very different than so-so GPA in easy courses.  And if there are any special interests/skills (e.g. arts, athletics).These things make a big difference--and schools pay merit money for different things. For instance a school might be test optional, but then reports its SAT scores for those who have them.  Having fairly high scorers can be a draw and some will pay for them even if GPA isn't as competitive.  But I would say barring artistic or athletic hooks, look for private schools where your DC would be at the 75th mark or above of the accepted student profile --that's where you're most likely to the largest merit aid.  But if you look at the National Liberal Arts Colleges US News report at the schools between 35-100, there's a lot of great schools there and most will offer some aid to strong-ish students who above their 50th percentile and have just a touch of another draw (good essays, community service, desire to play in the pep band etc.).  As for larger universities--wow, that field is wide and is really more idiosyncratic--University of Vermont, Tulane, and Villanova  offered a good deal of aid to DC, but with a weighted GPA of 4.2 (unweighted 3.8) and mid 1400s SAT.  Some of the southern flagships (e.g., University of Alabama and Arkansas) offered extremely good offers to some of DC's friends with lower GPA and scores because they are trying to widen their reach.

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