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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People saying good colleges don't provide merit aid are simply wrong.

Publics like UVA, Michigan, Maryland, W&M, etc. do have a small number of full-pay/half-pay scholarships for top students. You should be able to find it on their websites. However those students would need to be competitive for Ivies.

The WGPA is obviously great, but perhaps he could raise his SAT score in the fall. SAT has become very inflated due to changes and a 1500 is not what it once was. Closer to a 1600 and he would have a lot of merit scholarship options, including from top publics and great SLACs.

Considering he's male, good SLACs i.e. within top 30 will provide merit scholarships as well.

UMD tuition is $10k/year though. It's highly unlikely that SLACs charging $60,000/year in tuition alone - more than many top privates - would  get that low. 50% of total cost of attendance is more likely, which makes it closer to $30-35,000 per year.[/quote]

Sorry if it wasn’t clear…SAT is 1560, and he doesn’t want to retake. Does this change anything? Also, which SLACs are you referring too (I don’t know much about LACs!)[/quote]

His SAT is 1560 and he doesn't want to retake, which makes me think that you suggested he do so.  If so, that tells me all I need to know about you.[/quote]

DP.  Why the snark?  Do you not discuss things with your kid?  When my DD got her SAT scores, she asked whether I thought she should retake.  I said I thought the scores were great but it's up to her whether she wants to retake.  I honestly don't think she needs to but I'm not making that decision.  OP could have had a similar conversation and her DC decided he didn't want to retake.[/quote]

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