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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does a very good school mean to your son? [b]The very top schools don't offer merit aid-- does that mean they are not options? Ron Lieber, The Price You Pay For College, may be a good read. [/b]He encourages parents to have frank convos with their kids... it's not about being a tiger mom, but you can be honest about how academic performance can be tied to aid offers, and what your hopes/expectations are. Best of luck.[/quote]

+100.  This. I[b]f getting merit to your flagship is needed, that is one thin[/b]g.  If you are saying getting 20-30K in merit to a private college and you can pay 40-50K, likely they have to be willing to go a tier down in prestige and watch friends apply ED to schools that are either need-based only aid and/or take a large percentage in ED and be fine that they can’t go that route despite having great grades. [/quote]

+1.  First of all most flagships don't give merit because the tuition is already discounted for residents.  If you want merit, as the PP says, you have to drop down in expectations because top tier schools don't give it because they don't have to.  OP, you need to read more and learn about the process.  One just doesn't say "we need merit" and hope for the moon.  There are strategies.[/quote]

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