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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone else love this?

My DD received some pretty good merit money from 2 schools but was waitlisted at another that was near the top of her list. The waitlist school required supplemental materials, but when my DD saw that she was like “forget that!  I don’t want to go there that badly!”

I was like this too when I was applying (ages ago), and I’m glad my DD felt that way that on her own, rather than start writing letters of interest and sending supplemental info, and then still have the chance to be rejected. Seems like you’re begging a school to take you, when they don’t seem terribly interested. 
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I guess the question is this a school that anyone that has criteria of X receives Y, or is this an individualized award of merit?

If the latter...completely agree with you.  If the former, I guess just understand that this is the school's business model...high rack-rate and merit for everybody.[/quote]

If a school has criteria for merit (your X receives Y example), how is that merit for everyone?  Presumably not everyone applying to that school has the GPA or test score merit cut off. [/quote]

Meaning, everyone that achieves X gets Y.  There is nothing individual about it.  Also, there is little mystery regarding acceptance if you have the minimum stats for merit.

Put another way, you can go to Niche Direct Admit and input your stats and there will be a number of schools with automatic acceptance and the merit they will give you.[/quote]

Isn’t this how it works for most merit scholarships?  Are schools really saying “we’ll look at sally…she’s super interesting!  Let’s give her…say…15k!  And look at Mary…she’s pretty smart too, but not as much as Sally. Let’s give her 12k.”

I still take issue with “merit for everyone.”  Clearly everyone is not getting merit at most schools. [/quote]

There literally are schools where 100% of the accepted students get merit.  See a list below:

Name	State	% Freshmen W/out Need
Receiving Merit Aid	Avg Merit Award	Cost of Attendance
('22-'23)
Beloit College	WI	99	$41,660	$67,172
Albion College	MI	100	$39,697	$67,796
Susquehanna University	PA	98	$36,317	$70,600
Kalamazoo College	MI	96	$36,009	$68,166
Clarkson University	NY	100	$35,794	$76,666
Washington & Jefferson College	PA	100	$34,857	$45,515
The College of Wooster	OH	98	$33,902	$73,550
Washington College	MD	100	$33,834	$67,960
Ursinus College	PA	97	$33,247	$74,240
Coe College	IA	98	$33,182	$63,562
Simpson College	IA	100	$32,534	$55,394
Lebannon Valley College	PA	98	$32,257	$60,460
Centre College	KY	98	$32,217	$60,370
St. Catherine University	MN	96	$32,101	$58,764
Wabash College	IN	100	$31,853	$61,500
Lawrence University	WI	99	$31,503	$66,987
Widener University	PA	97	$31,300	$68,148
Agnes Scott College	GA	100	$31,127	$61,195
Cornell College	IA	99	$30,950	$61,168
Ohio Wesleyan University	OH	99	$30,854	$69,443[/quote]

I said MOST schools. 20 out of thousands of schools still supports my statement. Most schools aren’t giving merit to everyone. Just a handful. [/quote]

From where I got the list:

'We have shared the top 20 colleges offering the most generous merit aid.  However, there are over 340 colleges and universities offering 95% or more of their students without financial need merit aid.'

So, 340 colleges out of roughly 3,000 4-year colleges (or call it 10%).  That's schools offering 95% or more of the students.  I would assume there are many hundreds more if you lowered the threshold to 75% of the students (but I guess I can't speculate).[/quote]

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