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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, [b]everyone that achieves X gets Y.  There is nothing individual about it. [/b] 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]

Yup. It’s an algorithm nothing individual about it. But hey if it helps OP’s sour grapes to say it this way, that’s fine. [/quote]

Ooooh this is OP - I’m interested in exactly what sour grapes I possess![/quote]

I just looked up the criteria for my DD’s merit, and it says it’s based on “academic achievement and excellence beyond the classroom.”  Awards
Range from 5-15k. My daughter got 15k. 
Is this an individualized award or an algorithm? (I’m guessing I already know your answer)[/quote]

Oh don’t be so triggered and defensive. The award was based on an algorithm that said if we give her X, she will likely bite. Guess what it worked, You’re biting. Congrats on the discounted tuition. A year from now it won’t matter that she couldn’t get into the higher ranked school. [/quote]

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