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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Scripps and Pitzer give very little merit[/quote]

My daughter currently has a $25K merit scholarship at Scripps. It brings the cost of school down from outrageously expensive to super expensive. She loves it there. [/quote]
I think Scripps primarily gives merit aid to full-ish pay applicants, but it's something OP might look into if interested. DD got into both Pomona and Scripps. Scripps's FA was pretty good but she didn't get any merit aid. She's at Pomona, whose FA is very good. But we were very impressed by Scripps, and DD has several friends there. The Claremont Consortium is fantastic and DD is really enjoying the location.

I don't know if OP will qualify for FA, but the interplay between merit aid and financial aid can be very confusing as the former affects the latter. For example, also got into Macalester (another underrated school) and got a $25k scholarship. But that scholarship only reduced the NPC by a few thousand.

Cal Poly is great and is in a wonderful location. It's regional reputation far exceeds its national reputation--I think many Californians view it as the equivalent of a mid-level UC. It's especially strong in engineering. Getting to and from SLO may not be easy out of state though.[/quote]

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