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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of the smaller LACs that are not in the Swarthmore/Williams orbit. Places like Wooster and Dayton and Coe (in Iowa) and Gettysburg and York and maybe Elon? and Beloit (in Wisconsin). If your child is interested in smaller schools they will have LOTS of options and merit aid offers from the not tippy top small liberal arts colleges.

To the PP who is like- 80% is not worthy of merit, please go away. This student would bring a lot to the table and at many schools would be and should be! offered merit aid.

Good question, OP. Don’t let the mean people scare you off. [/quote]

It is a good question, but just a reality check re Gettysburg.  Last year my DC, who was in the top 10 % of their class and had a 1500 SAT,  was accepted to Gettysburg and got a huge scholarship, which brought the cost of attendance down to a bit over 40k. OP’s DC is undoubtedly a lovely person, but with the stats OP floated her DC will not be able to go to Gettysburg for 40k (especially after 4-5 more years of tuition hikes). [/quote]

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