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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think it makes the school less desirable. I think the Catholic schools are desirable *because* they give merit scholarships. If they are endowed scholarships then why are they not "public"? There are privacy reasons to keep FA awards secret, but I'm failing to see why a school would not publicly disclose that there are merit scholarships available. For one thing it would increase the applicant pool I would think. My DC is at one of the "bigs" but not in upper school yet. I have not heard from our school or from friends with older kids at the school that the school is awarding endowed merit scholarships. We do know kids who got [b]*outside* merit based scholarships that apply towards their tuition[/b], but directly from the school, nope, never heard of it. Sorry. Again, I'm failing to see why you can't name the schools that offered scholarships. If these are endowed and (presumably) offered routinely then it doesn't out the person to mention schools that offered ones she declined. [/quote]

So it is symantics. The schools have outside sources that give merit scholarships to children attending the school. The school knows about them. The school directs desirable childrens towards those sources of merit based scholarships. The outside source is not part of the working budget. The sources are annonymous so no they are not "public". They are for that school and that school only.

So the answer to the original question is yes there are merit based scholarships. As people have pointed out the Catholic schools have more alumni support and have many merit based scholarships. Gonzaga for example, sends a brochure every year listing pages and pages and pages of private scholarships that are not listed on their website.

The "other" schools have less but they are available. Like athletes, top students are "recruited".[/quote]

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