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[quote=Anonymous]  I have debated this issue at length within the indepedent school world, and discoverd that that many insiders believe other independents are so messaging financial aid or outside resources that for all practical matters they are aggressively doing merit aid already -- but ususally to acheive either athletic or racial/ethnic diversity.  I can also tell you that school admiistrators initial reactions to the idea of open, merit aid is negative because of stigma within th e independent school community among professionals who simply presume merit aid must detract from need based aid.  That said, I think a case can be made for merit aid for any school that wants a larger pool of likely academic stars, and I would not be surprised if you saw more of it in the future especially at some non-Big X schools. It makes sense.  Some parents on DCUM have argued that they want their brilliant child to only attend a Big X school with a critical mass of other brilliant kids. OK, there are advantages to that up to a point (and after that you get to diminishiing returns ).  So, if a school needs a anotherfew such children why not offer merit sholarships.  They arguably benefit all the kids b/c it enable the school to have more advanced classes whi[/quote]

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