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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Grinnell College 15K per year for total of 60K
Luther College 22K per year for total of 88K
Mt St Mary's: 22K per year total 88K
Macalester: 12K per year for total of 48K

Our HHI knocks us out of any aid besides merit from the schools.

He's going to Grinnell.[/quote]

Grinnell is a top choice for my DD.  She hopes to visit through a minority recruitment weekend and I think she'll love it. Can you share your son's stats?[/quote]
Sure...
unweighted GPA 3.5 
ACT 31
5 APs
24 hours college credit from community college (that's max they will transfer in so he didn't even bother with taking AP test and they never asked for scores or asked if he was taking test)
Good EC's including HOBY, Boy's State, board member of local teen philanthropy group, and 2 sport athlete.

My advice is to connect with someone at Grinnell. A coach, an admission rep, etc. and keep in touch. Let them know its your first choice and if accepted DD will attend. 
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Thanks. She is similarly strong and has connected with the admissions rep. If she gets accepted to the fall program she will have the chance to connect even more. She won't be applying ED, however, because we want to see what options she has from a merit standpoint even if we might end up choosing a place that is full pay. Hoping that won't hurt her.[/quote]
I don't think it will hurt her. They did take a pretty sizable portion of first years from ED1 and ED2 but I think most schools understand the need to weigh options.[/quote]

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