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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Go to this link and look at % of kids w/out need getting merit, and average amount:
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/merit-aid

If percentage is under 20%, ignore. Duke is 2%, for example. Treat as if it has no merit aid whatsoever.

If percentage is 40% or more, prioritize.[/quote]

Not op but what's interesting is even the schools that give a ton of merit are so expensive they still don't make sense financially: who cares about getting 20k off when tuition is 80k? It's still insanely expensive.[/quote]

There are seemingly different lists.  I find it interesting that PP's list shows Harvey Mudd offering 20% of kids merit aid (while CMC and Pomona offer almost nobody merit aid), as well as 40%+ for SMU and TCU.

The list in this article shows fewer schools, but they offer far more freshmen merit aid.  This list says schools like Kalamazoo offer 96% of entering freshmen merit aid, while PP's list says Kalamazoo is only 27% (is it possible, you only get merit for freshman year?  that seems unlikley).

https://www.road2college.com/colleges-offering-largest-percent-students-merit-based-scholarships/[/quote]

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