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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree.  I know of several cases where kids got great merit from target schools.  Don’t know of any from schools on a par with W&M or UVA.  Not saying it doesn’t happen but chances better if aiming just a bit lower.  [/quote]

One of my kids had no interest in UVA, despite having the stats for it. They applied to William and Mary, Carleton and Grinnell among others. They got into all three, and Grinnell offered a substantial merit award. It did not lower the cost to the point of it being even with William and Mary completely, but it widely bridged the gap. They chose Grinnell. I would say that Grinnell and William and Mary are on par academically. [/quote]

You an say he or she. Really. We don’t care and won’t search you out. 🙄[/quote]

And they can say they.  Really we don't care.[/quote]

Thanks.

I really don’t get the venom being thrown at me for responding to what I thought was OP question.   Now that she’s refined it, I get that she’s basically asking “where’s a good out of state school that gives merit aid for a strong student who isn’t admitted to UVA or William & Mary and won’t go to another in state school?”  I thought she was asking “where’s a good school for a kid admitted to UVA or William and Mary who wants to go out of state where they’ll get enough merit aid so going there instead makes financial sense?”  That’s why I suggested Grinnell and later clarified that a kid who isn’t admitted to UVA or William &
Mary in state is unlikely to get into Grinnell at all - then again get merit aid.

No good deed goes unpunished on DCUM. [/quote]

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