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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous]My DD got lots of merit at schools she didn't want to go to. [/quote][/b]

This was our experience.[b]  DC had the stats for top schools.  No merit aid offered anywhere.  [/b]But two colleges reached out to her because she had the stats, ACT scores that they wanted to raise their rank.  They buy the lists they want from ACT and College Board and then solicit those students who have something they want.  But they were colleges you've never heard of and didn't offer anything in DC's intended major.[/quote]

With a few exceptions, "top" schools don't offer merit aid.[/quote]

Last month my DS was offered $30,000 a year in merit aid from a top 20 college so a few do offer it. [/quote]

[b]Are you sure it was not FA[/b]? Merit from top 20? I'd like to know which school i[b]f it was really merit[/b].  [/quote]

Positive it was not FA. [b]Grinnell.[/b][/quote]

Grinnell is a fine school but [b]not top 20 school, right?[/b] top 20 LAC [b]maybe...[/b][/quote]

Ahh, the joys of DCUM.  Someone contributes to the topic of the thread and other posters immediately need to doubt, put down and otherwise demonstrate what makes living in this area unbearable at times.[/quote]

You are missing the point. Getting a merit scholarship from (Nationally Ranked) top 20 is a completely different ballgame than getting one from top 20 SLAC. PP used "top 20" which implied National Ranking, not SLAC ranking. [/quote]

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