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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At Harvard: 55% of our undergraduates receive need-based Harvard scholarships.

Are people taking out massive loans or is everyone just actually RICH?[/quote]

Some people have to decline because they can't afford HYSP after they get accepted. UMD scoops up some of these folks with free tuition. [/quote]
Yep! There are a lot of qualified kids at UMD and UVA[/quote]
For some reason UVA doesn't have many national merits, though. So not as many at the very tip top by raw numbers compared to many large state schools.[/quote]

you do realize that a 207 qualifies for NMSF in many states yet a 220 (3-4 missed questions) will not qualify in Virgnia(and other top states packed with smart kids, like NJ, MA) many years? That is like a 1350 qualifying and a 1560 not in others. If UVA and all schools tracked kids PSAT scores above 207, ie the same national cutoff, 2/3 of UVA kids would have it and UVA would have more than almost all state schools. [/quote]

Actually 210 is the lowest qualifying NMF score for 2026 and only 5 states have a 210 cut off. 13 states have a cut off at 220 or higher.

Class of 2025:
Virginia’s cutoff was 222 and there were 392 semifinalists in the state of VA. 
CA also had a 222 cutoff and had 2,103 NMSF.

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