Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not very strong stats. Merit aid, if any, won’t be much.

Don't listen to this. 1480 is nearly 99th percentile, and with 8APs the unweighted GPA is not bad, especially if the rest of the schedule is rigorous.

Apply to lots of large schools and see what you get. Instate will be hard to beat though. Try Syracuse, UVM, Marquette, Pitt, UIUC, UConn, Mich State... really deciding where not to apply will be hard.

try this list too

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/most-merit-aid

My kid had a 3.85 unweighted and a 33 ACT (so I guess roughly equivalent to OP's kid's SAT score). He applied to a lot of public and private schools in the 40-100 range, including some on your list, and got merit aid at all except Lehigh- the problem is that much of the merit aid at these schools is what I'd call the "coupon" variety- $12k/year, $15k/year, $18k/year kinda stuff. For example, he got the highest scholarship at UVM - The Presidential at $20K year - but even with that it still costs almost $40K/year. We were trying to bring costs down to UMD in-state, and none of the schools offered enough to do it.

Right, that's why the sentence prior to your bolding was "Instate will be hard to beat though." But maybe close enough for some budgets.

And congrats because UMD is great - as good or better than UVM, although I love that school also.

You lost all credibility there.

Np. Huh? why would she lose credibility? I have no skin in the game - I have no affiliation at all with UMD - but it's a better school by pretty much every single objective measure, as well as subjective rankings like US news and the WS rankings.

Anybody who thinks UMD and UVM are equivalent is an idiot. UMD is light years ahead.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not very strong stats. Merit aid, if any, won’t be much.

Don't listen to this. 1480 is nearly 99th percentile, and with 8APs the unweighted GPA is not bad, especially if the rest of the schedule is rigorous.

Apply to lots of large schools and see what you get. Instate will be hard to beat though. Try Syracuse, UVM, Marquette, Pitt, UIUC, UConn, Mich State... really deciding where not to apply will be hard.

try this list too

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/most-merit-aid

My kid had a 3.85 unweighted and a 33 ACT (so I guess roughly equivalent to OP's kid's SAT score). He applied to a lot of public and private schools in the 40-100 range, including some on your list, and got merit aid at all except Lehigh- the problem is that much of the merit aid at these schools is what I'd call the "coupon" variety- $12k/year, $15k/year, $18k/year kinda stuff. For example, he got the highest scholarship at UVM - The Presidential at $20K year - but even with that it still costs almost $40K/year. We were trying to bring costs down to UMD in-state, and none of the schools offered enough to do it.

Right, that's why the sentence prior to your bolding was "Instate will be hard to beat though." But maybe close enough for some budgets.

And congrats because UMD is great - as good or better than UVM, although I love that school also.

You lost all credibility there.

Np. Huh? why would she lose credibility? I have no skin in the game - I have no affiliation at all with UMD - but it's a better school by pretty much every single objective measure, as well as subjective rankings like US news and the WS rankings.

Anonymous wrote:Possible merit aid (don’t count on it) at the Univ of Vermont, Temple, Pitt, or others in that approximate tier. Would likely be admitted to the Univ of Wisconsin, Univ of Washington, Boulder. The top tier state schools (Michigan, UCLA, UVA, etc.) would definitely be reaches, but it doesn’t hurt to try.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not very strong stats. Merit aid, if any, won’t be much.

Don't listen to this. 1480 is nearly 99th percentile, and with 8APs the unweighted GPA is not bad, especially if the rest of the schedule is rigorous.

Apply to lots of large schools and see what you get. Instate will be hard to beat though. Try Syracuse, UVM, Marquette, Pitt, UIUC, UConn, Mich State... really deciding where not to apply will be hard.

try this list too

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/most-merit-aid

My kid had a 3.85 unweighted and a 33 ACT (so I guess roughly equivalent to OP's kid's SAT score). He applied to a lot of public and private schools in the 40-100 range, including some on your list, and got merit aid at all except Lehigh- the problem is that much of the merit aid at these schools is what I'd call the "coupon" variety- $12k/year, $15k/year, $18k/year kinda stuff. For example, he got the highest scholarship at UVM - The Presidential at $20K year - but even with that it still costs almost $40K/year. We were trying to bring costs down to UMD in-state, and none of the schools offered enough to do it.

Right, that's why the sentence prior to your bolding was "Instate will be hard to beat though." But maybe close enough for some budgets.

And congrats because UMD is great - as good or better than UVM, although I love that school also.

You lost all credibility there.

I am the poster who wrote that UMD was "as good or better than UVM", and while I do not believe you can universally or quantifiably rank one of them over another without debate, I was using a different technique, one called "not being an a**hole". It's great. You should try it.

But if I wanted to make that case quantifiably, I'd point out that UMD's ACT cohort is 2 points higher than UVM's at both the 25th and 75th percentiles.

Calling names no good. Don't be an a$$hole.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not very strong stats. Merit aid, if any, won’t be much.

Don't listen to this. 1480 is nearly 99th percentile, and with 8APs the unweighted GPA is not bad, especially if the rest of the schedule is rigorous.

Apply to lots of large schools and see what you get. Instate will be hard to beat though. Try Syracuse, UVM, Marquette, Pitt, UIUC, UConn, Mich State... really deciding where not to apply will be hard.

try this list too

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/most-merit-aid

My kid had a 3.85 unweighted and a 33 ACT (so I guess roughly equivalent to OP's kid's SAT score). He applied to a lot of public and private schools in the 40-100 range, including some on your list, and got merit aid at all except Lehigh- the problem is that much of the merit aid at these schools is what I'd call the "coupon" variety- $12k/year, $15k/year, $18k/year kinda stuff. For example, he got the highest scholarship at UVM - The Presidential at $20K year - but even with that it still costs almost $40K/year. We were trying to bring costs down to UMD in-state, and none of the schools offered enough to do it.

Right, that's why the sentence prior to your bolding was "Instate will be hard to beat though." But maybe close enough for some budgets.

And congrats because UMD is great - as good or better than UVM, although I love that school also.

You lost all credibility there.

I am the poster who wrote that UMD was "as good or better than UVM", and while I do not believe you can universally or quantifiably rank one of them over another without debate, I was using a different technique, one called "not being an a**hole". It's great. You should try it.

But if I wanted to make that case quantifiably, I'd point out that UMD's ACT cohort is 2 points higher than UVM's at both the 25th and 75th percentiles.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not very strong stats. Merit aid, if any, won’t be much.

Don't listen to this. 1480 is nearly 99th percentile, and with 8APs the unweighted GPA is not bad, especially if the rest of the schedule is rigorous.

Apply to lots of large schools and see what you get. Instate will be hard to beat though. Try Syracuse, UVM, Marquette, Pitt, UIUC, UConn, Mich State... really deciding where not to apply will be hard.

try this list too

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/most-merit-aid

My kid had a 3.85 unweighted and a 33 ACT (so I guess roughly equivalent to OP's kid's SAT score). He applied to a lot of public and private schools in the 40-100 range, including some on your list, and got merit aid at all except Lehigh- the problem is that much of the merit aid at these schools is what I'd call the "coupon" variety- $12k/year, $15k/year, $18k/year kinda stuff. For example, he got the highest scholarship at UVM - The Presidential at $20K year - but even with that it still costs almost $40K/year. We were trying to bring costs down to UMD in-state, and none of the schools offered enough to do it.

Right, that's why the sentence prior to your bolding was "Instate will be hard to beat though." But maybe close enough for some budgets.

And congrats because UMD is great - as good or better than UVM, although I love that school also.

You lost all credibility there.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not very strong stats. Merit aid, if any, won’t be much.

Don't listen to this. 1480 is nearly 99th percentile, and with 8APs the unweighted GPA is not bad, especially if the rest of the schedule is rigorous.

Apply to lots of large schools and see what you get. Instate will be hard to beat though. Try Syracuse, UVM, Marquette, Pitt, UIUC, UConn, Mich State... really deciding where not to apply will be hard.

try this list too

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/most-merit-aid

My kid had a 3.85 unweighted and a 33 ACT (so I guess roughly equivalent to OP's kid's SAT score). He applied to a lot of public and private schools in the 40-100 range, including some on your list, and got merit aid at all except Lehigh- the problem is that much of the merit aid at these schools is what I'd call the "coupon" variety- $12k/year, $15k/year, $18k/year kinda stuff. For example, he got the highest scholarship at UVM - The Presidential at $20K year - but even with that it still costs almost $40K/year. We were trying to bring costs down to UMD in-state, and none of the schools offered enough to do it.

Right, that's why the sentence prior to your bolding was "Instate will be hard to beat though." But maybe close enough for some budgets.

And congrats because UMD is great - as good or better than UVM, although I love that school also.

You lost all credibility there.

Np. Huh? why would she lose credibility? I have no skin in the game - I have no affiliation at all with UMD - but it's a better school by pretty much every single objective measure, as well as subjective rankings like US news and the WS rankings.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not very strong stats. Merit aid, if any, won’t be much.

Don't listen to this. 1480 is nearly 99th percentile, and with 8APs the unweighted GPA is not bad, especially if the rest of the schedule is rigorous.

Apply to lots of large schools and see what you get. Instate will be hard to beat though. Try Syracuse, UVM, Marquette, Pitt, UIUC, UConn, Mich State... really deciding where not to apply will be hard.

try this list too

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/most-merit-aid

My kid had a 3.85 unweighted and a 33 ACT (so I guess roughly equivalent to OP's kid's SAT score). He applied to a lot of public and private schools in the 40-100 range, including some on your list, and got merit aid at all except Lehigh- the problem is that much of the merit aid at these schools is what I'd call the "coupon" variety- $12k/year, $15k/year, $18k/year kinda stuff. For example, he got the highest scholarship at UVM - The Presidential at $20K year - but even with that it still costs almost $40K/year. We were trying to bring costs down to UMD in-state, and none of the schools offered enough to do it.

Right, that's why the sentence prior to your bolding was "Instate will be hard to beat though." But maybe close enough for some budgets.

And congrats because UMD is great - as good or better than UVM, although I love that school also.

You lost all credibility there.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not very strong stats. Merit aid, if any, won’t be much.

Don't listen to this. 1480 is nearly 99th percentile, and with 8APs the unweighted GPA is not bad, especially if the rest of the schedule is rigorous.

Apply to lots of large schools and see what you get. Instate will be hard to beat though. Try Syracuse, UVM, Marquette, Pitt, UIUC, UConn, Mich State... really deciding where not to apply will be hard.

try this list too

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/most-merit-aid

My kid had a 3.85 unweighted and a 33 ACT (so I guess roughly equivalent to OP's kid's SAT score). He applied to a lot of public and private schools in the 40-100 range, including some on your list, and got merit aid at all except Lehigh- the problem is that much of the merit aid at these schools is what I'd call the "coupon" variety- $12k/year, $15k/year, $18k/year kinda stuff. For example, he got the highest scholarship at UVM - The Presidential at $20K year - but even with that it still costs almost $40K/year. We were trying to bring costs down to UMD in-state, and none of the schools offered enough to do it.

Right, that's why the sentence prior to your bolding was "Instate will be hard to beat though." But maybe close enough for some budgets.

And congrats because UMD is great - as good or better than UVM, although I love that school also.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not very strong stats. Merit aid, if any, won’t be much.

Don't listen to this. 1480 is nearly 99th percentile, and with 8APs the unweighted GPA is not bad, especially if the rest of the schedule is rigorous.

Apply to lots of large schools and see what you get. Instate will be hard to beat though. Try Syracuse, UVM, Marquette, Pitt, UIUC, UConn, Mich State... really deciding where not to apply will be hard.

try this list too

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/most-merit-aid

My kid had a 3.85 unweighted and a 33 ACT (so I guess roughly equivalent to OP's kid's SAT score). He applied to a lot of public and private schools in the 40-100 range, including some on your list, and got merit aid at all except Lehigh- the problem is that much of the merit aid at these schools is what I'd call the "coupon" variety- $12k/year, $15k/year, $18k/year kinda stuff. For example, he got the highest scholarship at UVM - The Presidential at $20K year - but even with that it still costs almost $40K/year. We were trying to bring costs down to UMD in-state, and none of the schools offered enough to do it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not very strong stats. Merit aid, if any, won’t be much.

Don't listen to this. 1480 is nearly 99th percentile, and with 8APs the unweighted GPA is not bad, especially if the rest of the schedule is rigorous.

Apply to lots of large schools and see what you get. Instate will be hard to beat though. Try Syracuse, UVM, Marquette, Pitt, UIUC, UConn, Mich State... really deciding where not to apply will be hard.

try this list too

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/most-merit-aid

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not very strong stats. Merit aid, if any, won’t be much.

Don't listen to this. 1480 is nearly 99th percentile, and with 8APs the unweighted GPA is not bad, especially if the rest of the schedule is rigorous.

Apply to lots of large schools and see what you get. Instate will be hard to beat though. Try Syracuse, UVM, Marquette, Pitt, UIUC, UConn, Mich State... really deciding where not to apply will be hard.

try this list too

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/most-merit-aid

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kansas, Iowa, Michigan State

Big state schools aren’t big on merit aid for out of staters.