2024 grad but:

DS business major, VA in state

4.1W gpa, 1380 sat (670V, 710M), submitted everywhere. 8 APs, all honors otherwise.

Accepted:
Pitt, no merit, $57k coa
IU Kelley direct admit, no merit, $55k coa
S. Carolina, Capstone scholar, $16k/year, $38k coa
JMU honors college, no merit, $31k
W&M waitlist, 2nd semester transfer, $42k coa

VT, Clemson: Waitlisted
UVA: rejected (reach, not surprised)

Anonymous wrote:1520, 4.5
UPitt: 10k/yr
Ohio State: 14,500/yr
Oberlin 36k/yr
IU Kelley: 10k/yr
UF: 6k/yr
Vanderbilt: 6k summer stipend award

Applied to many more with no merit. Did not apply for honors or specific scholarships anywhere.

Adding where no aid awarded:
VT
JMU
Michigan
BU
Penn State

1280
3.86 uw GPA
Strong ECs

Gettysburg $47k
UMW $10K

4.75 WGPA Test Optional, 13 APs from a W school. All schools below OOS. .
JMU - Zero
Pitt - Zero
Penn - Zero
Udell - 13K
Binghamton 10K
VT - $2,500

Going to VT she liked the vibe.

Being non first gen, not financial aid eligible, non legacy, non athlete and a white female she is just a cash cow for schools and they already get boatloads like her so no need to pay. merit aid.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone received merit aid at Lehigh? Or Carelton? We are looking for rigorous, small to mid-size colleges with strong job placement that offer merit money.

Schools that size usually use merit aid to attract students that they otherwise would have a hard time attracting.

Carleton only has 1 merit aid scholarship and it’s $2k for NMSF. So much for “hard time attracting.”

A lot of selective schools don't offer any merit at all because they don't have a hard time attracting any group.

"Hard time attracting" usually refers to URM, first gen students, athletes, or a student with stats way above their usual attendees.

I would add males to that list.

1520, 4.5
UPitt: 10k/yr
Ohio State: 14,500/yr
Oberlin 36k/yr
IU Kelley: 10k/yr
UF: 6k/yr
Vanderbilt: 6k summer stipend award

Applied to many more with no merit. Did not apply for honors or specific scholarships anywhere.

1540. 4.0/4.6 (top 5%)
Engineering

Pitt - honors and $20k
UMd - full Banneker/key

UMAINE 10k
UVM 25k
URI 17k
UCONN 17k
TULANE 20k
UNC 0k
WM 0k

1560 SAT, 4.0/4.94

Pitt - 20K
UMD - 5K
UD - I forget, maybe 15K?
UGA - I also forget, maybe 10K?
Purdue - 0 (but they are less expensive)
Northeastern - 10K
Virginia Tech - 0
UIUC - 0

3.98/4.85 - test optional

UVM OOS- $25K
Syracuse - $30K
UConn OOS - $22K
CU Boulder OOS - $10K
UNH OOS - $10K
MD instate - 0
W&M OOS - 0
Lafayette - $20K
UDenver - $36K
Conn College - $36K

Hope this helps you merit hunters out there.

1530, 4.7/4.0, psych DD:
gw 28k
pitt 10k
neu 5k
mcgill 3k

Anonymous wrote:1500 sat, 4.0 unweighted gpa.

$30k from Oberlin, $33k from Smith, $10k w&m oos (Monroe Scholar), $5k umd in-state.

Per year or total for 4 years?

My son didn't get any from South Carolina either even though the net price calculator said he was going to get something.

It would be great if people posted how much merit aid/how much total cost, so people could see what percentage of the cost of the merit aid accounted for.

Congratulations to everyone who got aid.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1430 SAT, 3.9 weighted gpa, IB Diploma program, excellent extracurriculars.

American 0k
Auburn 11k
Elon originally 10k, then another 7.5k with Fellows program
FSU 0k
Furman 30k
Gettysburg 52k
GW 0k
South Carolina 0k
Sewanee 33k
South Florida 2k, Honors Program
Wofford 33k

Then, around April 27th or so, American offered 22k, and Elon, Sewanee, and Wofford all offered another 5k each.

Thanks for sharing! I thought SC gave a lot of merit, that’s surprising. I also thought GW would give a small amount.

NP; I’m surprised at South Carolina also.