just applied schools which don't have any merit scholarship except 2 schools.

Harvey Mudd/ $40,000 merit
Emory/$48,000 merit

Anonymous wrote:University of Louisville

My freshman DD attends Louisville and loves it!

Anonymous wrote:You can find info on line on percentage of kids who receive merit aid. For example, WPI gives merit aid to over 90% of kids. Many schools are that level officially have tuition rates that match Harvard/MIT but almost no one pays it.

WPI just sent my college sophmore an offer to transfer with her orginal Merit Aid offer (I do not recall but it was fairly generous) +5K more. An interesting marketing ploy.

Daughter below avg GPA, above average SAT:
UMBC 4k year
Delaware 2k year
Temple 9k year
Miami OH 16k year
Pitt 0
Indiana 0
College of Charleston 0
Towson 0

$25k at Grinnell with 1500+ SAT

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for this thread. It would be helpful to post amount of aid and the amount kid/family will pay

In state school X $20 merit, so paying $15k.

You can look up the costs for any school mentioned here and do the math. As another PP pointed out, none of this includes financial aid so each individual family will be different.

Chapman $28000/year for 4 years

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for this thread. It would be helpful to post amount of aid and the amount kid/family will pay

In state school X $20 merit, so paying $15k.

The amount family will pay would also have to factor in financial aid, outside scholarships....some schools haven't released the whole financial picture yet, only merit aid. Point is, we don't know the whole story yet, DS only got his merit aid letters, still awaiting on financial aid

Thanks for this thread. It would be helpful to post amount of aid and the amount kid/family will pay

In state school X $20 merit, so paying $15k.

Tulane $23k per year

U Oregon $10k/yr
U Del $15k/yr

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Anonymous wrote:Ohio University

Just wanted to add DC was offered $9,500/year which makes it cheaper than any in state school since the OOS tuition is also very reasonable. This was just based on GPA, didn’t submit test scores. I suspect students with excellent test scores and even higher GPAs would be offered even more in merit aid.

Correct. This was the case for our DC. SAT 1500+

PP again - that’s great. My kid is not particularly high stats so we were pleased and a bit surprised by the merit offer. Also got around 9k/year offer from West Virginia. Just wanted to flag for people whose kids are not super high stats like mine but still looking for merit money.

Pitt, Case Western, U of Del, UVM, U of S. Carolina, Miami Ohio

WVU
Western Michigan
UAB
Bridgewater State (MA not VA)

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Anonymous wrote:Kenyon, Oberlin, Macalaster, St. Olaf, Wooster, Grinnell, Pitt and Case Western

Did they choose one of these schools?

My kid applied to all of these and got various offers from most.

30k at Oberlin and ended up there
20k from Kenyon
15k from Macalester
25k from CWRU
25k from St Olaf
36k from Wooster
2k but instate at Pitt
25k at Occidental
half tuition at Mt Holyoke
25k from Smith
25k from Bryn Mawr

I also second suggestions for Miami U (OH), Ohio University, Alabama + ASU, UKentucky, Washington & Jefferson College, Dickinson College, Gettysburg College, Allegheny College, College of Charleston (lower OOS cost), Purdue (lower OOS cost), etc.