Anonymous
Post 09/04/2025 23:32     Subject: Your merit aid success story
Anonymous wrote:Vanderbilt - full tuition (Cornelius Vanderbilt scholarship)


Wow!! Congratulations! Are you willing to share stats or some of the ECs or other reasons why you think they received this?
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2025 23:30     Subject: Your merit aid success story
Vanderbilt - full tuition (Cornelius Vanderbilt scholarship)
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2025 22:28     Subject: Your merit aid success story
1550 SAT, 4.0 unweighted, 12 AP’s, valedictorian and all state track. Full tuition @ Syracuse
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2025 19:13     Subject: Your merit aid success story
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:$30k from Clark
$23k from Macalester

We are full pay and indicated that we were not seeking any need based aid.


I thought Macalaster did not give merit aid?

https://www.macalester.edu/financial-aid/about/merit-2/
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2025 18:04     Subject: Your merit aid success story
Anonymous wrote:$30k from Clark
$23k from Macalester

We are full pay and indicated that we were not seeking any need based aid.


I thought Macalaster did not give merit aid?
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2025 17:12     Subject: Your merit aid success story
^^ per year
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2025 17:11     Subject: Your merit aid success story
$40K from Loyola Chicago
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2024 21:20     Subject: Your merit aid success story
$30k from Clark
$23k from Macalester

We are full pay and indicated that we were not seeking any need based aid.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2024 20:48     Subject: Your merit aid success story
Whats the basis these Merit scholarships by several colleges/univ?

GPA or SAT or EC?
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2024 20:35     Subject: Your merit aid success story
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Got our first 0 merit offer as a point of comparison. Since schools hate this, I won't name it but it ranked in the same range as the others on US News and World Report--70-100 ish.

Student had sub 1400 scores, 3.5 ish gpa. Has gotten merit at every other school in this range (5 others), so I was starting to expect it.


Sometimes the m,Eric will come in later.


In fact it did, Wooster, 35k. Yay.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2024 20:19     Subject: Your merit aid success story
This was a few years ago:

$26k per year at St. Joseph’s University
$20k per year at Furman University
Elon at their regular reduced tuition price

Kid surprised me by choosing St. Joe’s. Great outcome for him.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2024 19:41     Subject: Your merit aid success story
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wooster $43K, Allegheny $41K, Clark $30k - annual.


Congrats. Do you mind sharing stats (and/or if applied TO)? Thanks.


1530 SAT, 3.5 ish GPA with one C and 1 B, average ECs - writing/sub-editing for national media, Art, Schoolworld ~40Hrs teaching (all genuine, nothing made-up)