| Just wanted to mention that I have been working on a research project that actually looks at merit aid at all of the colleges in the U.S. by:
-- percentage of students who actually receive some merit aid,
-- average award amounts,
-- average award compared to total tuiton costs.
I have been surprised to see that many of the colleges we've identified here as "good for merit money" are not quite as good as we think they are by these standards. I'll be posting highlights of the results on my website in the next few weeks and will let you know here when that information is up. |