| Tokenadult asks: "What I'm especially looking for are colleges that "gap" in their need-based financial aid, or that imply they have lots of "merit" scholarships but don't always award those even to very high-academic students."
We don't have all the data in at my house, but I suspect this year for merit money is very different than years past, because of the demographics and heavy competition. And I suspect the overall picture on this thread won't emerge for awhile. Some of the schools getting hated right now might not be the worst -- they just might be the earliest.
I think -- and hope -- the merit money will remain quite fluid, with multiple offers in hand for some top top students. Many schools imply they have lots of "merit" scholarships and use them to increase cultural and geographic diversity and compete at the moment for the top 1-percenter students. When those students turn down some offers, what will happen to that merit money? Have the accountants already figured out that "actuarial nightmare?"
The process is not over, and won't be until those top 1-percent students make their commitments. Will there be "trickle down" then? We'll see. |