| I was simply saying that Duke can't give its scholarships out to people who fall into a certain stat because most of their students have those stats to start with. At lower tiered schools there is a percentage of high achievers but there is also a good number of other achievers as compared to a school like Duke or Emory. That is why lower tiered schools give more money to those high achievers. Its to attract them. I was not insulting Grinnell or saying it was not selective or competitive. That is what will make it selective. I was giving my view after spending this year watching my son research where he wanted to go. While he applied and was accepted to Middlebury and Swarthmore he has decided prestige isn't enough to attract him. Money is not even a deciding factor but what the school has to offer him for the next 4 years ( he wants a good fit). That is why he has narrowed his search to 2 (not the 2 most prestigest). The original thread asked where good merit aid was I was giving my opinion. |