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One of the sweetest merit scholarships is the $15k/year Rensselaer Medal. What makes it so appealing is that the students are awarded it at the end of their junior HS year, it is awarded by their high school and there is no minimum gpa required to retain it, a significant factor at a school with a reputation for little grade inflation. While the medal is to be awarded for students excelling in science and math, the criteria for selection is left to each individual hs. Our hs like to award it to a student ranking high in math and science but who also has an interest in Rensselaer.
In addition to the Rensselaer Medal our son received a $#k/yr Legacy scholarship and a $7k Leadership scholarship bringing his total merit awards to $25k/yr.
Other colleges which offered him 15k or more were Case, Wooster, and Allegheny with Case being the most at $17.5k.
Oberlin offered him a very nominal amount, less than $2k even though he was in the top quartile SAT composite score.
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