@bulldog25, this program was introduced at my kids’ HS this year by one of the GCs at the beginning of the school year. I asked him exactly your question and his response was that it was an “either/or” thing, whichever was greater. So if you run the NPC for a school and get a quote of $10,000 in merit but your raise.me amount for that school is $13,000, you’d get the $13,000. Conversely, if the merit aid you qualify for is higher than the raise.me amount, you’d get the merit aid.