Already thinking about college...

mythmom
Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:50:25 +0000

Grinnell is a great school with merit aid. Smith has merit aid. Beloit has merit aid. There are many others. Rhodes has great merit aid including a full ride. So do University of Richmond and Chapel Hill.

The full rides are very, very competitive; other merit aid a bit less so.

Look up other threads on merit aid. There are many.

Run a financial aid calculator. You may be eligible for need based aid. I don’t know your income, so I can’t say.

The ivies have great need based aid. Brown’s has gotten much better since they got a dedicated donation.

Just as a little aside, my D had a stellar experience at Barnard. We are solidly middle class on Long Island and we did get appreciable need based aid. Barnard offers no merit aid.