<p>Looked at Swarthmore Friday… Unnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnbelievable. As is the amount of labor needed to pay for the 4 years. Same old question. give S the school, or give him the money in the future…</p>
<p>Which leads me to…</p>
<p>Any beautiful, small, safe, non-sportsy, non-Greek, non-party school which want a kid with very high SATs - 780 780 780 I will presume in advance.</p>
<p>PPS Any LAC at any level that don’t look at non-custodial income.</p>
<p>Thank you in advance</p>
<p>Do a search on cc. There are threads like this that have the info you need: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1345140-what-good-schools-dont-look-ex-husbands-income.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1345140-what-good-schools-dont-look-ex-husbands-income.html</a></p>
<p>Beloit. Grinnell. Rhodes. Just several I know of. Not at Swat’s level in ratings, but excellent schools.</p>
<p>Strictly speaking, Clark is not a Liberal Arts college; it’s a small university with an LAC feel. The LEEP merit scholarship (full tuition plus other perks) is worth a close look: [4</a> Year Free Tuition & Board - LEEP Scholarships - Clark University](<a href=“http://www.clarku.edu/undergraduate-admissions/why-clark/leep-scholarships.cfm]4”>http://www.clarku.edu/undergraduate-admissions/why-clark/leep-scholarships.cfm) </p>
<p>I’m often asked to recommend colleges that aren’t terribly hard to get into but where a smart, motivated kid will feel challenged and engaged. There are plenty of bright students who don’t have the stats (or the wallets) for the Ivies and their hyper-competitive counterparts but who also need to be at a college where they’re not outnumbered by the keg-party crowd. Clark is definitely on the list of options.</p>
<p>As for the “beautiful” part … well, ummm … I’d certainly call the Clark campus “attractive” or “appealing,” but “beautiful” might be a stretch. The problem I have “selling” Clark to students is that Worcester itself isn’t all that appealing, and the area immediately surrounding Clark won’t make any teenager proclaim, “I want to be HERE!” But there are restaurants, cafes, and shops in Worcester that are student-friendly, and at least the school isn’t in the middle of nowhere and is less than an hour from Boston. I often insist that, if a kid were to be teleported to Clark and wake up a student there, he or she is likely to be very glad that it happened.</p>
<p>Not a small Lac and not non greek but Vanderbilt only looks at the income of the parent where the kid lives most of the time. The non custodial parent doesn’t even need to be out of the picture entirely.</p>
<p>Bard also has a scholarship for science majors.</p>
<p>Ursinus, also in the Philadelphia area, has great merit aid.</p>
<p>mythmom - Rhodes requires NCP profile, Grinnell requires NCP fin form (just like profile), Beloit doesn’t requires separate form, but asking about NCP tax return, w-2 form and how much NCP is planning to contribute.
OP - even if school doesn’t ask for NCP info, they reserve the rights to ask for it latter, like Vanderbilt and Wooster. Denison is not asking for any NCP.</p>
<p>not a LAC, but Case is very well known for great Merit packages. I would not call it beautiful, but I also heard that others are not at great locations either (like Bard). Someone that I know just got full ride at JHU (he has started there, a freshman).</p>
<p>Look at Kalamazoo College. Small LAC–good academics, extensive study abroad programs, innovative K-plan, emphasis on service (a good number of K-College grads go on to grad school), non-Greek, non-party environment. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan–big directional state U nearby so town is student friendly. K-College campus very picturesque.</p>
<p>What is your price limit?</p>
<p>Truman State is about $21,000 per year out of state, and University of Minnesota - Morris is about $23,000 per year out of state. There may also be merit money (and free tuition at Morris for documented Native Americans).</p>
<p>There are some others, like UNC - Asheville and SUNY - Geneseo, that are also relatively inexpensive. [COPLAC</a> | Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges](<a href=“http://www.coplac.org/members/]COPLAC”>http://www.coplac.org/members/)</p>
<p>I mentioned those schools for merit money, not the other half of the OP’s query. Thanks for clarifying.</p>
<p>Check out Trinity University (San Antonio). FAFSA school no CSS profile. It’s a decent sized LAC. We found the merit & financial aid calculator to be very close to the final offer.</p>
<p>Muhlenberg. And has better art, music, theater than Swarthmore.</p>
<p>I was going to say Muhlenberg, too. </p>
<p>Skidmore comes to mind. But, they’re pretty stingy with merit aid. A boy with those scores might have a decent shot, though.</p>
<p>Skidmore has a music scholarship that is full tuition, or at least they used to.</p>
<p>You’d have to double-check to see if their policies are still the same, but consider:
Colby, Lewis & Clark, St. Lawrence, U of Puget Sound</p>
<p>Also, FAFSA-only schools such as: Allegheny, Earlham, Beloit, Knox. Though they may ask for some basic non-custodial parent info if they use their own forms in additional to the FAFSA, there might be more flexibility than with the schools that require the non-custodial PROFILE.</p>
<p>Schools like Swarthmore but with merit aid:</p>
<p>Vanderbilt (doesn’t really fit with the desired non-athletic, non-Greek vibe, tho),
Emory (more of a pre-professional focus than Swarthmore, fer sure),
Grinnell, and Oberlin come to mind.</p>
<p><a href=“CSS Profile – CSS Profile | College Board”>CSS Profile – CSS Profile | College Board;
<p>Colleges more-or-less-like-Swarthmore that do not require the non-custodial profile:
(number of freshmen receiving merit aid / avg. merit aid)</p>
<p>Colby (little merit aid available)
William & Mary (32 / $9,948 according to CDS)
College of Wooster (? / $17,536 according to CDS)
Gettysburg (96 / $11,739 according to CDS)
Oberlin (218 / $9,440 according to CDS)
Ursinus (? / $16,655 according to USNWR)
Whitman (126 / $7,940 according to CDS)</p>
<p>Of these, I’d most strongly recommend Oberlin (considering the OP’s preferences and the number of merit scholarships available).</p>
<p>tk, most of those schools still require ncp income information, they just use their own form.</p>