Best colleges and universities that give merit scholarships for outstanding high school students

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Is your son a junior? If he is a senior, is he a likely NMF?

What state are you in?

What is his major and career goal?

What was his PSAT?

as you may know, ivies and some other top schools don’t give any merit at all.

What is your goal NET cost after merit awards??

If you need/want HUGE merit, then you need strategy.

  1. Apply to top schools with some HIGHLY competitive huge merit awards. (these have lots of kids with tippy top scores, so the down-selection can be based on spectacular ECs, regional diversity, ethnic diversity, etc.

  2. Apply to good, but not top schools that give huge competitive merit awards.

  3. Apply to good, but not top schools that give ASSURED huge merit for stats.