<p>“RPI and Case Western both give lots of Merit Aid”</p>
<p>I guess it’s relative. RPI was one of the most expensive schools my S applied to, now it must be pushing $60K/yr for tuition and R&B. So getting a 15 to 25K merit award still leaves a very expensve bill.</p>
<p>If you’re looking for large merit you need to carefully select and apply to 12 to 15 schools. The merit will vary greatly even for top stat student. It’s a probability game, if you think your stats would give you a 5% shot at top merit, if you apply to 15 you have a decent chance at least one will come through.</p>