Calculating GPA

[Mwfan1921]

@EMH

I appreciate colleges that lay out how much merit aid you should expect based on GPA, when you don’t know how to calculate GPA, it is very frustrating!

It is appropriate for your student to contact their AO at these colleges and ask how they are calculating GPA for the merit grid/award chart. (First, make sure the website doesn’t spell it out.)

Since many merit giving schools don’t have a merit grid, merit hunters often have to send in more apps on average, because affordability isn’t known ahead of time. Some NPCs do include merit aid, so run those. Some schools will also do merit/financial aid pre-reads, so something else to check on.

Financial Pre-reads, including merit + merit ED

This post is editable. Click the icon in bottom right corner and add your school. After reading another thread, I became curious about colleges offering financial pre-reads to students before they apply, and that some colleges apparently offer a pre-read including merit aid. This seems very sensible, as it would probably stop a lot of students from applying to colleges they can’t afford, while also encouraging other students to apply. I’m not sure though why people wouldn’t just use the NPC, barring those from self-employed families or other unusual circumstances. How does this process work, and more importantly, which colleges offer Financial pre-reads, especially if they include merit aid? Let’s start a list of colleges that officially and unofficially offer financial pre-reads and/or merit aid ED, in alphabetical order. Please add a college to this list by clicking the pencil icon, bottom right corner. EDIT: Not checked for accuracy. Centre College ($5k ED stackable m…

It looks like you’ve received some good college suggestions on your chance me thread.