<p>Look at the average range of Loyola’s test scores. What do the mid 50% score on the SAT? Why should they give full aid to someone who is not in the top 25% of the pack? Unless the student has something special to give the school, there is no reason to accept a B-B+ student with mediocre or lower SAT scores. Being needy is not enough–Loyola gets plenty of needy students applying. Those test scores are crucial.</p>
<p>What some schools do, sadly, is give merit awards to those who are full pay to get them to the school and get that 75% of costs out of them rather than pay the money for those who have high needs. It’s called enrollment managements and most private schools do have practice it. St Joe’s definitely does. </p>
<p>Take a look at the USNew book which has a lot of that info in it. Loyola looks like a good bet. It has always had the rep of providing a decent amount of need–I did not know it was 100% but am not hugely surprised. I would say, that your student will have to raise the reading and math scores up significantly to gain admissions, however. The kids who got into Loyola from DS’s school had well over average SATs, I know, and that is as full pays.</p>