GWU/American and Merit Aid

momonthehill
Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:24:50 +0000

My daughter applied to both schools last year and was accepted to both. GWU offered no aid, and she was awarded the Dean’s Scholarship at AU. Given that GWU costs were >$50K and the scholarship reduced her costs at AU to less than $30K(in addition to the fact that she preferred the campus setting of AU), the decision between the two schools was a no-brainer for her. She’s currently a Freshman at AU and is enjoying it very much.

Her stats: ACT: 29 composite, SAT: 580M,670W, 800CR, GPA 4.16W(Don’t know unweighted)