How do middle class families afford Georgetown?

waitingmomla
Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:33:16 +0000

@Brantly is correct. At ND, only 2-3% of accepted students are offered merit aid. I think it was less than 100 kids (@60-70?) out of 3700 the year my D was accepted. And if you look at their scholarship requirements, very few of them are purely merit based and/or open to all students. At least 5 cite financial need as a requirement (which I personally don’t understand if it’s a “merit” scholarship). Then a bunch of them are limited to a certain country or state or city. Others are limited to certain majors. One is limited to people who were employed as a golf caddy in high school. There are very few and they are very limited. @chb088 if you personally know several people at both schools who received merit aid, that is truly amazing. I don’t believe that’s the norm, so just want you to be aware so you can manage your child’s expectations. At least for ND, I don’t know about Duke.