Thanks @Calliemomofgirls! Actually, yes, the award is strictly Merit, and we are super honored and delighted that they want her so much. Tying in to my response to you in another thread, though, a major issue is that we have not visited this school yet, and are a little panicked that, between that school’s spring break, which starts tomorrow, and the coronavirus spread, we don’t know how to make a decision without seeing it. We absolutely LOVE school B on paper. We truly think it is the best fit for her, but it is in a state no one in our family has ever been to before, and just because it looks great on paper and the AOs answers to our questions have been wonderful, doesn’t fix that she is having a hard time really embracing School B, sight unseen, when she had a fabulous overnight experience at super expensive School A. (However, School A hasn’t even released its acceptances yet, so there is a chance she won’t get it, which would make it easy, but she’s good really good stats)