If I hear, "I got merit aid from [need only school]!" one more time...

mom2collegekids
Fri, 21 May 2010 11:48:11 +0000

*And my parents are very bright, well-educated people who had just always heard the myth that money will, somehow, be out there for “good kids.” *

The problem is that many don’t understand that merit money is only offered at some schools. And some of those schools only “pick and choose” are few from a pool of qualified students.

Maybe if GCs handed out lists of schools that do NOT give ANY merit money, parents would get clued in.