Is Duke going to be a casualty of Brown/Penn/Chicago's rise?

[Sam_Lee]

<p>rmldad </p>

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“Merit aid” is a mushy topic. If a school gives our athletic scholarships, should this be considered merit aid? If a school directs students to alumni in their hometown for scholarhsips, should this be considered merit aid?</p>

<p>Stanford, Notre Dame and Northwestern claim to not provide merit aid, yet use both of these practices to attract students who would otherwise choose different schools.

The difference is they target different crowds. It’s pretty clear that athletics scholarships are used to target talented athletes while merit-based (academic) ones are used to target HYPS admits. The former is necessary if the school wants to continue to compete in one of the major conferences or Div-I FBS.</p>