Is merit aid related to IS status?

geoff1212
Thu, 26 Mar 2015 19:24:56 +0000

My son has gotten merit aid offers from all out of state schools so far. I believe they do this to make themselves competitive with the in state schools. My son did not get a merit aid offer at VT where he is in-state. I doubt you can switch from OOS to IS and still have a valid acceptance offer. The application acceptance bar is much higher for in state than it is for OOS. The merit offer would also likely be rescinded.