<p>“Hobart and William Smith Colleges offered hefty merit scholarships (not full tuition) 10 years ago.”</p>
<p>My son was offered $27K in merit from HWS, but it did require a very short extra essay. St. Lawrence offered him $30K, again with a very short additional essay. </p>
<p>He turned them down to go to Bates, which offers no merit, just need based, but we did, unexpectedly, extremely well with that.</p>