Thanks suzyQ7. Take a look a last year’s Early Action discussion for Marist Class of 2023…http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/marist-college/2110115-marist-college-ea-class-of-2023-p7.html The maximum merit award last year was also 17,500 (which was higher than the previous year). A few months ago I was using the Marist Net Price Calculator, and I would enter Ivy League type stats just to see what it would take to receive more than 17,500 merit. Nothing changed the 17,500 merit unless you checked off that you are the Valedictorian, and then bingo, you get 25,000. Hey Marist can do what they want, but it’s seems obvious that they raised tuition but froze merit this year, which is of course, net net bad for us.