Merit Aid

Paying for College
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<p>Are there any top New England schools that have good merit aid?</p>

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<p>Smith College has the STRIDE. However, those are extremely competitive.</p>

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<p>I’m from Ohio and I am looking for a top school with very good aid. I have a 4.0 UW GPA and a 2230 SAT. I don’t want to be stuck going to Ohio State - I have spent time there and I know that I would be very unhappy. I want to go to a LAC, but I honestly have no idea if I will qualify for any financial aid. Though my parents’ wages < 40,000, they tell that they have savings. Therefore, I am quite concerned. Because I want to go to grad school, I don’t want too much debt from college. Also because I want to go to grad school, I want a good undergrad degree. But all the colleges are so expensive and don’t have good merit FA!</p>

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<p>Try Denison. Good merit aid and good FA. Very quaint town (Granville OH).</p>

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<p>If your parents income is as low as you say, you should be looking for schools with outstanding need-based fin aid as well. Many top schools have no merit aid, but do have great need-based aid. Here’s a recent thread. </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/878096-colleges-meet-full-need-check-out-us-news-chart.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/878096-colleges-meet-full-need-check-out-us-news-chart.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>A number of these schools are in New England. This wikipedia entry has a list of no-loan fin aid colleges.</p>

<p>[Student</a> financial aid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_financial_aid]Student”>Student financial aid - Wikipedia)</p>

<p>Keep in mind that financial aid is always in a state of flux. A few years ago a number of schools were getting more generous; in the past year schools are are trimming back a bit, Williams and Dartmouth among them. Good luck.</p>