We are crossing our fingers that the package will at least make the cost the same as the other state schools as Miami is about 6k more than OSU, OU etc. That being said, it is her very top school so as parents, we are stuck. A friend of ours at a LAC in central Ohio said that Miami does a good job giving merit aid to ED because even though it is tough breaking an ED contract, kids will do it and it has a negative impact on the school as word gets out that ED is a bad thing and the school counts on the yield