Music Merit v. Need-Based Aid

Midwestmama17
Fri, 31 Mar 2017 20:31:53 +0000

We are in an interesting situation with S receiving two virtually identical scholarship offers from private schools - one solely talent-based and the other completely need-based. Can we assume that the talent scholarship is likely to be sustained for next four years? I’m a little anxious about potential fluctuations in the need-based award (of course, these could go either way but in our particular situation I’m afraid next year’s offer may be less generous). It makes it hard to determine the four-year cost.

Am I wrong to assume the music merit aid is more “stable” than need-based? What else should I be thinking about as we try to project expenses?