<p>^^^ According to PR, about 70% of Smith students receive need-based aid, so 30% don’t. And even if the number of families not receiving aid were lower, families ineligible for aid might still lament the fact that Smith expected them to foot the full bill, while other schools gave some help in the form of merit scholarships. I thought that was the point of Winchester’s post (post #15) - - lots of merit aid from other schools (presumably b/c the family was ineligible for need-based aid) and nothing from Smith b/c Smith makes very few merit awards. (I couldn’t tell whether bubblesyablonsky’s grants from NYU and BMC were need-bsed aid or merit awards.)</p>