Parents, your experience with required GPA level for Large Merit Scholarship?

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@tk21769

The $400K in assets strike me as rather high for that income level. Yet even in this case, at least one “full need” school offers a far lower net price than the in-state public alternative.

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<p>Why would that level of assets be especially high for a high income family if the family were saving some of its money for various future needs (kids’ college, parents’ retirement) and building up home equity after having purchased a house some time ago?</p>

<p>Yes, HYPS will out-financial-aid everyone else for “ordinary” financial aid situations (of course, uncooperative NCPs and the like are a different story). But not every “meet full need” school is HYPS-generous with financial aid.</p>

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@tk21769

In each of these cases, covering incomes between $30K and $120K, a so-called “full need” school has the lowest estimated net cost.

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<p>The fact that a “meet full need” school has the lowest net price does not mean that all “meet full need” schools will have low net prices. (And how many “meet full need” schools can be safeties for anyone?)</p>