Percentage of people who receive merit aid?

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<p>Does anyone have a list of some top colleges and the percentage of people who receive merit aid from those colleges? My mom stumbled upon a list like that two years ago on the internet when my bro was applying for colleges, but she doesn’t remember the site and never saved the list either. I’ve been searching for it, but I can’t seem to find it…</p>

<p>Any help would be appreciated!</p>

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<p>Cooper Union-100% get full tuition
Olin-100% get half tuition</p>

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<p>Wake Forest – less than 3%</p>

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<p>If you know what schools you are interested in you can get that from the Common Data Set at each school.</p>

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<p>Since most schools don’t offer a large percentage of students merit aid, it’s just as important (if not more so) to look for colleges where your stats are in the top 5% or so of the applicant pool.</p>

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<p>If 100% of students get full tuition at Cooper Union, isn’t the school essentially free? (to those admitted, of course, but who else gets to attend?):)</p>

<p>In any case, there might be some information in this thread:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/148852-what-ive-learned-about-full-ride-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/148852-what-ive-learned-about-full-ride-scholarships.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Eh? According to its Common Data Set, Wake gives at least 12.1% of undergraduates a merit scholarship.</p>

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<p>For Cooper Union: No,it’s not free. You still pay room, board, fees</p>

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<p>IBclass, that is correct. Less than 3% of applicants receive a merit offer – that perecentage includes both accepted, rejected, and waitlisted students.</p>

<p>Out of the accepted students, I assume the number to be higher, and your statistic seems to be correct. Sorry for the confusion.</p>

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<p>Rice offers a merit scholarship to 30 percent of their incoming freshmen, at least this year. Plus it is already 5-7k cheaper than peer schools like Emory and Duke.</p>