Possible colleges for son

momrath
Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:51:59 +0000

postman, I’m sure your son will be a person of interest to many schools. I’d suggest that he take a look at Williams, a small LAC with extraordinary academics, which favors the combination of intellect, sports and arts, especially music. Although the college, like most eastcoast schools leans left, students with a more conservative political or cultural bent are welcome.

Williams does not, however, offer merit aid. For that I’d suggest that you look at some of the excellent mid-western LACs, like Carlton, Macalester, Kenyon, Grinnell.

2009/2010 is going to be a watershed year for aid with so many families undergoing an economic seachange. I don’t think anyone really knows what it means for either need based or merit based aid, except that it’s going to be different. In my opinion, those who can afford to pay will get preference even at schools that purport to be needblind and merit aid at top schools will be fiercely competitive.