<p>I actually lost part of that post when I edited it but you’ve basically got it - if you look at the numbers: 421 students had need. 271 of those got need based scholarship/grant (averaging 30K) and 214 got non need based scholarships (but there’s no amount for that). So clearly, some students in the 421 number got both. </p>
<p>What you probably want to look at is the next section which is where it shows that 243 of the students who had no need were given a scholarship with the average being 12k.</p>
<p>That means 453 of the 759 got non need based merit aid.</p>
<p>The discussion about published cost and ‘true’ cost is another discussion entirely. Really, it is about what the cost is to the individual. The average means nothing if you pay significantly more or less. I know Oberlin is need sensitive and that there was a blog post from Elizabeth last year that stated that yes, some people are on the cusp of admissibility but are admitted because they CAN pay. I find it hard believe that 13% of the class is marginal.</p>