Miami Ohio: $21K merit
Elon: 10K merit
Gonzaga: $37,300 merit
Rollins: 30K merit
Auburn: 3k merit
Furman: 36k merit
Sewanee: 28k merit
SMU: $27,500 merit
Trinity University: 33k merit
Lehigh 15k merit
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Ursinus 42k
St. Johnās Annapolis 16k
Bard none (did not complete CSS)
UNH 5k (in-state)
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Hereās D25ās merit offers:
Brandeis 40K
Conn College 38K
Mount Holyoke 35K
Union 32K
Wheaton 46K
Smith 33.5K (Zollman scholarship)
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S25ās merit offers. Four schools (Conn, Union, Trinity, Muhlenberg) added financial aid on top of merit to cover full tuition.
| College | Merit |
|---|---|
| Bard | $20,000 |
| Drew University | $25,000 |
| Hampshire College | $25,000 |
| Trinity College (CT) | $28,000 |
| Union College | $30,000 |
| Ithaca College | $30,000 |
| Allegheny College | $30,000 |
| Clark University | $34,000 |
| Muhlenberg | $35,000 |
| Connecticut College | $38,000 |
| Wheaton College (MA) | $46,000 |
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All of the following are out of stateā
Her stats:
3.94 UW, 4.24W GPA, 32 ACT (non superscore)
ā¢ University of Arizona, $80,000 ($20,000 a year x 4)
ā¢ Colorado School of Mines, $48,000 ($12,000 a year x 4)
ā¢ Clemson, $30,000 ($7,500 a year x 4)
ā¢ CU Boulder, $25,000 ($6,250 a year x 4)
ā¢ Baylor, $140,000 in merit plus $42,xxx in renewable grants (changes slightly per year so canāt divide it up equally)
Was given work study option at every school except Boulder and Clemson.
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Congrats, what major is this ?
Political Science/Government. I should have added that these are yearly amounts, and that he applied TO everywhere. 3.5 UW/3.7 W GPA with strong upward trend. Strong ECs with leadership, and submitted an art portfolio to every school that would accept one.
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S25 received Merit from many small LACs -3.96 UW (1 A- in 3 yrs) -1580 SAT
Kenyon $35,000; Grinnell $35000, Oberlin $35,000, Macalester 25,000.
no merit (no admission either) from Claremont colleges (Pomona, CMC) for comparison
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Applied ED and TO (1370 SAT) to St. Olaf, but did include AP scores of 4 or 5. Unweighted GPA was a 4.0. He received an annual award of 31K plus an annual residence hall grant of 3K.
St. Olaf does offer all accepted ED applicants 25K auto merit plus priority housing selection.
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My amounts above are from 2025.
DS17 got more than listed but I need to look it up
Was the Baylor scholarship automatic or holistic? Is it a 35k a year one based on stats or a program?
Merit is tricky and different for every school and student.
Our experience with accepted schools:
Haverford, Wesleyan, Dartmouth, Tufts, Bates, all $0.
CMC 15K, Oxy 25k, Denver $25. Might have been a few others I cant remember right now.
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But you knew this in advance - all are need-based only schools.
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Iām just absent minded. Tufts did give Merit to about 10% last year.
From Tufts website:
Financial aid for undergraduate students in the School of Arts & Sciences and School of Engineering is awarded entirely based on financial need.
Their CDS does show 64 first year receiving on average $45k that had no need.
Not sure how to reconcile those two things.
An applicant might call and ask. We did an info session at Tufts (6 years ago) and they were very clear no merit aid. And thatās why we dropped it .
So curious at the CDS #.
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Could be outside scholarships that are run through the school (a donor gives money for a nursing student?) or even that are reported to the school and the school includes them on the CDS. Harvard used to have a scholarship just for a student named Murphy; I donāt know if they still do.
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Maybe Iāll call and ask but could it be ROTC?
Outside $$ I wouldnāt think would show up in their data.
But you could be right.
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Mysterious merit aid does show up on the CDS for a number of schools that do not seem to have have merit scholarships. I donāt know why, but itās always best to dig a bit deeper. Here are some examples of a few more schools that have merit aid listed on the College Transitions merit database page, but I donāt think they actually give merit to students without need (I am not an expert though, maybe they have scholarships I donāt know about): Swarthmore, CMU, U Chicago, Wesleyanā¦
FWIW, Swarthmore has a very specific scholarship for people in the area (not suburban Philly, but I think Delaware). Wesleyan has one for international students from Asia. UChicago has one for kids from Chicago. Maybe Tufts has something similar?
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