<p>Considering the fact that there are ~4000 colleges in the country, I do not understand the real point of this thread. If you are lucky, you can get responses back for ~100 schools (if you are lucky). This leaves over 3800 schools on the table.</p>
<p>I would recommend that you narrow the question down a bit as to what specifically are you looking for. If you can hone in and give a little more information, you can probably receive some useful answers.</p>
<p>Large research university /Small liberal arts college/single sex school
Urban/Suburban/Rural
close to home or great distance
cold weather/warm weather/beach/mountains
East coast/west coast/ north/south/midwest</p>
<p>While there are plenty of schools that do offer merit, not every student who is eligible for merit is going to receive merit.</p>
<p>Schools that meet 100% demonstrated need with large amounts of institutional aid, are very competitive as far as admissions is concerned. What exactly would be the point of this thread to list schools that only give need based aid to find out that you may not be a viable candidate.</p>