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<p>Not the OP here, but I know we didn’t want to waste time considering no merit aid schools (high stats kid), so having a list of those who don’t provide merit aid would be quite useful instead of having to check each school individually.</p>
<p>Some like prestige - it’s easy to find that on several different top whatever lists. It’s harder to find options for decent values/costs if one doesn’t want to pay a ton and has a kid who has worked hard to get top stats. I’m glad many top stat kids choose non-merit aid schools - makes the competition less (though it’s still very high as we’re not the only ones who value cost over perceived prestige). ;)</p>