I know that scholarships are incredibly individual and it is not an across the board situation… that being said, what I will say is that Emerson was incredibly generous to me, and gave a lot of merit aid. So do not count them out too early. My take on applying was to get a mix of financially viable schools and some reaches, for programs that really spoke to me. And then, if they couldn’t come through with the money, then I’d at least have options that I liked, but I also didn’t have to limit myself to places I did not like, just because of money.