Schools with over 5,000 people that give good merit aid

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<p>The trouble for me seems to be that most schools that give good merit aid (for me, at least (only 1370 SAT)) are very small liberall arts schools and I want a school with over 5,000.</p>

<p>So far I have
~ University of Dayton
~ U of Scranton
~ American U
~ Boston U</p>

<p>What else?</p>

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<p>Look into the University of Miami. <a href=“http://www6.miami.edu/UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/0,1770,29532-1;44908-2;29913-2;46413-2,00.html[/url]”>http://www6.miami.edu/UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/0,1770,29532-1;44908-2;29913-2;46413-2,00.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>If you give us some more info regarding your stats, interests and type of school you’re looking for, I’m sure you will get some great suggestions.</p>

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<p>Be careful with BU, my friend who had a 2050 SAT who’s going there in the fall got no merit aid at all…it’s getting to be quite selective.</p>

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<p>STATS (rough)
GPA: 4.0 UW
RANK: Top 5% and higher
SAT: 1370/1600, 2100/2400, 680 US History SAT II
6 APs by graduation
rising senior
ECs: tons, lots of leadership, unique stuff</p>

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<p>Usc .</p>

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<p>Tulane…</p>

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<p>Tulane Univeristy.</p>

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<p>You can go to Tulane in New Orelans now, right?</p>

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<p>University of Pittsburgh.</p>

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<p>I don’t think BU is particularly generous with merit aid. In US News, they list 8% of freshmen receiving non-need based aid. Average amount $12,569. Not bad, but not great. (Upperclassmen 8% getting $13,400.)</p>

<p>Case Western - lists 21% of freshmen getting $8,800, 30% upperclassmen getting $12,650.</p>

<p>Pittsburgh is worse. 6% getting $7,716.</p>

<p>Tulane 34% getting $18,066.</p>

<p>Dayton 35% getting $5300.</p>

<p>American 21% getting $15,800.</p>

<p>How about Northeastern; 19% $13349.</p>

<p>These numbers are hard to interpret though, without looking at each school and reading what their scholarship criteria are. (Not to mention differences in tuition.)</p>

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<p>University of Alabama - if you can get your SAT up to 1400 (math and reading) or 32 on the ACT, you will get essentially full tuition. You do need to apply now, because they go fast. Campus has lovely new honors dorms, which you would qualify for. Even if you didn’t make full tuition, you might get lesser merit money that, with the low cost of tuition, makes it very affordable.</p>

<p>Some other Southern universities will be similar - LSU and Mississippi.</p>

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<p>USC can be quite generous with aid.</p>

<p>University of Houston showers National Merit Scholars with money, and I know someone with similar stats to you who managed to get full tutition and most of room & board, even without national merit. (She was in the music school, though)</p>

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<p>Northeastern is generous to competitive candidates – and you can work in their co-op program to make it even more affordable.</p>

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<p>it really depends on how much merit aid you want. Many of the students who get larger merit aid at Tulane have 1400+ SATs on the old scale</p>

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<p>GWU, although their merit aid program is getting more competitive.</p>

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<p>awesome.</p>

<p>new list from you guys:
~ University of Houston
~ Tulane University
~ University of Alabama
~ USC
~ Northeastern</p>

<p>Question: how about U of South Carolina – any experience with that?</p>