Scripps ED Merit Aid?

aquapt
Mon, 05 Nov 2018 03:55:56 +0000

Scripps definitely does give merit awards to ED applicants. Whether they are as generous with ED applicants as they are with equivalently-qualified RD applicants… I don’t think there’s any detailed info to answer this question. It seems counterintuitive that any college would invest scholarship money as generously in the ED round as in the RD pool where that money will pay off in terms of yield… yet quite a few schools assert that they are indeed as generous with ED applicants. (I can’t recall whether I’ve ever seen a statement from Scripps specifically on this point.) Presumably colleges want to be able to assure applicants that they’re not forfeiting merit potential by submitting a binding application, so perhaps the ability to offer that assurance is worth the cost of the ED merit aid awarded.

Unfortunately I have no hard data to offer, other than to say that ED merit scholarships do happen.