Skidmore merit aid?

Lindagaf
Wed, 05 Jan 2022 13:52:59 +0000

Other schools you’ve looked at might be less selective than Skidmore. In general, the more selective the college, the less likely it is that the college will offer merit aid. The acceptance rate is 30%, which is quite healthy. That means they don’t need to offer lots of scholarships but choose to do so for certain students.

Or, those particular scholarships were set up by individuals for a designated purpose. I notice they both appear to be named after people, unlike a generic Presidential Scholarship that many colleges might offer. So yes, that appears to be the extent of merit awards at Skidmore.

@Ally86 , did your child check the box on the Common app to be eligible for this? Merit Awards | Scholarships | Skidmore College
She would have completed some additional work to submit with the common app.

Merit aid is completely different from financial aid. The NPC might be showing your child is eligible for Financial aid, but unless she applies for those scholarships, she won’t get merit aid.