I would like to share an anecdote about TCNJ merit aid. Two years ago, my daughter graduated HS in NJ and TCNJ was her #1 college choice. She wants to be a secondary teacher. She had qualifications that made her likely to get merit aid, but she wanted to apply ED. We were very concerned about applying ED because common sense told us that no school would offer an enticement (merit aid) to someone willing to commit to ED. I contacted TCNJ to express my concerns and they assured me that merit aid decisions were independent of application type. Really? I mean, hey, I’m from Jersey. I was born on a Tuesday, but not last Tuesday. It was hard to believe.
Anyway, despite the alarm bells going off in my head, my daughter applied ED. She got in and TCNJ gave her decent merit aid. I was blown away and I’m very happy to recount the story for any CC’ers considering TCNJ.