Wash U Is Distasteful!

oldolddad
Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:56:28 +0000

Sam Lee: Perhaps you haven’t caught it but I have a D who is in her third year there. She did not win the scholarhsip. She picked the school and wanted to go because she liked it. D and I have had extensive dealings with the financial aid department. They are extremely helpful and much more accommodating than many others I knw about. As teacher I had a number of students apply from all income levels and they have alomost all been accepted and received good aid packages. I know some need blind places who are a bit more tight with grant monye but very happpy to supply lot’s of loans.

Your statement about a few schools giving merit money is false unless you mean that 60% of the top 50 schools (use USNew as an example) is only a few. Merit money is all over the place for top kids along with financial aid.