What colleges allow you to stack merit and need based aid?

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<p>Don’t forget that even “meet full need” schools generally have a student contribution (which they may offer direct loans or work study for).</p>

<p>They may allow merit scholarships to apply against the student contribution first (reducing loans and/or work study, if these are offered against the student contribution), but check the fine print for each school instead of assuming.</p>