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<p>Rochester is the only one I have looked at that will actually show you what happens on their net price calculator. Run it with no merit, and then adjust the merit and update it. From what I can tell, THEIR OWN merit will somewhat, but not completely, reduce loan and work study amounts. I think it is about $.70 on the dollar.</p>
<p>I got mixed answers from RPI, but I think they are going to end up not stacking their own merit with their need awards. DS is a medalist, so it is free to find out what they do.</p>
<p>Same for Northeastern from the information I have. In the case of NEU, we are still trying to decide whether it is worth the $70 to see what they do when the school is near the bottom of DS’s list. Probably not …</p>