It’s not only how much you received in merit aid.
It is really about the total cost of attendance (COA) minus merit aid.
Some colleges’ COA is 50K per yr, some colleges’ COA is 65K per year.
Here are my DS’s net COA ((COA - merit) x 4 years):
GPA UW 3.22, GPA W 3.47, ACT 35, SAT2s 760, 710, 4 APs by 11th, 6 APs by 12th
Private and UCs calculated on 4 years of attendance
CSUs calculated with 5 years of attendance
San Jose State University 125K
Loyola Marymount University 217K (merit 5.5K/yr)
Chapman 160K (merit 20K/yr)
RIT 132K (merit 15K/y)
Syracuse 192K (merit 12K/y)
DePaul 132K (merit 17K/y)
Champlain 144K (merit 12K/y)
Cal State Univ Long Beach 115K
Cal State Univ Northridge 115K
Cal State Univ Fullerton 125K
UC San Diego 128K
UC Santa Cruz 138K (merit 0.5K/yr)