If you share some other factors/criteria that attract you to a college, people may be able to recommend merit-giving colleges that match your other criteria as well.
Significant aid for many top students:
Clark University (Massachusetts)
Denison (Ohio)
Lafayette (Pennsylvania)- maybe a bit smaller population than you like, but check it out
Fewer students get merit aid, and they have to be at the tippy top (which you are), but it is available:
Brandeis University (Massachusetts)