Am I applying for too many Merit Scholarships?

[ripemango]

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Any chance of National Merit finalist status?

Nope, should of realized that stupid test was more important.</p>

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Do the other schools guarantee to meet full demonstrated need?

Yes, the reaches - Northwestern, Rice, Stanford, I can’t figure out Johns Hopkins though.</p>

<p>I will look at RIT, thank you.</p>

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You also have to realize that you have no idea where your brother will go to school. He may attend a school that doesn’t meet need and your parents may have to fork over additional money for him.

That doesn’t matter. It’s how much I myself can spend.</p>

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Tell them that your parents have an income just under $100K but they have assets close to $1million and want to know how the school will see it. You do not have to give your real name but you do need to listen carefully. (It may be better to do this via email if they’ll respond.)

Okay, I’ll do this for other schools too.</p>

<p>And I like RPI’s academics but not much else about it, is that enough reason to not put it on my list?</p>