<p>OP has mentioned more than once the prospect of getting a lot of money from some of the mentioned schools. Since need-based aid does not seem relevant, I assume he’s talking about merit awards. Perhaps someone familiar with these schools can give OP a sense of whether his stats are strong enough to garner merit aid at any of the colleges. I suspect in some cases, they are not.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how important that is based on the OP’s post #7:
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<p>Can I recommend New College of Florida? I strongly considered this school before I decided I wanted to go somewhere larger and farther away. It’s small, but it’s located in Sarasota, right next to Tampa which is the largest city in Florida, and it’s right by the beach. It’s like the Florida version of Hampshire or Sarah Lawrence, with teacher evaluations instead of grades, etc. It’s also public and very cheap.</p>
<p>Can I ask why you’re so set on the South? If you’re looking to stay close to home, looking at other states near Kentucky such as Ohio or Pennsylvania could expand your choice considerably. If it’s the weather, loads of colleges in California–particularly the Claremont Consortium–as well as St. John’s in New Mexico would be worth a look.</p>
<p>@MommaJ @Erin’s Dad</p>
<p>A place like Rhodes would be a lot easier for me to sell to my parents if it is substantially cheaper. I stated that my dad is a big Centre fan, but I, personally, just want to go to the best school I can. So need-based is obviously not a factor, but merit aid may help me swing my parents. </p>
<p>@mmmgirl</p>
<p>I’m looking at Centre and Transylvania in Kentucky. I just want to attend school in a region of the country where I’m familiar. I don’t think I would like the northeast or going to school in California. I don’t know for sure, but I just don’t have a good feeling about it.</p>
<p>wll you be taking the act again? 28 composite may be a bit low for some of the lac’s you have mentioned for great merit aid…depends how much merit you need to convince your father :)</p>
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<p>The merit scholarship his daughter won doesn’t exist any more. First they reduced the number of Bellingrath’s offered, and then they reduced the value of the award to just tuition.</p>
<p>That is the case Bob but not to leave wrong impression and to be precise…my kid had decided to attend Rhodes when she received a Cambridge Scholarship (two down from the Bellingrath). The acceptance to the other “finalist” school and the Bellingrath came later. She had chosen Rhodes over more affordable excellent schools (schools where she received larger awards) prior to the last minute whirlwind of action.</p>
<p>When she received the acceptance to the other finalist, that complcated matters, and when she received the Bellingrath, it changed again. It was a wild but enjoyable ride. Takeaway point: The money was very important to her decision, but without her great impression of the school (formed over 4 visits and a scholarship weekend), it wouldn’t have been enough. </p>
<p>IMO, it’s a really good school and deserves consideration.</p>
<p>I agree about Rhodes - it ended up being in my daughter’s final 3 choices (and a tough choice it was). Still, people need to understand the economic side of things as well.</p>
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<p>One LAC known for good merit aid just north of you in Central Ohio that will be good for your stats is Denison.</p>