<p>what is your home state?</p>
<p>I don’t think those publics give much (if any) merit money to out of state students. I’m pretty sure that your stats aren’t high enough for any decent merit at UMich as a non-resident. As for the privates…I don’t know how competitive your stats are for any merit they may have. I also don’t know if JHU gives merit (or much merit).</p>
<p>The problem is that with high ranking schools, your stats will not be considered very high, so not deserving of much or any merit (if they give merit). </p>
<p>However, at mid-tier schools, your stats might be in the top 5% of their students…which is very good…however, not all mid-tier schools give merit or they might not give much merit to out of state students. </p>
<p>If you want merit money, you need to target schools that give assured merit for your stats. It’s ok to apply to some schools that have competitive merit scholarships, but if you’ll need merit to go to college, then you need to also apply to some schools that will give you ASSURED merit for your stats. Those can by your financial safety schools. :)</p>
<p>CC Important links to Auto Scholarships…
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html</a></p>
<p>The above post says that you have to be in the top 25% to get good merit. I would go further and say to get big merit, you have to be in the top 5% or so. The top 25% might get small merit awards, but not enough to make a big dent in $35k-55k per year.</p>