<p>Merit or need based? I'm curious to see if they lived up to their " promise. "</p>
<p>For me it seems as if they bent over backwords to make sure i wouldn't have to pay anything and that id have money in my pocket. However, ive heard different stories from others</p>
<p>thats awesome jeffwun. congrats!</p>
<p>They did the same thing for me...the scholarships say "need and merit based" so a little of both</p>
<p>$2000 a year for NMF. i didn't apply for any other merit based scholarships.
my family would never qualify for need based, so we didn't bother applying.</p>
<p>We had a little different experience. Our S was accepted, but got nothing in merit aid. We don't qualify for need based aid. S applied for three of their big merit aid scholarship programs, but did not get invited to any. We aren't bitter, WashU seems to offer much more merit aid opportunities than a lot of other high quality schools. We just weren't one of the lucky ones who won a scholarship. Therefore and unfortunately WashU was removed from the list of eligible schools for our S to consider.</p>
<p>When I applied (I'm a current senior) I knew that I wouldn't qualify for need-based aid. Despite the fact that I applied ED, I was awarded a Danforth Scholarship, but didn't get one of the full or half tuition awards. Part of me wishes I had applied RD (so I'd have more leverage with money) but it saved me a lot of stress knowing early that I was going to Wash U and I'm really happy here :)</p>
<p>I definitely think RD is the better option though... more incentive for them to give you big $$$</p>