<p>I was thinking of the University of Dayton?</p>
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<p>Valparaiso University meets most of the criteria. Butler may be a great school, but it doesn’t meet need. DePauw also gives very good aid, though it is 2000 students.</p>
<p>Gonzaga University?</p>
<p>Has he considered taking the SAT? Some students do better on the SAT.</p>
<p>What about Beloit?</p>
<p>Another vote to at least look at St.O - meets full need, no business major but management / economics that kids use instead of business - seems to have solid internship programs, 3100 students - merit aid as well in several tiers</p>
<p>Willamette does not meet need so while they offer very generous merit if you really need to have need met it may not be enough.</p>
<p>Gonzaga fits the major and size, but also does not meet need.</p>
<p>Most of the private liberal arts schools in MN and WI will meet your requirements. A couple not mentioned but worth looking into would be Carthage in WI, Viterbo in WI, St. John’s in MN. All three are very generous with Financial Aid and have great programs. St. John’s has a very good business department and no Greek life.</p>
<p>I would also suggest the U of MN-Morris. Again, very good business department, very good school, relatively inexpensive as well. Aid options aren’t as good but the overall cost is much lower.</p>
<p>Truman in Missouri is worth a look too. A very high percent of their kids go onto Grad school and they have amazing internship opportunities. If you live in any state in the Midwest except IA, they participate in the tuition consortium so overall costs even without aid are reasonable.</p>
<p>I was thinking Truman, too. Not sure if they might not be too small. I know they give great merit aid.</p>
<p>RE: meeting need.</p>
<p>Is it not the case that the reported figures are generally averages, and that often a college or university will meet more than the reported percentage of need for some students, and less than the reported percent for others? Should the OP rule colleges out completely based on the reported percentage of need met–especially if her son’s high GPA will make him a desirable applicant there?</p>
<p>I believe that Case gives decent FA, although I don’t know if they meet need. It is a very nice school and has a great reputation. Great idea!</p>
<p>^yes. Gonzaga may not meet need but with good stats (and the OPs son has good stats for GU) the merit aid is quite generous. As a poster above noted, the Jesuit and Catholic schools hit the sweet spot for size for the OP (and for us, here on the west coast). We are not Catholic, but the schools we ended up looking at were. Willamette is a little smaller than what the OP is looking for, but gave my D huge money, as did GU. Also Univ of Puget Sound, which is not a Catholic school, and slightly smaller, but excellent and gives great money also.</p>
<p>UTampa, Chapman, LMU and American have business programs and may fit the bill</p>
<p>Some good advice here on merit/need - you won’t know for each school until you jump through all the hoops and see what comes out the other side. Everyone’s profile is a bit different. For us, Willamette gave very generous merit, but the need grant was enough smaller than the full need school merit + need package that it wasn’t in the running. For others the formula might be flipped.</p>
<p>Thanks all. I’m in the process of reading but in addition to our existing list Gonzaga sound very promising. Definitely one I would have thought to look at.</p>
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<p>OOS COA is about $21K, for Midwest Exchange state residents about $18K, before aid, plus books, transportation, and incidentals. No need-based aid for OOS, and merit is limited. OP would qualify for $2,500 in automatic merit - $500 more if s/he can put another point on the ACT composite; plus another $2K if s/he is not Midwest Exchange. There are a number of competitive merit scholarships, but they appear to be very competitive.</p>
<p>So it may be just a little out of reach - unless there is some substantial federal money and the OP is willing to max out loans.</p>
<p>It does appear to be a great school - ask me in four years when DD will graduate. :)</p>