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<p>Duke is a private university. Your state of residence has no bearing on its merit aid.</p>
<p>There are PLENTY of fine schools that give good merit aid to high achieving students. Many public flagship universities are highly regarded…check your own state to see what your state offers high achieving students at your flagship university.</p>
<p>While the schools in the Ivy league don’t give merit aid, many other colleges do. All you need to do is check the websites of the schools that you are interested in applying to.</p>
<p>If you give us an indication of your stats and the geographic location you want to consider…and the size of the school, and perhaps majors you are interested in…folks might be able to give you better info.</p>