<p>Correction to Post #2: Boston College does NOT offer any merit aid other than its full-tuition Presidential Scholarships (15-20 per year). In this way, it is similar to WUSTL, Duke, and other top schools that offer just a handful of very big merit scholarships and everything else is need-based aid only .</p>
<p>OP,your best strategy will be to target schools that do offer lots of merit aid (smaller amounts to many students) and where your daughter’s stats put her well within the top 25% of applicants. RPI and U Rochester are examples of two schools that do give merit aid to many of their admittees.</p>