Highly competitive private schools with tuition scholarship?

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<p>You left Rice off the list above- I think it’s around 30% receive merit aid, but I don’t have exact figures.</p>

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<p>Harvey Mudd in Claremont, CA has some 10K/yr merit and some full tuition merit awards; has top engineering AND science majors:</p>

<p>[HMC</a> Merit-based Awards](<a href=“http://www.hmc.edu/admission1/costsandaid1/typesofaid1/scholarshipsandgrants1/hmcmeritbasedawards.html]HMC”>Merit-Based Scholarships | Admission and Financial Aid | Harvey Mudd College)</p>

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<p>Yes, anxiousmom – according to this, more than 1/3 of Rice’s admitted class received a merit scholarship <a href=“http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=12273[/url]”>http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=12273&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Washington and Lee University in Va offers merit scholarships including full rides</p>

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<p>From the USC profile:
over 24% of the freshman class received a merit- based scholarship.
<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/0910/FreshmanProfile2008v3.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/0910/FreshmanProfile2008v3.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;