How generous are these NEASC schools with the merit aid

My son has gotten some looks for football (Trinity Amherst Case Western etc…, but I look at the price tag and am thinking there is no way my wife and I could afford that.

Amherst only offers need based financial aid- no merit or athletic scholarships.

Have you run the net price calculators?

@twoinanddone, any recommendations or insight ?

Did you mean to write NESCAC in your thread title? The NPCs for NESCAC schools should be fairly accurate, as long as you enter accurate data and your family situation isn’t too far out of the norm. There will be no athletic scholarships, and merit aid will be comparitively limited if not non-existent (as Sybbie points out for Amherst). Start with the NPCs.

I didnt realize these calculators existed. I did Trinity’s really quick and it was manageable by the time it got to the end. My daughter got like a 72% in state public academic award so we really didnt need to go through all this LOL. Sorry for asking stupid question.

Hey, there are no stupid questions. It’s all part of a learning process.

Only a few of the NESCAC schools offer merit aid and it is, of course, very competitive. It will not go to an athlete just because the coach wants him (in fact, merit aid to athletes is scrutinized because it doesn’t want to seem like athletic aid).

But there are lots of schools that do give athletic aid, merit aid, or need based grants. You just have to find the right academic, athletic and financial fit.

Most of the interest he has garnered on the Athletic side has been from NESCAC schools. We will probably hit the CT elite camp and the Princeton camp, and go from there. Most of the NESCAC schools attend these 2 camps as well as many others.

Before your S goes to the camps, do some research on the schools, including things like academic offerings, school vibe, athletic facilities, costs, financial aid. Understand which schools offer merit and need-based aid, and which ones offer only need-based aid.

Run the net price calculators on the schools interested in him, and the ones he is interested in. Some schools that offer merit include it in the NPC estimates while others don’t. It’s important to understand the details. Note the NPCs might not be accurate if parents are divorced, own a business, or have real estate holdings beyond a primary residence.

Looks like 2021 recruiting is going to be a long road. Good luck.