<p>Do a search for a thread by Momfromtexas. She did a lot of searching for significant merit aid for her kids. The thread is a bit old but the advice in it is good.</p>
<p>I can only comment about Santa Clara University. My daughter is a graduate of SCU. She had a similar weighted GPA, higher class rank and higher SAT scores (but not by a lot). She got VERY little merit aid from them ($6000 grant). Their most significant merit awards go to students who are accepted with distinction. I don’t know whether or not your son would meet this…but my daughter didn’t. They do not guarantee to meet full need of accepted students…and they don’t. Having said all of that, if you can AFFORD the school, it is terrific. Just by looking at your school list, I’m guessing your son is interested in engineering…their engineering school is very good (DD was an engineering major so we are a bit biased!).</p>