<p>Macalester, like Carleton, just gives small NMF awards as the only merit aid. All other scholarships are need-based as well as merit. Both schools give meet 100% of financial need. The only LAC of their caliber in the upper Midwest that gives true merit aid is Grinnell. However, St Olaf, Gustavus Adolphus, Knox, Beloit and Lawrence (all top 100 LAC’s in the area) do give merit aid.</p>