<p>to everyone who applied early to lawrence university,
did you get the amount of merit aid that you expected/enough to allow you to attend?</p>
<p>I was hoping for a bit more merit aid, but I’m not very suprised I didn’t get more. I will definitely need to get more aid for me to be able to go there.</p>
<p>My D applied to and was accepted at LU last year and we felt, too, that they are rather “tight” in allocating their merit aide, compared to other offers she received. She was a high performer in high school re: ACT, GPA and various sports and music. She was offered $15,500 which was nice, but LU’s high sticker price made the bottom line significantly less attractive than other schools. She did like LU but $$, unfortunately, was an issue. The annual difference for us between LU and the school she ultimately chose was 7K, which is hard to ignore … 28K in a four year college experience. A family friend with an even higher performing kid found the same. I think LU only doles out the big bucks for kids with “out of the park” stats. No complaints … it is their money to award as they see fit. GLTA.</p>