<p>Do "B" students get merit aid these days? Looking in the northeast and NY state. Math/Verbal SAT 1200+ pretty good EC's. Any suggestions are welcome.</p>
<p>Seton Hall (NJ)</p>
<p>UDayton gives merit aid to B students. Check their website for details and test score req’ts.</p>
<p>Many schools “discount” for just about everyone they accept and call it merit aid. Look for the colleges finding it hard to fill up in this economy.</p>
<p>Wittenberg in Ohio is very generous with merit money</p>
<p>“Look for the colleges finding it hard to fill up in this economy.” </p>
<p>Thanks for the reply … and trust me I’m trying. Anybody know of any???</p>
<p>It looks like many of the small to mid sized Catholic colleges are actively seeking enrollment. D has received a lot of “Priority Application” offers which talk about scholarships.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<p>Siena (NY)
Emmanuel (MA)
Saint Anselms (NH)</p>
<p>[Merit</a> Scholarships: Marist College](<a href=“http://www.marist.edu/financialaid/merit.html]Merit”>http://www.marist.edu/financialaid/merit.html)</p>
<p>Marist has some but the applicant must meet both the GPA and the SAT/ACT cutoff.</p>
<p>3.3 GPA with SAT 1800 gets you $8,000/yr for 4 years (must maintain a certain GPA to keep scholarship).</p>
<p>You’ll get merit aid, ie discounting, from any number of mid level LACs.
At that SAT level, places like Wooster, Ohio Wesleyan, Juniata, Drew,
Hobart/Smith, Ursinus, Muhlenberg are all possibilities</p>
<p>I would say any private college charging $40K plus, ranked under 50.</p>
<p>B students get merit aid at schools that otherwise have difficulty attracting B students. Or, as hmom says, they may have a $40,000 cost, bump the cost to $50,000, then freely give out $10,000 in merit aid.</p>
<p>What is your GPA exactly? 3.0? 3.2? weighted? unweighted?</p>
<p>Did you take any AP or honors courses?</p>
<p>I think your state school (without merit aid) might be a better bargain both financially and academically.</p>
<p>Even out-of-state public is a possibility. Many times they waive the OOS tuition premium which works two ways for the school: promotes diversity and they get someone to actually pay regular in-state fees.</p>
<p>Are you limited to NE/NY area?</p>
<p>Yes- S has taken several AP and Honors classes. GPA about 3.1. S will make honors this semester and has before… but not every time. He tends not to do great on mid terms and finals though … he tries, but recalling all that infomation is difficult. He’s an ADHD kid if it matters. Need to stay within 3 hours of Central Mass… so maybe eastern PA or N.J. is a possibilty.</p>
<p>Also …We would like to avoid large lecture halls so often associated with our State public system. School size between 3000-5000 would probably be best.</p>
<p>GPA about 3.1. Yes, several honor and a couple AP’s. Need to stay with 3 hours of central Mass. … I guess that opens up eastern PA. and N.J.</p>
<p>OK…</p>
<p>So, smaller school, with smaller classes…</p>
<p>How much can have you budgeted for his annual college expenses? Are you looking for a partial merit scholarship? or do you need most/all of his college expenses to be get covered by a scholarship? I’m only asking because the smaller schools are often private and their costs can easily be $40-50k per year.</p>
<p>Here is Marist. <a href=“http://www.marist.edu/financialaid/merit.html[/url]”>http://www.marist.edu/financialaid/merit.html</a></p>
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<a href=“http://www.marist.edu/financialaid/tuition.html[/url]”>http://www.marist.edu/financialaid/tuition.html</a></p>
<p>Find schools in the “range”. Research each school’s merit awards looking for ways to qualify. Good luck.</p>
<p>BTW, some of the schools previously mentioned are “above” the range I would be comfortable suggesting.</p>
<p>This is hard work and there is no easy sourcebook that you can open and find the info you need. Good luck.</p>
<p>One research hint: I use google and insert the (name of the school) + (merit) or (merit aid) or (merit scholarship). Then I look for results from the school itself (marist.edu).</p>