Merit Aid school suggestion please

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hoping someone might have suggestions of schools with merit aid for a student with 2330 SAT, SATII 800 chem, 800 math II, 4.1/4.8 GPA who is interested in chemistry, or other science, possibly engineering in the northeast (not NYC). Seems like there should be one out there. </p>

<p>Required
Very Strong science departments with good lab facilities
Opportunity for research
Students go on to get PhDs in science
NOT a big party culture
Manageable workload
Small classes Get to know professors
Undergraduate housing
Male =Female (NOT 70/30 M/F)</p>

<p>Desirable
Engineering major available
<6000 undergrad students **************
Few or easy to meet distribution requirements
Cooperative rather than competitive culture
Green campus
Intramural sports</p>

<p>Thanks for any ideas!</p>

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<p>The northeast doesn’t have as many schools that give big merit as other areas of the country. </p>

<p>Your size limitation will also limit choices.</p>

<p>Try…</p>

<p>URoch (not sure if small enough)
Fordham (also not sure if small enough)
Villanova</p>

<p>If you need merit money to afford college, then you may need to broaden your geographical and size limitations.</p>

<p>HOw much merit money do you need?</p>

<p>HOw much will your parents pay each year?</p>

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<p>I can’t remember now if it was Case Western or RPI, but I have read that one of them is
very generous with their merit scholarships.</p>

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<p>Thanks for those ideas. Any other ideas?</p>

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<p>Grinnell gives great merit aid and has outstanding sciences, if you are okay with a rural LAC. No engineering, but a 3/2 program if that’s the route you want to go.</p>

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<p>If you want to look beyond the east coast, Rice fits all of your other criteria.</p>

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<p>^so rice doesn’t have a big party culture?</p>

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<p>If you’re female, look at Smith (based on your ration requirements, I would guess not). If your family income is less than 150K, you MAY be able to get need-based aid at places like Columbia and Swarthmore.</p>

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<p>Reed has some good info on PhD producing schools: [REED</a> COLLEGE PHD PRODUCTIVITY](<a href=“http://www.reed.edu/ir/phd.html]REED”>Doctoral Degree Productivity - Institutional Research - Reed College)
Surprisingly (to me), Wooster college does well in chemistry. They do offer good merit aid.</p>

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<p>This is for my son. He likes woods not farms or big cities
He’d like to be close (6-7hours radius) to home (upstate NY).
It’s too bad Reed, Rice and Grinnell is so far away. He’s also looking for a liberal leaning place.</p>

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<p>Williams, Wesleyen, Brown. No merit aid but they give generous 100% of need met which was more money than D’s merit scholarships elsewhere. Engineering usually available as a 5th year.</p>

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<p>Davidson. (10 char)</p>

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<p>Bowdoin, Holy Cross.</p>

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<p>Many of the top students in this area choose the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, for some of the things you are looking for. It offers very nice merit money and I think it gives money to OOS kids as well. It is not a pretty campus IMO, lots of brick.</p>

<p>Pitt is a bit bigger than the number you listed, but it also gives great merit money to OOS students with your son’s stats. It might be worth a look.</p>