<p>There were a 4-5 separate endowed scholarships …none of which appears on the list any longer, i.e., the Judith Resnick Scholarship (there’s also a Resnick Hall)…(she was a CMU grad…perished on the Challenger).</p>
<p>We had asked the an Admissions Officer about the merit program when we saw the change in the webpage and that’s how we got this info. They were candid that they made a strategic choice to give more money to more people rather than giving just a few people such huge awards. </p>
<p>CMU meets full need…so that is still very positive!</p>
<p>Also, CMU negotiates…they are very open to seeing and responding to competing awards of competitor institutions. While some schools consider that totally inappropriate, CMU has a process to go through to show those awards and get a match if not better deal! If you want to go to CMU, they will aim to make it happen - if they admit you , they don’t want to loose you over money. In our experience, that was not the case for D or her friends with admissions offers received from Ivies (Where Ivy packages include loans and work study and there’s no bargaining whatsoever) – we did successfully “bargain” (tacky word elsewhere…but acceptable practice at CMU) and get a great merit package at CMU with first child.</p>
<p>EA/ED have no bargaining power in this process however.
RD has plenty of bargaining possible.</p>