<p>Has anyone heard about general merit scholarships yet? Thanks.</p>
<p>We were disappointed by the FA offer so I called the Financial Aid office and they told me that the merit awards had all been allocated (Last Thursday 4/8)…I appealed FA at another institution and they bumped the award significantly, but it still doesn’t match the best offer so far…so it is obvious that schools have different ideas of “meeting need.” I think most follow the FAFSA closely even though IMO it is not a good tool for other than standard financial situations. I don’t think we will appeal Davidson’s FA.</p>
<p>Definitely appeal Davidson’s FA package! I received a full $6k more after appealing my freshman year which is what my family had needed. The FA office at Davidson truly understands everyones current financial situation. In fact, this past summer I was speaking to one of the VPs in FA and he told me Davidson had actually increased the allotted funds to FA to help the current and incoming students.</p>