@thumper1 Yeppie, I’m aware of how competitive the full merit scholarship is at Washington and Lee. Obviously tough to get admitted and then, more tough to get the scholarship. Nonetheless, it is one of a handful of quality liberal arts colleges that offer generous merit aid and the description of the student in the original post suggests a competitive candidate. Strangely, I had figured I was clear in my post that the school is not urban when I said that it was “NOT an urban location.”