Merit Scholarships

<p>Curious as to whether/how many others are seeing these. They come under separate cover as letters only (no electronic trace), offering fee remissions and other perks depending on the school. Assuming this is (basically) about high SSAT scores...top kids with really high scores pull up the whole institutional average, and likely (?) project well for the school's ave SAT scores on down the line. Anyone...?</p>

<p>I got a 2378 on my SSAT, and I never saw anything. I know it depends upon the school, but I’ve never even heard of this before?</p>

<p>Very few schools offer merit scholarships and I am almost sure that none if the GLADCHHEMS schools do.</p>

<p>It sounds like a scam. There are a lot of those out there these days. Caveat Emptor.</p>

<p>(and be aware that some will ask for money down the road, or - if you ever log on to an unauthorized site - sell your name and number to for-profit companies).</p>

<p>When in doubt, call a boarding school and ask if they’ve ever heard of a service like that. Chances are they haven’t.</p>

<p>I’m pretty sure both Choate and Andover do…do a search of past posts. There was a Dad on the forum last year whose son was a top scoring athlete and received some kind of “Andover scholar” award.</p>

<p>It’s not a “service”…these come directly from the Admissions Office. They are not “full rides,” but “enticements” to FP families/students in awards of both cash (over the life of attendance at the school) and a variety of perks (books, technology, “experiences”).</p>

<p>That, I have never heard of.</p>

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<p>Okay - got it. From the initial post it sounded like generic unsolicited mail. Some of that is going around especially for parents with college-bound students. Those are mostly scams.</p>

<p>I only know of a few schools that offer merit scholarships, meaning kids who don’t qualify for FA are eligible. Please know that even when these scholarships are available to kids without financial need (as determined by the school), those with demonstrated need tend to get higher priority. </p>

<p>It can get a little confusing because, in a very real sense, all need-based FA is merit based.</p>