<p>I heard that WFU was changing their scholarship policy and starting to give away a lot more money this year. Has anyone else heard that?</p>
<p>Is that the Wake Will thing?</p>
<p>I don’t know about Wake Will. I just heard that they are trying to get away from being a rich kids school. Now, either you are from a lower income and get financial aid or you can afford the $55,000+ cost. The middle income families - - $150,000-$250,000 are out of luck.</p>
<p>My D LOVED Wake (and was admitted), but the lack of merit money made it unrealistic. She is fortunately a very happy junior on a full ride at W&L, but if Wake had made us a halfway decent offer, she’d probably be there now.</p>
<p>@yaupon - We are from the west coast, can you tell me what W&L is? Did she apply early 12/1 to be considered for Merit Aid? I am concerned that we may find it unrealistic as well.</p>
<p>@daphne66: W&L is Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. Yes, 12/1 was application deadline for merit aid.</p>
<p>Yaupon, I hadn’t thought about Washington and Lee. Nor have we seen it. How does it cost compare to Wake in demographics, campus look and feel, etc.</p>
<p>Living61, a number of D’s W&L classmates also were keen on Wake, so there is considerable overlap despite Wake’s student body being three times the size of W&L’s. Both schools attract the “work hard/play hard” personality, and both have large Greek systems. Both campuses are red brick neoclassical. While W&L is in a small town, it is “in town” whereas Wake is suburban. Almost all Wake students live on campus throughout their undergrad years, but W&L students typically move off-campus as juniors (the university plans to build additional housing and require juniors to live on campus, not sure when this will happen). Sports are a bigger deal at Wake, but W&L has a number of strong teams.</p>
<p>Thanks Yaupon!</p>