I talked to a couple of the top public schools on the phone today…one of them told me there are no merit scholarships for transfers, and another(WU) said there were none for those not coming through the St Louis Community College system. I also looked at a list of schools that are most likely to award merit aid, but it didn’t have anything about the range or average amount.
Is it significantly more difficult to get merit scholarships if you’re a transfer? Which of the good public schools are most likely to award good merit aid to transfers? Reason I ask is this is probably the only way I could afford two years at a school like this.