Midwestern Colleges with Merit Aid

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<p>32 is an excellent score, but some of the schools on your list may need it to be more excellent for signficant merit aid.</p>

<p>U of Mich - in, apply early - rolling admissions.
Michigan State - in - check site for money details
Kalamazoo College - in, I believe they have them come in to write for the larger merit scholarships
WashU at St. Louis - 50/50 or better, merit money hard to predict
U of Chicago - admissions depends on essays, higher ACT useful for merit aid (note: they do needs-based with a limited number of merit scholarships).
U of NDame - not familiar with school, can't predict
Northwestern - 50/50 (match)
Vanderbilt - 50/50 or better, higher ACT would be useful for merit aid
Purdue - in, check website for scholarship details
Case - in, guessing at least the 15,000 scholarship level???
Duke - reach due number of applicants, better ACT might help.
UPenn - see Duke</p>

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<p>Thanks for summing it up nicely</p>

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<p>Thanks. When my son and I were going through this, we sprang for the $89 stat's evaluation that college confidential offers - I think you get to pick 8 colleges. Dave Berry did my son's - the prognostication was on the money. I think it also reduced my stress level during the waiting part. March is at least 60 days long when you are waiting for the envelopes (hopefully fat) to arrive.</p>

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<p>University of Cincinnati has a lot of merit aid available and is also cheaper in tuition to begin with.</p>

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<p>ND with those stats is probably around 50/50 as well, unless you have connections to the university, which would bump it up...ACT jump would help a lot</p>