Does anyone have a list of schools that include ACT/SAT scores and grades in their net price calculators? Looks like Oberlin’s does. Trying to find other schools to compare. Our family will not get any need based aid, so calculators without scores/grades just spit out full tuition. I understand that we will be full pay at most schools but I also know there are some that will give merit for high scores and I’m curious to compare. I estimated our S19’s final grades and scores and Oberlin estimated 15K in merit.
i do not know of any schools with net price calculators based on scores, but if you visit the websites for the schools you are interested in, check out their financial aid/scholarship page, some schools will give you the criteria (ie test scores/gpa) for their particular scholarships, not that you are automatically awarded, but that you qualify. Some schools actually post what scholarships you will receive with your particular set of scores. I am helping my second child thru the application process now. I know of one school in NJ (Stockton) that lists the scholarship you will be awarded based on your scores. Rowan in NJ did two years ago, but removed the information from their site.
I find them all the time that will give the merit aid if you enter stats. I was looking at Palm Beach Atlantic the other day and it give the merit award, estimates Bright Futures (but would only know if you have the gpa and scores, not if you meet the other requirements of courses, foreign language, community service). It even had a calculator for transfer merit awards.
All you can do is check each school and if it doesn’t include merit, check the webpage to see if there are merit scholarships available for your stats.
A lot of catholic schools do, private schools and LACs that give merit.
Most public school NPCs are less detailed but if they have clear merit guidelines or automatic merit, they can still turn out affordable.
Most likely the private schools would not be affordable if they only give a small amount of merit.
Carnegie Mellon did when my son applied but that was 2 years ago not sure now.
Some schools that clearly define the amount of automatic merit aid per stats:
Arizona State
https://scholarships.asu.edu/estimator
LSU
https://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/financialaid/entering-freshman-scholarships/
I’ve found there are LOTS of net price calculators that ask for a GPA/class rank and ACT/SAT score and will predict merit aid. Case Western, University of Miami FL, University of Iowa… But keep in mind that these are estimations and your S’s actual scholarship amount may be different.
Thanks, everyone.
Found one on Denison’s website as well. Hit or miss, I guess. CMU or Case might be matches. I think it’s interesting that Oberlin estimates merit on net price calculator but Kenyon, Reed, Macalester, Grinnell do not. I kind of put them in the same ballpark when it comes to how much merit is given. We don’t see our S19 at a OOS public school. Just too big for him. I’m aware that some of the LACs he may like offer merit, so I was just curious what I could find out.
Reed doesn’t calculate merit aid because it doesn’t offer merit aid.
You can use the College Board’s net price calculator. They provide a large list of schools that use their calculator. Some use GPA/test scores, some don’t, but, since you only need to enter your information once (with some minor additions for various schools), you can blow through those very quickly. Usually the GPA/test score info is on the first page of the calculator, so you can just close it without doing the entire calculation if you see they don’t use that information.