Places giving little or NO MERIT ACADEMIC AID

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This is a repost of a thread started by Nightingale. This list represents the sole opinion and conclusion of the poster and does not constitute an "official" position of College Confidential. It should be noted that the origin of the list or the facts discussed herein have not been verified, and that the accuracy and validity of this list have been challenged by other members.
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<p>Places giving little or NO MERIT AID </p>

<p>Here they are folks. The places that give predominently NEED BASED aid only. Some may have changed thier policy, if so advise. If you need MERIT money to swing the cost of any of these places... don't waste your time. Also feel free to add any school not listed that does not give merit aid. I just found out about Tufts only yesterday. Some listed here might give merit aid in name only, (2 or 3 scholarships), basically in such small amounts it is not worth the effort to apply. This list was part of a package I found on the internet and apparently is given out to high school seniors by the guidence departments at several public and private high schools nationwide. </p>

<p>All the Ivies
Williams
Amherst
Wesleyen
Amherst
Barnard
Bennington
Bucknell
Colgate
Dickinson
Gettysburg
Lafayette
MIT
New England Collge
Saint Johns
Smith
Tufts
Stanford
Union
Vassar
Art Center of Design
Bates
Bowdoin
Colby
Bryn Mawr
College of the Atlantic
Connecticut College
Dartmouth
Franklin and Marshall
Hamilton
Juliard
Malboro
Pine Manor
Reed
Sarah Lawrence
Springfield College
Trinty (Connecticut)
Wheaton</p>

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<p> The second list is the most recent list posted by Nightingale. </p>

<p>"Nominal" refers to the overall amount given on average per student. But, as has been pointed out, a FEW OUTSTANDING students may recieve very large amounts of aid at these institutions. Again, this is a work in progress and I'm learning more each day. Several places have been removed, others added and some moved from one list to another.</p>

<p>NO MERIT AID</p>

<p>All the Ivies
Amherst
Northwestern
Tufts
Barnard
Colgate
MIT
New England College
Saint Johns
Wesleyen
Vassar
Williams
Art Center of Design
Bates
Bowdoin
Bryn Mawr
College of the Atlantic
Colby College
Connecticut
Pine Manor
Reed College
Sarah Lawrence College
Springfield College
Trinity (CT0
Wellesley
Wheaton</p>

<p>NOMINAL MERIT AID</p>

<p>Smith
Boston College
Lafayette
Union
Hamilton
Chicago
Dickinson
Gettysburg
Duke</p>

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<p>Trinity (CT) just started giving merit $$ this past year. There's a recent thread on CC about it: </p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=191191%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=191191&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Thank you CC. I'm sure some folks are interested. Thanks for the input jrpar.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input jrpar. Folks, show this list to your S or D's advisor or GC and ask them to legitimize it. I think you'll find it is more or less accurate. And remember, even those uber-elite schools who don't give out large dollar amounts of merit on average, may in fact give large amounts to select, highly qualified, applicants. Lastly many schools on this list, although not giving huge merit, do meet much of an applicant's "need"... often more so than less known privates and/or publics.</p>