<p>don't know just.a.thought. got no answer yet...
let's hope they will be merciful;)</p>
<p>Merit scholarship does not equal free, it's just money that is based on academics instead of need. She received $10K as did many of the students on this site. </p>
<p>As to why Grinnell, if D goes she will be joining her brother who is a sophomore. It is a liberal, laid back community. He has played soccer for 2 years which he wouldn't have been able to do at a larger or more athletically competititve college. He chose Grinnell over Earlham and Denison. He liked both of them but felt Grinnell had the strongest academics and the most intellectually curious population.</p>
<p>D is choosing between Grinnell, Kenyon, and Denison honors program. She had several others that she has already eliminated. Right now I think she finds Grinnell the most intellectually appealing but she is going to the accepted student visits to see which has the best fit.</p>
<p>We have found that overnight visits are critical in the selection process and that the accepted student visits are perhaps the best way to make the final choice. The down side of the accepted studnet visits is that you don't get an accurate sense of the cafeteria food and they make sure all the class choices are interesting and there are appealing activities going on, plays, movies etc. But the biggest advantage is that you get to see your peer group, who next year's freshman will be.</p>
<p>I got into Grinnell, but I am new to this website thing and the roster. So, I am from CA, USA. over 4.0 GPA weighted (4.0 unweighted), top 2% of class, 1350 SAT</p>
<p>just.a.thought: i havent requested them yet, still waiting for princeton (as if i have a chance, lol :P), bates and mount holyoke :D</p>
<p>i think the three schools that your daughtes is considering are fairly different. kenyon and grinnell are more like each other. </p>
<p>My D accepted.
$12,000. 4.0 unweighted GPA
710V 680M (I don't recall her SAT II's)
top 1% of class
rejected; Berkeley, UCLA, UCSB (honors), UCSD,UCSC,UCD and Kenyon </p>
<p>She's jazzed: her brother (National Merit scholar) who goes to Berkeley and historically has been pretty condescending, has been supportive of her decision to attend a LAC and Grinnell in particlular.</p>
<p>When you are saying these scholarship numbers, like "accepted with $12,000" you mean just merit-based, right?</p>
<p>So if you got a merit-based scholarship of $10,000 and your EFC was around $8,000 and they met your need fully with grants, you would have a full-ride, is this correct?</p>
<p>No it means that you got 12,000 you still need to come up with the other 20,000 or so that it will take to go to Grinnell. If your EFC is 8000 and they make cover all of your nee you might end up with 12000 merit and another 12000 need based so that you only have to pay the 8000. Need based, though is typically a combination of grant or scholarship with loans and work study. Sou you might seee something like 2000 as a work study job, 5000 as subsidized student loans and another 5000 as loans from the college. Usually if you go to the financial aid section of a schools web site they will show sample packages.</p>
<p>A full ride means 100% of the tuition and expenses are covered by a scholarship. University of Florida gives a fullride to all NMF's.</p>
<p>No, we have to still come up with a hefty amount of dough each semester. She gets about $6500 per semester break in her tuition for Merit Scholarship.</p>
<p>With those numbers, my statement of 10 years ago is truer today, "Grinnell would never admit me today."</p>