<p>How much merit-based aid (if any) would I be eligible for from Wake Forest University??</p>
<p>GPA: 4.35 weighted, 4.0 unweighted
ACT: 32
PSAT: 94th percentile
Athletics: 1 year freshman volleyball, 1 year JV volleyball, 4 years varsity tennis
ECs: 1 year Habitat for Humanity, 2 years Debate, National Forensics League Member w/ Degree of Honor, 2 years NHS
Jobs: .5 years Dog grooming, 4 years babysitting, 3 years vet clinic work
Community Service: roughly 50 hrs total</p>
<p>Hi - I have seen you post the same query on several threads and you already received the answer - Wake does not give very much merit aid - about 3% of incoming students receive merit awards. Wake is not comparable to schools such as University of Miami or Tulane that hand out $16,000, $20,000 and $24,000 merit awards to high stat applicants. </p>
<p>If you are concerned about affording Wake - ask your parents to do an EFC calculator and determine their EFC - see if they might be eligible for need-based aid. If that is not an option - you pretty much have to plan on being full pay. Hoping for merit aid to make Wake financially feasible is not realistic.</p>
<p>So - while you seem qualified - keep in mind that it is quite an expensive school and that you may find other options that give automatic merit aid to someone with your stats.</p>
<p>I would concur with RockvilleMom’s post, but would add that (in atleast our case) Wake was also quite “stingy” with need-based aid. Our situation may be unique (maybe not) but my statement is based upon the need-based aid that was offered at other comparably priced schools to which our daughter was accepted–Wake’s offer was much lower.</p>
<p>I think Wake is wonderful school, but their pricing model (high tutiion, minimal merit and need-based aid) is bordering on absurd. I really don’t understand how Wake is able to attract large numbers of quality applicants (I know they do) given that there are other options that provide a reasonably similar college experience at a much lower price when accounting for merit and need based aid.</p>
<p>Not trying to bad mouth Wake—they make no secrets about what they are–I just don’t get it.</p>
<p>As a student paying essentially full tuition at Wake I completely agree. I came to Wake b.c my family could afford it fortunately.</p>
<p>However, if Wake wants any more diversity (in all areas), they need to seriously reconsider how much and the way they dole out financial aid. They have the money compared to some other schools (might be lower ranked, but still).</p>
<p>S had higher stats than the OP and got a $5K merit scholarship.</p>
<p>Amazing—I obviously don’t know your son, but based on his acadmeic record alone, I suspect he could get atleast 3-4 times that at a well regarded (perhaps less well known), lower priced school. Curious–did your son attend Wake?</p>
<p>Stephen - No he is not going to Wake. As you indicated, he did get a significantly better merit package from a fairly well regarded school that he will be attending (as well as the standard NMF offers from some others).</p>
<p>Congrats Hockeydad! Sounds like Wake’s loss.</p>