Smaller school with merit aid for Jewish girl B+/A- premed [really 3.95 unweighted HS GPA]

[Lindagaf]

Have you looked at this thread?

Financial Pre-reads, including merit + merit ED

This post is editable. Click the icon in bottom right corner and add your school. After reading another thread, I became curious about colleges offering financial pre-reads to students before they apply, and that some colleges apparently offer a pre-read including merit aid. This seems very sensible, as it would probably stop a lot of students from applying to colleges they can’t afford, while also encouraging other students to apply. I’m not sure though why people wouldn’t just use the NPC, barring those from self-employed families or other unusual circumstances. How does this process work, and more importantly, which colleges offer Financial pre-reads, especially if they include merit aid? Let’s start a list of colleges that officially and unofficially offer financial pre-reads and/or merit aid ED, in alphabetical order. Please add a college to this list by clicking the pencil icon, bottom right corner. Centre College ($5k ED stackable merit) Chapman College of Wooste…

As a parent who encouraged my own kid back in the day to apply to a school that we later realized was not going to happen, I suggest you avoid that trap if possible. False hope isn’t worth the application fee. Just being honest.