<p>When I read your opening thread, I thought Bucknell.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the helpful comments! Yes, she should make NMF no problem since the SAT are higher that PSAT and her recommendations will be good. She’s not big on greek life so I am not sure Bucknell would work.</p>
<p>NMF has nothing to do with SAT or recommendations or GPA… it is strictly PSAT and depends on your state’s cutoff each year.</p>
<p>She was named NMSF in our state and should advance to NMF like most of the NMSF’s do.</p>
<p>tk: Offered half tuition merit 2006 for sure by Swarthmore. Swarthmore also offers full tuition merit to a local student every year. We do not qualify for financial aid. Also offered half tuition merit at Duke with similiar stats. Almost full merit tuition at Case Western and RPI.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/financialaid.xml[/url]”>http://www.swarthmore.edu/financialaid.xml</a></p>
<p>I just read through Swarthmores financial aid pages.They do state they use financial need in all cases of scholarship. Avg award granted $36,000 per year. I think they have a very giving nature as our EFC was full pay.
<a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/x7322.xml[/url]”>http://www.swarthmore.edu/x7322.xml</a></p>
<p>sax, apparently the Swat Common Data Set does not reflect the less-than-full-tuition merit scholarships. Maybe they are not awarded every year or in very large numbers. And you’re from outside the Delmarva area? Swat finaid FAQ: </p>
<p>“Although most of our scholarship funds-- 99%-- are distributed solely on the basis of a family’s financial situation, each year a few special awards take into consideration students’ merits as well as their needs.”</p>
<p>I’d been under the impression that the top NE and mid-atlantic schools usually offer little or no merit aid, so I was surprised to hear your S got it. Congrats.</p>
<p>We are local to Swat. They had an extensive financial aid form of their own to fill out. They do state on their site that there is no upper income limit for scholarships. Anyway, it is easier for science kids to get into Swat. They have an awesome physics dept. and if you are into solar flares etc they are top in the world.</p>
<p>here is latest link on financial aid
<a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/x16525.xml[/url]”>http://www.swarthmore.edu/x16525.xml</a></p>
<p>Guessing you got some variation of the McCabe, then. Strange since it’s usually full-tuition.</p>
<p>DePauw University in Indiana, big music center, respected sciences, great merit aid, small school too, around 3,000</p>
<p>Ignore this. Sorry.</p>
<p>If she’ll be a NMF, she might consider looking at these schools:</p>
<p>[thread=649276]NMF Scholarships: An Updated Compilation[/thread]</p>
<p>There are some good schools on the list (and some lesser ones as well). While it looks like many of the schools are in the south or southwest, there are a few within your geographic target area. If prestige is important, you’ll probably want to look elsewhere and use one or two of these as academic and financial safeties. Still, NMFs generally get decent FA offers from many other colleges.</p>
<p>For DS, he took the full tuition at Bradley and strongly considered Evansville - felt both of them were better fits than Northwestern, for instance. He’ll save his money for grad school. You and your daughter should at least look at these schools to see if any of them appeal to you - might find a “Bradley” (perhaps Bradley?;)) of your own!</p>
<p>Somebody said Rice is a low reach? I went to Rice a while ago, and it was top 10 then. It has gone up because of both music ans science/bioengeneering depts. The Intl Studies is very good as well. With similar stats, my D was accepted with $30.000 merit. Dorms are great, campus is spacious, fenced and safe, in the middle of a big city but within a univeristy “village” micro-environment. I strongly recommend it if you can take the heat (both inside and out of the classroom)</p>
<p>
While I often hear this claim, it’s not true unless one is referring to a very broad expanse of time. The number of students applying, percentage of students accepted, and average SAT scores have all stayed static at Rice since the mid-90s.</p>
<p>Tulane offers merit scholarships of up to $24,000, and you are considered automatically without having to fill out additional applications. Sciences are very strong, with great opportunities for undergrads to be involved with research. Not sure about music program,but certainly music is a big part of campus life in New Orleans</p>
<p>Rochester is the first school that came to mind</p>
<p>DePauw is probably a reasonable fit otherwise, but it is very very very very very 
very Greek.</p>