Unless we know the EFC and and the family’s ability to pay that amount we can not really suggest schools. The student might be better served in a school that meets need than in a school that gives Merit unless the schools belongs to the set of schools that gives full tuition or full rides for stats. For families that live in affluent communities is hard to judge in which category they fall and how much actual need they have because they might feel they are hardly keeping up but in reality they make more than qualifies them for great aid.