What are good schools that give good merit scholarships?

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<p>I am a junior in high school. I've been doing a lot of college research, and have found that many of the schools I am interested in are very expensive. My family is in that lovely income bracket where we can't afford to pay the sticker price, but we won't qualify for financial aid. I have been looking at schools like Rice, WashU, Yale, Penn, etc., but I'm starting to think I should start looking at lower tiers for schools that would give me scholarships. I am from Wisconsin, so UW-Madison is always an affordable option, and since I have a 3.9 UW GPA and a 35 on the ACT, my GC says I might even get a scholarship there. However, I am not interested in all of the partying, and I want to get away from this state if possible. What private schools would have merit scholarships to the point where it would be worth my while to go there instead of Madison so I could save some money for grad school? I have been having some trouble finding schools that have the intellectual atmosphere I want without the large sticker price. Any help would be appreciated.</p>

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<p>Some of the pinned threads here should help: <a href=“Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p><a href=“Schools known for good merit aid - Parents Forum - College Confidential Forums”>Schools known for good merit aid - Parents Forum - College Confidential Forums;

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<p>You would go to the University of Alabama for free</p>

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<p>^ The OP’s GPA and test scores qualify for Alabama’s Presidential Scholarship.
That means free tuition for out of state students. S/he’d still be responsible for room and board, books, fees, travel costs. <a href=“http://scholarships.ua.edu/types/out_of_state.html”>http://scholarships.ua.edu/types/out_of_state.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Have a look at the Kiplinger “best value” colleges.
The second-to-last and third-to-last columns show merit scholarship distributions.
<a href=“http://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-kiplinger-s-best-values-in-private-colleges/index.php”>http://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-kiplinger-s-best-values-in-private-colleges/index.php&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-kiplinger-s-best-values-in-private-colleges/index.php?table=lib_arts&state_code[]=ALL&id[]=none”>http://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-kiplinger-s-best-values-in-private-colleges/index.php?table=lib_arts&state_code[]=ALL&id[]=none&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Universities
U Rochester
Brandeis
Case Western
American U.
Clark</p>

<p>LACs
Davidson
Oberlin
Grinnell
U Richmond
Kenyon
Rhodes
Sewanee
Occidental
Beloit</p>

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<p>what is your major?</p>

<p>what is your PSAT?</p>

<p>all schools have lots of partying, so no way to avoid unless you go to a bible college.</p>

<p>ask your parents how much they will pay/ </p>

<p>just getting some random merit scholarship may not be enough if your parents cant pay the rest. </p>

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<p>Ok…I see that you may become a NMSF.</p>

<p>and you do forensics. will you continue in college?</p>

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<p>My sons got merit money at urochester, WUSTL, Tulane, USC (CA), UPitt, Brandeis. </p>

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<p>^ Details? How much merit? What stats/qualifications?</p>