My son was accepted at VA Tech but only received $5,000 in merit aid. 
He will not qualify for financial-based need. He has a 34 ACT, straight As with all AP and Honors courses, lots of extra curriculars and #5 in his class of 418 kids. Is this a typical amount of merit aid to receive? He is really disappointed as this is his first choice school.
Advice, please!
you should post this in the virginia tech forum. has your son applied to purdue and uiuc? the might give better merit
Eeee127, I have no idea what I’m doing on here. I will try and figure out how to post in the VA Tech Forum. He did not apply to Purdue or UIUC. Thx
VTech has many, many high stats students and gives little merit.
@Emmaboo You are likely to get better aid at Michigan.
He has applied to Michigan too, but hasn’t heard anything yet.