<p>Prestigious schools probably won’t give you any merit since your stats (while good) are very average or lowish for those schools. I’m guessing that your M+CR is around a 1430? If so, that’s not high enough for top schools and merit. </p>
<p>The top schools that give merit, would likely need to see a 1520+ M+CR for merit consideration.</p>
<p>for instance, at Wash U, the top 25% of the school has about a 1500+ M+CR. And merit might be given to the top 10% or so.</p>
<p>When you say “half to full scholarship” do you mean half to full scholarship for tuition, room, board, books? </p>
<p>What exactly is your situation? How much will your parents pay? </p>
<p>What is your M+CR from one sitting?</p>