<p>“Why Applying to Schools Based on Tuition Prices Can Cost Families Money”
-NOBODY does it. People simply have common sense, despite of a different impression. We knew exactly the list of colleges that would provide Merit awards and we even somewhat guestimated which ones would give more than others. People talk to others, to parents with kids who have applied and had similar stats, just a common sense. My kid did not apply to a single school that would not offer her Merit award. And our “guestimation” was about right, except that she got better than expected at the school that she eventually ended up attending (based on different criteria) and less at some other that she decided to turn down (again using different criteria than cost)</p>