<p>GPA: 3.6
SAT: 1600
PSAT:168</p>
<p>Varsity Baseball & Basketball 3 years
Minimal EC other than sports</p>
<p>Will my son get at merit money at any of the following schools??</p>
<p>Assumption College
Stonehill College
Endicott College
Merrimack College
Salve Regina Univ.
Roger Williams Univ.</p>
<p>Thanks!!!</p>
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<p>Since these are schools that are not commonly discussed here on CC, I’d suggest that you and your son start by reviewing each of these college’s websites very carefully. I believe all these schools are Division III, so they won’t award athletic scholarships to any of their students. To help make an educated guess as to whether your S will get any merit money at these schools, you will need to find the following information from the school’s website.</p>
<p>1) Information about the college’s merit awards in general. This is usually found either on the admissions page or the financial aid page or both. You should be able to find decent information about both the number of types of awards and how generous the awards tend to be. You also want to look for information about whether applying for merit money requires any additional work or earlier deadlines. You also want to look for whether any of the awards are “automatic” in the sense that all students who meet certain criteria are given the merit award. You might also get a feel for how much merit money in general the particular college awards. Some colleges tend to award a relatively few number of super-big merit awards that are highly competitive with respect to their applicant pool and some colleges tend to award lots of (smaller) awards as a way of “discounting” their high tuition to attract more students that have (slightly) better than typical admissions stats than their typical applicant.</p>
<p>2) Information from the so-called Common Data Set. You may need to search for “Common Data Set” in order to find it since sometimes college’s bury it. The CDS includes all kinds of information about the student body (size, retention, number of applicants, number of applicants accepted, stats of the students who matriculate, etc) as well as all kinds of information about the typical financial and merit awards the college gives out in a typical year. In general, if your S’s stats (grades, test scores, etc) are above the 75% in the CDS, there’s a better chance at him being awarded some merit money. If your S’s stats are well above the 75%, there’s typically a much better chance at him being awarded some merit.</p>
<p>“I believe all these schools are Division III” actually robinsuesanders you are wrong all these schools are division 2 schools except for endicott and roger williams and maybe salve regina so you can get money for athletics and ou will certainly get a lot of merit from merrimack they give out a lot.</p>
<p>It is possible. A lot of these smaller Catholic schools are looking for males and I have seen merit awards given. The question is more whether they will give substantial merit awards. These are private schools and are expensive, especially to live on campus. I have seen a number of such schools give awards in amounts like $1-10K which still leaves a lot to pay. </p>
<p>If the school is D2, it would be permitted to give athletic scholarships, but it does not mean that it does. The student would have to be a recruited athlete. Do send an inquiry to the coach of the sport in mind if there is a possibility that the student can play on one these NCAA teams. Athletic awards are not given to every athlete, nor are they always full rides. It varies from school to school and even among sports in a given school. </p>
<p>Check out what the numbers are for merit awards at the schools. You can get a % of students who are given merit money and the average amount of award. If your student’s stats (usually in terms of test scores) above that %, he would have a chance at an award. If he has some attribute or hook that the school is seeking, that would boost his chances and the amounts. Some Catholic schools do have some automatic awards for students coming from Catholic high school and/or who are active in their parish. ALl of this information needs to be obtained from each college. Some of it would be on the web site.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.6
SAT: 1600
PSAT:168</p>
<p>What is the M+CR score? He probably should retest to improve his M+CR score. Also take the ACT.</p>
<p>Is he a junior?</p>
<p>Look at the middle quartiles for each school. Often those in the upper quartile get some merit. </p>
<p>how much merit do you need? how much can you pay?</p>
<p>for instance…Assumption doesn’t seem to consider the Writing score, just the Math + CR.</p>
<p>The upper quartile has a M+CR of at least 1200. So to get decent merit from them, you might need a higher score.</p>
<p>Guys, this thread is almost 2 years old. I’m sure the OP’s son has started college by now.</p>
<p>LOL. I did not notice, but I don’t care. I think it’s pertinent information, and since these schools are not covered that often in discussions on this board, bringing them up and how they may operate could be valuable.</p>
<p>It would be more helpful if the OP reported back. Wonder if he/she GOT merit aid?</p>