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Munchkin is absolutely correct. Schools want geographic diversity as well as ethnic and socioeconomic diversity. I interview DC area prospectives for my alma mater. These kids' resumes are amazing. My sibling is about to move to the midAtlantic region from the Upper Peninsula. This will make my sib's kid's Dartmouth dream so much more difficult. However, the kids will now have a much vaster choice of AP classes, ECs, etc than at the UP high school. It will just be tougher to stand out amongst the competition in our area.
In terms of merit-based scholarships, look at colleges' 25-75 ranges. If your child has scores that supercede the 75 percentile scores for the SAT/ACT, that is an initial indicator that s/he may be in the running for merit aid at that school. Be aware that not all schools offer merit-based scholarships. Most of the top 20 research unis and the top 10 LACs only offer need-based as they do not need to entice top students with merit $.
That being said, if your family DOES qualify for FA and the aid package at one school is less generous than another in terms of how they meet the COA need, you can show schools best offers from other schools and see if they can match it.
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....but some are more equal than others.
Last edited by alum; 06-08-2008 at 11:38 AM.
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