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The latest Wall Street Journal/College Pulse rankings are out and Stanford returns to the top of this list for the first time since the 2017 rankings. Unlike other school rankings, this list emphasizes one point: How well did the college prepare students for financial success? More than any other factor, it rewards the boost an institution provides to its graduates’ salaries, beyond an ...
Creating a thread for the Class of 2025. Timeline for the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Competition. October, 2023 - Students take the PSAT April, 2024 - High School administrators validate eligibility of students. September, 2024 - Students will be notified if they are Commended or Semi-Finalists February, 2025 - Semi-finalists will be notified if they are Finalists March, 2025 - Merit ...
Has anyone had any success negotiating a merit aid offer? I understand that sometimes colleges will up their offer if presented with a higher offer from a comparable school. My son was offered $15K from Syracuse and $18K from UVM. Do you think he has a shot of getting a few thousand more? He did get a pretty generous Financial Aid package from Syracuse but the school is so expensive that it ...
If a rising first year student submits a competing merit award letter from a peer institution, do colleges ever notify that peer institution their offer is being used to negotiate? I am trying to determine whether there is any risk in appealing an institutional merit award. These are all EA applications, my child did not apply ED anywhere. We have no demonstrated financial need. Purely gunning ...