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[Dox4lyfe]

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Is there a general agreement on which top20 schools are the most generous and tend to give out the most money when it comes to merit scholarships and need based aid?

 

[Uqbar]

Mayo, NYU, UChicago from what I know. The UC's also have relatively lower tuition than private schools even as OOS.


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[TSteezy]

Michigan gives out an insane amount of aid. Something like 80% of our class received either need-based grants or merit-based scholarships.

 

[md-2020]

Mayo and Vandy are also nice enough to reject many (~60% IIRC) pre-secondary, which sounds harsh but really saves you 1. $150+ of fees and 2. time it takes to write their essays if the adcom aren't even going to seriously consider you.

 

[efle]

They are generally all very good about need-based aid. Further details on merit:

WashU has at least a dozen merit full tuition scholarships per year. They especially like high MCATs.
Penn has I think ~20 full rides per year (21st century scholars program or something)
CCLCM I think gives everyone free tuition automatically
Mayo I think gives everyone like a 50% tuition scholarship automatically?
Northwestern gives a good number of merit full tuition scholly
Vandy gives ~75% of admits a merit offer for ~75% of tuition
UCLA does the Geffen program that gives not only full tuition, but also a living stipend
Michigan, Columbia, and UCSF I think have a handful of full tuition merit spots each year
U Chicago gives multiple $200k merit offers each year, again known for emphasis on high MCAT

Harvard, Hopkins, and Stanford have need-only policies and do not do any merit.

 

[Pusheen]

The UC's seem to be pretty generous with need based aid and scholarships. UCLA does many full rides a year, and UCR has several full ride mission based scholarships.

 

[Dox4lyfe]

Wow, this was actually super helpful! Thanks fam!