High academic that gives money is the way to go. Duke, Georgetown, Vanderbilt, Stanford.
If you include Georgetown as High Academic than you should include Notre Dame, Michigan, UVA, USC, and UNC in this list. All similar to Georgetown academically.
Look at the endowment if you’re looking for need based aid. Some on par with the top Ivies. For us, need based aid was the equivalent of a 70% athletic grant. You can’t combine, so was better to decline the 50% athletic money. Turns out you can also get 7% “extra” combined with the need based for athletics. Be smart and investigate all options!
