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[QUOTE="Shrmdougluvr, post: 3111669, member: 396"]
As I was typing it, my thought was how do you prevent schools from setting an artificially low number in order to goose up the amount of applicants who qualify for "academic" aid?

Answer maybe:  Schools really can't afford to as it could create either financial issues for the school, and could easily lead to claims of discrimination.  But if enough "discretion" is built-in, this can be avoided.  The automatic merit grants would be the problem.

The whole thing really needs a lot of thought in review.  There are schools now that can offer need-based to practically everyone.  There are public schools that have really low in-state tuition (I won't include the academies given the admission criteria and post-graduate service reqs).  Unfortunately, Syracuse doesn't benefit from either of these things.  They can probably admit, just about anyone they want, but given the sport is still mostly populated by suburban middle class (and up) kids who have to have decent grades to stay eligible for a spring sport, this is likely not a big advantage these days.
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