[vsbuffalo]

> At Wabash College in Indiana, 28 percent of students receive Pell Grants, and low-income students pay an average of $15,480. Yet 12 percent of its freshmen get merit aid, averaging $15,393 each. At Case Western Reserve, one of the better known institutions among the high-pell, high-net-price schools, 23 percent of students receive Pell Grants grants, and low-income undergrads pay $18,381 on average. And yet 19 percent of freshmen also receive merit aid, averaging $18,359 each

I don't mean to nitpick, but these are tiny differences between averages.

[jellicle]

You're misreading (and the article is poorly written). That quote is listing the amount paid by low-income students, and the amount in merit scholarships received by high-income students. Apples, and oranges.