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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid also got NMS scholarship of $4K at the in-state flagship.  Some schools will give the entire tuition, room and board, stipend to NMS semifinalists.  That is an option. [/quote]

If your kid earns a NMS scholarship, there are plenty of private colleges they could attend for 75% tuition or more as merit.  Not elite universities, but great schools that will give merit awards to attract good talent like that.  There are choices.
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I got full tuition and a stipend as a NMS at a state school.  For smart folks private college is not necessary.  Cream will always rise.

On the other hand, I send my kids to private and they have 529s. I don't expect them to be the top few percent of anything. If they are great, but I don't want them to to feel their self worth is tied to success. I want them to have an easier path to happiness.[/quote]

Private colleges can often be more affordable than state schools or at least similar.  My kid got 60% tuition at a T40 private and was only at the ~75% for scores.  Had they picked a school where they were at 90%, they could have gotten 75-80% tuition bringing the cost to much less than our flagship state school that doesn't give much merit awards (they don't need to).  And they could have gotten tuition down to $2-3K at our 2nd state school, but did not want to attend that school---since we can afford it they dont need to.  
So "smart folks" find the school that is a great fit for their kid be it public or private and can easily find places with more merit awards if that is needed.  There is a huge difference for many kids to attend a smaller private school vs their state school with 25K+ students.  [/quote]

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