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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's possible to get a full ride for merit, but not at a 90k/year private school. I went to school for free in the early 2000s at a giant state flagship because they had a program designed to lure in National Merit Scholars.  This was tuition, room, board, plus ~$3k/semester in spending money.  I'm not 100% sure, but I believe the University of Alabama is offering the same or a similar deal now.  That's the kind of school where you can get a full, need-blind merit scholarship, not Yale.[/quote]
I don't think that's quite true.  There are expensive private schools (not Yale, but a few notches down) that do offer full tuition or even more than full tuition merit scholarships.

For example, here's one for U of Rochester:  [url]https://admissions.rochester.edu/handler-scholarship/[/url].

Similarly, here's the full tuition scholarship for USC:[url]https://dornsifeadmission.usc.edu/financial-aid[/url]

Just do a search and see what you find.[/quote]

The Rochester link says that significant demonstrated financial need is a prerequisite for the scholarship.  But sure, many schools have a limited number of "full rides" available for a handful a kids who apply for that school's named scholarship separately, but OP is talking about getting a "full ride" based on just the academics entered into the NPC.  That's not the same as winning a separate prestigious award.[/quote]

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