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Reply to "Thirty-One FCPS Students Win National Merit Scholarships"
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[quote=Anonymous] [quote] Did any of them forego "Elite Universities" to take advantage of "full ride or full tuition" at Public Universities?[b] It seems some students must turn down top schools to attend lower ranked schools to receive significant merit based scholarships.[/b][/quote] Yes and many do. If you are not rank and prestige crazy, it's not a bad option. Top tier schools don't give much merit aid, most are need-based. We are in the middle - make too much for FA and not enough for full pay. So, 60k x 4 years x 3 kids vs. almost free. It wasn't a difficult decision. We are continuing to fund 529 to support post college education to make sure they don't have any student loans when they start their career. I also don't think being NMF/NMS was a huge factor in kids getting their scholarships. It helped but I don't know how much. All three had strong stats/EC that made them good candidate for the merit $.[/quote]
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