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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you mean full ride scholarship, there are not very many. If you mean get the price down to state school in state or a little lower than it is possible. Roanoke College has a decent program and for top students offers enough aid to make it a little cheaper than VA Tech or UVA. Lot cheaper than W&M. Other SLACS do too. Probably not enough difference to offset the difference in opportunities though. In state UVA and VA Tech CS is popular for a reason. Mason too, not enough people consider Mason. Hard to beat for most people given the price and opportunities several state schools offer contrasted with the limited merit aid available.[/quote]

To get a full ride merit scholarship, you need to find a school where your kid is at the 90%+ for SAT/ACT and GPA and acceptance rate is 50%+ (so a true safety).  It also helps if you help fill a demographic (ie from a state that not everyone else is from, or a female in STEM, etc. ) Full ride scholarships or close to it are out there, but you wont' find them at a T50 school  or most schools where acceptance rates are less than 50% as those schools have plenty to pick from to fill their class that will come for no merit or minimal ($10K when tuition is 50K+)  I have found that smaller schools tend to be more generous---large state schools just do not typically offer a lot of merit awards.  [/quote]

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