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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you need to prioritize. You either want/need merit. Or you want prestige. Unless your DC is NMF merit and the top 1-3 students in HS, getting merit at your list of schools is a crap shoot, and even then unlikely. [/quote]

Ofc. Understood. Not my first rodeo.
Unique situation.
Nephew will be a freshman. 
Already scored a 36 in some gifted and talented ACT test he took this spring for a program.
Genius level kid (and I have an Ivy bound kid - he’s next level - but there’s also so much sadness in his life).

My sister is in a contentious divorce. while her ex is very wealthy & is obligated to pay for college I think he’ll just delay (like he’s doing for boarding school - kid got in - including one on scholarship and he refused to allow him to go bc he shares legal custody). Funds are not currently set aside for college bc her ex said he’d cash flow it (big law partner).

Anyway, assuming he stays at his current public school, just thinking ahead to options down the road for him as a backup. He’s submitted a bunch of published work already (short stories and poems) and he’s such an insane writer.
His teachers have already said he’s the smartest kid theyve ever seen and he needs more than what he can get there. 
They currently live in a somewhat remote non-DMV area.

Don’t want to reveal too much. [/quote]

I think the other people here are being too negative. It sounds as if your nephew might very well be in the running for the “named scholarships” at the schools you listed.

Thoughts:

- He needs to apply to a wide range of schools and see what happens.

- Because he may need a lot of merit aid, he needs to have an open mind about safeties. If he applies to Tufts, for example, maybe he should consider Brandeis and Clark.

- He needs to think about his state flagship options carefully, and he ought to read up on ROTC and the military an academies. [/quote]

That right there is some high quality advice. He can put himself in powerful position of self determination with these paths. Gold.[/quote]

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