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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are younger so I have not been in this world yet. (yes, I am ignorant, please be kind!) I am trying to help out a friend. She wants a better understanding of how merit aid can help her son. We are in NY.

Her son is a sophomore. He's a bright and talented kid. He was top 10 academically entering HS, went right into the "honors" wind symphony which is kind of rare, he's a 3 sport athlete who plays on travel teams. All honors and I think AP Human Geo last year.

But, his grades went down a bit in 9th grade (~mostly As but some Bs and maybe one C). He was more focused on sports and his GF. Nothing wrong with that necessarily, his parents are not uptight and while they want him to do well academically, they are very supportive of him having a well-rounded life. I feel like there's an element of him feeling like he's falling behind the top students-- his parents again are okay with this, and they want to encourage him to do the best he can. But it's a slippery slope. We were talking about PSAT/SAT, it's not on his radar at all and he said, "If it's not required, I'm not taking it." His parents said: "Actually good scores will help you with scholarships so yes you will be taking the SAT."

I hope what I'm saying makes sense. It's like, OK we're not aiming for Ivies here, but that doesn't mean you can stop trying. The parents want to start touring SUNYs. Which are a great option IMHO. But he wants to go away. Money is an issue. They may have saved some but there is also debt. I think they would prefer he's not really far; we are in NYC suburbs.

What else.... he was on a STEM track but had a bad experience with a mid-year replacement teacher in an elective and now wants to give up on that. Probably not relevant lol but his GF dumped him over the summer and he's kind of bummed in general. :(

I know there are opportunities to go away to great state schools, and they provide guidelines for what you need to achieve to get merit aid. Can you please recommend resources to look into this or even schools worth looking into? Thank you so much.[/quote]

This is obviously not going to be every kid’s top pick, but South Dakota States costs about $23,000 per year even without  merit aid: https://www.sdstate.edu/office-financial-aid/cost-attendance[/quote]

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