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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are not a brat. It’s really no different than you coming from a poor family. Not your fault for being born into this family. This is a situation many kids are in.

If you are a high stats student chase the money but T20 schools will probably not happen for merit.

Look at a Stamps scholarship. There are 37 schools they partner with and most offer full cost of attendance plus enrichment grants. They are competitive but if it’s more about leadership and passion than just grades and scores. My kid is at one of the schools. She is actually making money!

There are so many other schools that offer full rides. Look at NC State Park scholarship…if you are National Merit UT Dallas offers full ride so does VCU.

And as you mentioned before ROTC. Several of her friends went that route and they are at Cornell and Brown.

When others say you can borrow as a student there is a limit to that your parents will have to take out a parent plus loan which doesn’t sound like they will.   
YOU can do this! Not sure if you stated what year you are in but highly recommend to start early. Merit scholarships usually need to be in Oct 15, Nov 1 and in some cases Dec 1. The earlier the better. 
Goodluck![/quote]

ROTC does not pay room and board so Cornell and Brown are still going to be up to 30K/year. It won't be the easiest to pay this back as OP will be active duty for at least 4 years after graduation.  Most people who choose these options have the ability to pay cash for this part. 
There are some universities that throw in free room and board for ROTC students but they are lower ranked schools that are trying to recruit students.  These would be better options for OP. [/quote]

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