| One other suggestion: if the scholarship offer is a full tuition merit award, ask that the offer letter be worded to guarantee the full tuition amount each year, not just what it is the entering year. If you can negotiate for fees, too, that will be very helpful. (State schools particularly charge more and more for fees because state legislatures and boards of governors limit the tuition raises, but not the fees.) Understand that there will be a caveat for maintaining grades and passing performance barrier exams, which should be no more than progress toward the completing the major. |