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>>University of South Carolina >>
USC was my daughter's second choice. If you really have the competitive stats for the Ivies and the other very competitive schools on your list, you should be applying for a Carolina Scholarship at U of South Carolina. This is for instate students who have above 1300 on the combined CR/Math SAT and who are outstanding students. You must complete the honors college application, but it is well worth it to do so. I know that McNair finalists (that is for OOS) receive a lap top computer as well. I don't know if the Carolina Scholars do or not.
U of South Carolina allow you to "stack" these merit scholarships up to the cost of attendance. SO...if you are a National Merit Scholarship Finalist, you are also eligible for the Leiber scholarship. The Moore school also gives scholarshps.
These are merit awards very independent of your financial need. If you got your undergrad degree at U of SC, you could then spend the "big buck" on a grad degree at Wharton or NYU or one of the other very excellent business schools.
We LOVED USC...our whole family. And we're northerners who have grown up around the Ivies and other excellent schools. We all felt that U of South Carolina is a rising star amongst state universities and would have been very proud had our daughter (who got an excellent scholarship from them, by the way) had chosen to attend there.
P.S. What about College of Charleston??
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