| Instead of looking for full ride scholarships from schools, couldn't you apply to scholarships that weren't so restrictive to which school that you must attend? There are a lot of scholarship programs that allow you to use the scholarship money at any college of your choice.
And I am a bit dubious about the caliber of education at these honor colleges in the third and fourth tier. I was offered a full ride scholarship at a second-tier state college, but ultimately declined the offer because the academic rigor wasn't comparable to that of the top universities. |