That's a good award from A+M. She should be proud. UT and A+M are really chintzy with scholarship money.
OT: I do have to ask, and I mean no offense at all - if she won't be considering A+M even after the scholarship offer
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she is aiming a little higher, so she will not accept the offer
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why did she even apply to the school? or was she looking for a better scholarship? (I would certainly understand that.
) It seems " aim a little higher" meant "a better school, or higher ranked school" rather than a better deal.
There have been threads on this topic in the past and I have always aligned myself with the "reject scholarships just as soon as you KNOW that under no circumstances will you attend". Some folks believe it doesn't matter. I think it does when someone withdraws themselves from consideration for a non-formulaic (formulaic being all NMF's, all SAT 1400+'s), limited in number award. Certainly if it was a program specific scholarship, or department specific scholarship. Even if I'm right at only 10% of the schools, wouldn't it still be a good thing to do?