<p>and napermom, we are actually ok with kid not making it despite how upset I may have sounded. some of that letter was written last week when i was still fuming. Actually, for us, this semester got easier because kid has less schools to apply to and visit, he is leaning towards starting at non NM school anyway and now he does not have to face the hard decision of should he turn down a full ride if his heart is set on attending school somewhere else. And we knew since December he would just make or just miss it. I thought he would barely eek by and was off by one point. Not having the NM option may come into play for one of his choices but the award was around the same amount of our EFC(it was not full tuition) so the costs may have been comparable anyway. And that school offers competitive scholarships too. Although they are hard to get, he’s still going to apply and see what happens.</p>