<p>*According to the Cal Lutheran website, he didn’t meet the criteria for their Merit Based Awards.</p>
<p>Mount Clef $5,000 Annual Amount
1000 - 1100 SAT (B) Average
23 ACT</p>
<p>At most schools, one must meet BOTH the GPA and test score criteria for Merit Awards. *</p>
<p>Yes, but he doesn’t have to meet BOTH test score criteria. the school will just use his SAT and GPA. </p>
<p>However, the concern is that $5k per year in merit money won’t be enough to help pay for a school with a COA of $46k per year.</p>
<p>Scholarships have been changed/reduced/eliminated at many schools within the last year, so no one can depend on what someone received during a prior year. Websites must be checked to find out current info and to find out if posted scholarship info will still be available for the Fall application season.</p>
<p>*No Calif. safety schools. He wants to play soccer and with Calif. being so broke we don’t think the quality will be very good. *</p>
<p>Yes, Calif has money issues, but don’t exclude one or two from being possible safety schools. If your son doesn’t get any affordable offers from his favorite pics, he’ll have no choice but to go to a Calif school and their app season ends in the Fall.</p>
<p>Don’t assume that just because Calif is broke that you can’t get a good education at a Calif public. That is just not true. I have a nephew at UCI, a niece at Cal Poly SLO, a nephew at UCLA, a cousin at CSU Long Beach, and a niece at UCSD. They are all getting a fine education.</p>