Asking for larger merit package

Artsy16
Mon, 16 Jan 2017 01:47:44 +0000

@ClarinetDad16 and @me29034 I’m sorry if that came out wrong. When they were in middle school I started compiling a list of schools in the area. And then started just writing down the names of the different advisors. We homeschool and knew that we were going to be dual enrolling for some of our college credits. So at that point I wanted to familiarize ourselves with the system, rather than narrowing down a school of attendance. I asked the counselors what things those colleges look for in high school seniors especially when offering scholarships. As the years progressed my son started to express interest in different schools and different majors. So I contacted the counselors at those schools, mentioned my sons interest and told them what classes he was taking, what activities he was involved in and if there was anything they would suggest in order to make him more desirable to those schools and any scholarships they would offer. They were very helpful. We planned many of our academics and extracurriculars around advice they offered. Now like I said I think this only worked well with smaller schools and I didn’t bombard them but they really didn’t seem to mind. Many said that’s what they are there for. And I think it took the edge off of discussing some financial issues.