<p>Well sorry for the long rant but I guess I’m feeling a bit soured by that experience.</p>
<p>Oh, and even if he had been accepted, (and this school bragged about their major endowments) the absolute most scholarship $$ he could get (and she made it VERY clear that his chances of getting the max were virtually nil) would be $13k shaved off the $23k (per year) pricetag.</p>
<p>I’m already finding scholarships for my son to apply for, to help shave off some of the $10k pricetag of UT.</p>
<p>Anyway, bottom line is, it seems that in order to have any chance at getting in to a private school, he’d have to permanently let go of his credits, just for a slim CHANCE of being admitted - then if he did not get admitted, those credits would be lost, so he’d be stuck taking those classes over again at the state school (since those ‘lost’ credits that are rejected at private schools are part of the required core curr at state schools).</p>