@austinmshauri: Yes I have another daughter who is working and her co paying her education. My retirement is secured. Don’t get me wrong she has been disappointed a lot. The difference is she knew JMU is going to be tough in getting a merit scholarship. That is why she wanted to take the toughest classes pushing herself to get close to 4.4 GPA hoping for merit scholarship. But I told her a lot of kids have her stats. Not everyone is going to get a scholarship, part of life. Believe me she did say she is willing to go to another school if we cant afford it. So she did accept disappointment and ready to move on, but I refuse to let her dreams die.