<p>I have heard several stories about schools paying for high achieving students’ flights to tour the campus. How do I get noticed by colleges for this? I have signed up for numerous mailing lists, but many don’t even send my any mail. About me: 33 ACT 4.2 GPA. </p>
<p>I’ve seen offers like that, but ialways offered to low income and/or minority prospects in the interest of encouraging diversity and widening the profile of the student body.</p>
<p>and recruited athletes.</p>
<p>My daughter was offered some travel money to visit a few schools. Some were recruiting NMF, wanting her to visit and apply. One was after she applied and was admitted, that was not one of the schools pulling out all the stops for NMF.</p>
<p>Never heard of this.</p>
<p>The pre-admission offers my daughter got seemed to be based on National Merit. These were from schools that aggressively recruit these students. Honestly, the travel was a drop in the bucket compared to the scholarships they were offering. I don’t know whether schools do anything similar for students who score well on the ACT; she did not take that. I don’t think a 33 would be high enough in any case. Take the PSAT as a junior if you still have that opportunity. If you are low income, you might try contacting your top colleges and see whether there is anything they are willing to do. That would be more likely after you are admitted I expect.</p>
<p>My brother got flown out to a small LAC to interview for an additional scholarship. Another friend got flown to several top universities, but he’s a super talented/smart guy, so there’s that.</p>
<p>I got a travel grant to visit a school, but my ticket wasn’t completely paid for. It typically depends on whether or not you applied for financial aid (my friend got a free ticket to visit UPenn, but my financial aid wasn’t filled out properly so I didn’t get one lol)</p>