For Parents: A question from a student.

[ucbalumnus]

@3puppies

One of D’s classmates will be attending Flagship State because of a wealthy great uncle’s trust fund, that will provide up to $40K per year to his nephews/nieces/great nephews/great nieces to attend that school, but he loved that particular school so much, after this generation is done with their education, the remainder of this trust fund will go not to his family, but to the school. This young man’s parents told him not to even bother applying elsewhere, and many of us would completely agree with his parents (whether or not we’d agree with his late great-uncle is another story).

Would the parents still force the student to attend the school that the trust fund would pay for if he got a full ride scholarship somewhere else? Also, a “this school only” restriction could be a problem if the student were not admitted there.