Freshman Scholarships vs. Transfer Scholarships?

wakeup13
Wed, 16 May 2012 12:11:25 +0000

Thanks for the info.

Her test scores are so low because she is the SLOWEST test taker on the face of the earth! The ones she does answer, she generally gets right but she doesn’t come close to finishing half the test. It is an ongoing battle and she is practicing. She knows the answers but she is sooooooo slow. I think it is the perfectionist in her. The thought of skipping a question doesn’t enter her brain. She will sit there and work it out until she comes up with the correct answer. That is great in real life but it doesn’t work well on timed tests.

So therein lies my issue. If most merit aid is based on freshman status AND test scores, she isn’t going to qualify anyway because her test scores are too low. So at that point, is there really any reason to go in as a freshman?

I don’t know how to say this without it sounding bad but money isn’t a huge factor. We are far from rich but since she is getting her AA first, she has saved us a ton of money and she will be commuting for her BS which will save us a boatload. Plus, our state tuition is very reasonable. She already has a partial scholarship from our state plus one from my husband’s work. I also think she will qualify for a few other small ones. In the grand scheme of things, her undergraduate degree is going to be “cheap.” Would I like even more free money? Heck yeah! But if the only way for her to get it is to improve her test scores and that likely won’t happen, is freshman status really going to matter in the end or would it be better to get a jump start on her BS as a transfer student?