General, Special Competition/Application Scholarships?

FauxNom
Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:06:56 +0000

At my son’s college, he gets the more traditional $1000 per year NMF award, plus the college awards half-tuition to any NMF who is admitted and picks USC as his #1 choice. So yes, a college can do a variety of things regarding NM status. He picked a college where all this stuff was crystal clear to every applicant.

Kentuckydaughter’s situation is different, and what Davidson did is not all that unusual, as I understand it. For several years, people on CC have discussed the fact that if a student wins one of the one-time $2500 awards, that will normally replace the award a college might otherwise give for NM. How unfortunate, though, that she got a likely letter from Davidson but no other merit aid!

So where are all these stellar middle class students enrolling, if not Davidson?