I said if - and it’s the risk.
You get $30,500 for the SAT, GPA and the 3.5+ and 1420 SAT. $28K from the school and $2500 from engineering. So they’re assured $20K-ish.
They have an app - where you can earn more money. My daughter, for example, earned another $4K.
What we don’t know and why I said if is - was the scholarship discontinued due to the supreme court rule? And if so, might they be awarding the equivalent under different terms.
If and only if the OP was interested in a huge, huge offer and if they had a spot left or even if they did the Bama app - which is not much (although the scholarship app is) - it might be worth it - for that reason. But that’s up for OP to decide.
I don’t know the answer to my question - but it wouldn’t surprise me if they were still awarding similar awards to certain folks. So it’d be taking a chance on that.
But again, OP has mentioned a lot of school names - but OSU as a barometer certainly seems a wise strategy.
If OSU beats a certain school, like Bama or Florida head to head no matter the cost, then there is zero reason to apply to the others and in fact, maybe it becomes wise to apply to schools like UMD, where they likely cannot afford - but only apply in hopes of winning the BK - knowing they have OSU as a fall back.