Merit/Scholarship/Grant Potential: Can you get more money, and when...

@cccjbac If your daughter is serious about trauma medicine, barring a gap year, she should go to Alabama and not look back as that is her lowest debt option. That 11K appears to be room and board, no? Direct student loans would cover half of that. Summer work could contribute another 3-4 K. If you and your husband could cover even 5K per year, that would be doable for her. Also those AP credits would probably shave a semester off her time to completion for her B.S.

Is she under consideration for any of the named scholarships at UA? Did your D apply to the PPSP program at Case? Has she checked her portal recently as scholarship finalist notifications for PPSP went out within the last week?

So far, the other options appear to be unaffordable for your family. There may be a few places like UA-H or UA-B that are still accepting applications/offering scholarships, but at this late date I don’t know.

I am very sorry for the difficulties your family has faced. This means that your D will have to adjust her expectations or adjust her long term goals. Most kids love Alabama once they settle in.

Good luck to you! And don’t feel too badly. For many people the reality of college admissions and funding is a rude awakening. You are not alone. You were very prudent in having her submit that Alabama application - it’s a very good option! And who knows, it’s possible that something else will come through between now and April 1.