Merit Scholarships

MTnest
Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:06:57 +0000

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We do not LIVE in Delaware. We are OOS!!! They have a top ten Chemical Engineering dept. thus my child applied. He was lucky enough to be chosen to interview for the DuPont. He does not attend UDEL nor do I have any other children at UDEL. So please, I am tired of reading how I am a “cheerleader” for the school because I have a child there.

Doesn’t matter how much you disagree with the process, the decision is the school’s and they are choosing students they want utilizing the scholarships to pull those kids in. It is unfortunate that many students/parents believe they are “entitle” to scholarships as it only causes feelings of disappointment and anger when it doesn’t show up. This is what we told our child last year: Don’t expect anything but be grateful and thankful for anything that comes your way. We were surprised when the scholarships rolled in and thankful that he had so many choices. And if he had received nothing, then he would have accepted it and would have attended our state flagship. We are extremely lucky that we live in a state with some great universities.