National Achievement First Choice College

taben1112
Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:27:12 +0000

Generally, do students list as the their first choice college:


A college that is truly their first choice, even if the result would be only the 2500 (if that is received)
A school that gives substantial money to a NA Finalist who has applied and listed that college as first choice


We want to leverage this well, but are finding that many of the schools that guarantee a lot of money to NA finalist are schools our child has never even considered; are far away and ones we will be unable to visit; and are schools that are not particularly well ranked. The later is the lease important. But with the first two, this child has NO idea if she really would consider the school (for instance, Alabama or 'Ol Miss) even if she got finalist and thus a full or partial ride.

For those that have been there and done this, how did you help your child approach this step of naming a first choice college and of, in general, utilizing the award to its fullest potential?