National Merit Finalist 1/2 Tuition for USC?

@BillPayingDad, I also got conflicting/unclear answers. When I called the FA office, a lower-level employee said they would stack… But I then emailed someone higher up and got the following response from the senior assistant director: “When coordinating scholarships, our office makes every attempt to preserve any university grant you may have been awarded. In most cases, any additional scholarship, such as Presidential, will be coordinated within the current award amount. The Financial Aid Office re-evaluates the financial eligibility yearly based on income and assets. If there is not a significant change, then students should expect a similar award year to year.” I could certainly understand them not being willing to speak to future years when our need and their policies might change. But to be so ambiguous about what’s going to happen this coming year just seemed inexcusably evasive. We took it as a “no,” and (based in part, though not primarily, on comparing FA offers) my son made his decision to attend a different school.