<p>HudsonValleyDad…The vast majority of the corporate sponsored scholarships go to students who have a parent that works for the sponsoring corporation. Unless you work for one of the companies, I doubt you’ve affected your son’s chances. If you do work for one of those companies, the overriding factor in awarding a corporate scholarship is your employment status as opposed to his career choice. You should be fine.</p>
<p>I’d have a hard time controlling my temper if I had to deal with your situation, but since you need to have a working relationship with the school to ensure their portion gets accomplished properly and in a timely fashion you’ll probably just have to smile and at least pretend to be understanding. I would make sure that THEY understand this is potentially worth $100K plus in scholarship money to your son, depending on which universities he might be interested in attending. If places like U of Kentucky, U of Central Florida, etc. might be on his radar you’re looking at basically full-ride money. If you haven’t seen the list of school-sponsored scholarships check out the thread. Once the SF application is completed, I’d make sure to impress upon his HS the amount of money they might’ve cost him. Congrats to your S on making NMSF, and Good Luck to him on his college search!!</p>