Past National Merit Finalists

atomom
Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:22:13 +0000

A half tuition offer of $17,000 at USC sounds nice until you consider that the total cost of attendance there is $48,000-50,000/year, so you would still be paying over $30,000 which is more than full freight at many private schools.

Here’s one I found–University of Dallas (private Catholic LAC) offers at least $14,000 and up to $21,000 (full tuition) AUTOMATICALLY to any NMF. The total cost of attendance there is $31,000/year, so you’d end up paying $10,000-17,000/year altogether.

Many people have said “Not interested in ASU, U of OK,” “Didn’t bother applying to those schools. . .” Did anyone visit? Can you say what didn’t interest you? Location, size? ( btw, OK is less than half the size of ASU–23,000 vs 51,000–these schools are very different). It might be worth investing a little $ in a visit–see for yourself before turning down big offers.