Past National Merit Finalists

anxiousmom
Sat, 08 Sep 2007 17:12:08 +0000

We did visit UF in Gainesville when my DD was a senior in HS - back when they offered an automatic full-ride for NMS. We thought the campus was lovely, but the honors dorm sterile, DD hated the alligators in the lakes, people were friendly, but the honors class DD sat in on was dull and students were reading newspapers, tapping on the internet, sleeping, etc. (Just luck of the draw - she could have sat in on a fascinating class, but was steered towards this one by the NM coordinator). Ultimately, I think none of us were comfortable with her going so far away and to such a big school. We could picture her at some of the small LACs that were far away, or a big school close by; but the combination of big school AND far away…