Paying for TAMU with high EFC

NETarrantMom
Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:47:16 +0000

Two engineering Texas A&M daughters with no possibility of financial aid help and they both received some merit scholarships from Texas A&M. Further, so did quite a few of their friends. My youngest daughter (not a NMF but a good student with good ACT scores) is a President’s Endowed Scholar from freshman year and has now received additional merit aid each year as she is entering her senior year. Yes, it is competitive to receive merit aid but, because they have one of the best career fairs/career centers in the country, she also has had multiple internships which have now lead to a permanent job offer in which she can also work remotely (as much or as little as she feels she can handle) from College Station. Therefore, she can even handle all her living expenses herself now. My point is that there have been opportunities from various points in the process to help out with the cost and the reputation coming out of A&M with these degrees they have found to be amazing.