<p>“To complicate this even more, some of the one-time scholarships from NMSC are underwritten by corporations, and kids get them even if their parents don’t work for that corporation–my son got one of these, and they asked him to write a thank-you note to the corporation, if I recall correctly. Are these included in the 2,500?”</p>
<p>Hunt, that happened to me umpteen years ago - a company I had no affiliation with gave me a NMS (I think it was $1,000 in my day). That was something when the cost of an elite school was $5,000! How does that happen?</p>