<p>The Auburn merit awards are really nice. We live in Florida and Bright Futures (our state lottery sponsored scholarships) continue to be reduced. A 100% tuition is now ~80% tuition. My daughter did apply to three Florida schools and two have offered a lot of money, but Auburn is her favorite and I am not going to deny her after what she has earned. She has now been aggressively seeking outside scholarships to supplement her Auburn awards and she got her first $1000 the other day. Her goal is to completely finance her undergrad without loans, help from us or even without dipping into her college fund. She plans to save her fund for grad school. I hope she meets her goals!</p>