The jump in Sunshine and Gator nation scholarships is huge. But…I wonder how many of those were offered to NMF kids who also received the Benacquisto? My son was offered the Sunshine award and was told by Financial Aid to accept both…the Sunshine was applied first, then the Benacquisto arrived and the Sunshine was REFUNDED to UF. So UF looks like they gave out a 64k scholarship, but they didn’t actually spend a dime. Hate to question it, but it is such a discrepancy from past years and I would hate for merit kids to have unrealistic hopes for $$. The number of NMF scholars didn’t jump as much as I thought it would with the OOS Benacquisto. I think about 40 more?
We are happy to have the Sunshine as a back up just in case something goes crazy wrong with the OOS NMF Benacquisto deal.
Off topic, my Gator freshman is having a wonderful year and despite the cold snap today it is still a good 40 degrees warmer in Gainesville than here in WI.
Thanks for the link! Love looking at all the numbers.