<p>magoo09:</p>
<p>In response to your original question, I expect your school wants a value similar to the value of a normal scholarship. That is, the value of the tuition, room and board, and other expenses covered by a given scholarship.</p>
<p>The $350,000 amount mentioned by doug1 was determined by taking the USMA budget for a given year and dividing it by the number of graduates. I think that probably overstates the value of an appointment when comparing it to other colleges since most colleges claim that tuition covers only a fraction of the college’s total cost.</p>
<p>I feel the more comparable value is $250,000 or about $60,000 per year. That would include the following values (my rough estimates) of tuition($40,000), room/board ($7,000), medical ins.($2,000), books/fees/travel reimb. ($2,000), and cadet pay($9,000).</p>