<p>Warblersrule and LakeWashington:</p>
<p>What a topsy turvy month!! We ended up with two choices - Umiami and Univ of SC. We got decent scholarship but not the best. Ultimately, we found that any outside scholarships would not help us in UMiami because that would eat up the need-based grant at UMiami. It was nice of UMiami to offer gtants but with a reasonable outside scholarship, we felt it won’t help us to cut our expenses in UMiami. SC seemed to have a very good program (I know SC is rated only #111 but UMiami, as a school, is rated #38). But, we just could not help notice that USC is top-noth. Don’t know if we are missing anything but we just did not see why USC is only #111. All things considered, USC for a dual major in Marine Science and Geology is the choice. Thanks for all suggestions. I think we made a good decision considering all parameters. He can always go to UMiami or Washington for Masters. UMiami definitely gave more weight to a point differential in ACT scores than to Marine Science projects a high schooler did, I thought. I guess that happens although I thought schools look deeper. I guess with so many kids applying, it would be very hard…</p>