<p>Mom2CollegeKids - There are some very helpful ideas, thank you. I actually did not know of the “Assured” scholarships - I wish we had approached this search a different way, but with my older daughter (HS 2010) things just worked out well without a particular strategy for merit $$$. She ended up with $22K from her top choice college, although it was not highly selective. I thought this girl would be easier, because her stats were better. Now I’m feeling really guilty that she’s worked so hard and we haven’t planned very well.</p>
<p>FYI My daughter’s GC is not helpful; they rarely encourage students to go far from our area. Actually, my daughter would not go very far, either - we are in New England and Washington DC is her limit; she would prefer a school that is not rural. She has received a lot of info. from Elmira College but they don’t have her preferred major, anyway. They do mention full scholarships for valedictorians. Anyone know anything about Elmira, and what that area is like?</p>
<p>She is not a NMS Finalist. Her SATs were better than her PSATs. Her unweighted GPA is 3.84; her CR and Math was 1390. We have applied to our state flagship but the merit scholarships are not that high, as they spread them out over several students. Of course, I don’t know what it is yet, either; we will be notified later.</p>
<p>I’m sure we can pull something together, somewhere, as a gap year would be a bad move for her. I guess I have learned soome valuable lessons; good thing, because I have another one just like her coming up in 2016, and then a younger daughter.</p>