<p>As of right now, I want to go into engineering and have a couple of scholarship offers thanks to National Merit and a separate scholarship competition for the University of Delaware. The colleges, rankings, and scholarships information are listed below.</p>
<p>College___<em>Ranking</em><em>Engr.Rank</em><em>TotScholarship</em> MoneyNeeded(Yr.)
U Alabama_<strong><em>75</em></strong><strong><em>98</em></strong><strong><em>$130,000</em></strong><strong><em>$0
U Arizona</em></strong><strong>124</strong><strong><em>45</em></strong><strong><em>$120,00</em></strong><strong><em>$5,0 00
U Delaware</em></strong><em>75</em><strong><em>52</em></strong><strong><em>$160,000</em></strong><strong><em>$0
U Oklahoma</em></strong>101<strong><em>78</em></strong><strong><em>$92,000</em></strong>___$10,0 00</p>
<p>The bottom line is that I'd like to consider going to Oklahoma because of its petroleum engineering program, but it'd be nice to have a free education. However, Oklahoma IS one of those schools that tries to hoard National Merit Scholars. Considering that I have more money at somewhat more highly ranked schools, would it be wise to try to pry some more scholarships out of Oklahoma (and to a smaller extent, Arizona)? Does anyone have any insight about the likelihood of bargaining with these schools specifically?</p>