<p>One more suggestion is to look at Keilexandra’s original list of schools and see if anything there appeals. That’s because some schools that used to offer guaranteed NM scholarships no longer explicitly guarantee them, but in essence will give them to NMFs who specify the school as their first choice. My example from a couple of years ago was George Washington University, which used to guarantee IIRC $20k a year. They then changed their guarantee, saying that GW would strongly consider any NMF for the GW Presidential scholarship. D1 asked about this explicitly at her interview, and was told that any NMF who applied RD and named GW as their first choice school had been given that scholarship. </p>
<p>The school list may seem disappointing, but do look carefully because there are some gems there. D1, for example, really liked Macalester and GW. She toured but ultimately decided against Boston U and U Rochester. I tried to interest her in USC given their auto half tuition for NMFs (and as a Cal and UCLA grad that’s saying something! 
) to no avail. </p>
<p>There are a lot of parents here who have been very very happy with the Alabama full ride package. </p>
<p>And now I’m off, vorpal sword in hand. :D</p>