Hello everyone…new to this forum. I found out 3 days ago that my son was accepted to #Duke. As much as we are excited about the news, we must find a merit based scholarship for him. We applied everywhere for merit based and financial need with no much success. My son is a star student and is going to graduate this year (2018) on the top of his class. Any suggestions? We are ready to try anything reasonable.
@azdad2018 How much would it cost for him to go? Was any form of financial need given? If it’s going to be a burden to him to him to attend, it’s best to look elsewhere. There are graduate school and other costs in his future to consider and if Duke would likely break your wallet, it’s probably better for him to look into the options that did give him more merit money, of which I’m sure he has many. There’s no merit scholarship that’s going to give him more money at this point and going onto a college discussion board isn’t going to help much either. What’s more reasonable is to cut your costs and send him to a school that would still give him a great education and not cost you a pretty penny.