<p>By the way, DS is appying to seven schools: Duke, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Case Western Reserve, Purdue, Georgia Tech, and University of Kentucky. He will be majoring in Mechanical Engineering, which narrows down the list a good bit right off the bat.</p>
<p>He already has a full ride offer from UK, so his other choices were at schools that are more appealing to him than UK while still offering merit scholarships (or at least generous need-based).</p>