More merit $$ at lower tier schools, myth or true??

[jym626]

<p>I can understand Soozies’s confusion, as looking through this thread, dadII comments:

Well, got some work to do then. Got to find a full ride. </p>

<p>BTW, the bumper sticker thing is way over rated. We visited DD’s school twice and could not afford to buy one single bumper sticker.</p>

<p>However, you probably missed my point - paying 10K a year is too much for us. It is preferable to pay 0 and get a stipend</p>

<p>May be it is just my personality- hate to spend one more penny if we don’t have to.

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<p>But, as for the third comment, if faced with the opportunity for his DS to join DD at Stanford (but requiring som OOP $$ from DadII) vs. a total complete free ride at say, U of Alabama (plus travel stipend and laptop) requiring that he “not soend a penny more than he has to”, I am betting DS will be at Stanford</p>