<p>RondaFaye;</p>
<p>I don’t think the difference in admissions / merit awards was due to the four year time difference but rather beccause your d was NMF and your s was NMCommended.</p>
<p>My d1 graduated in 2006 and was NMF. She was 12 for 12 including duke, UNC, UCB, UCLA, USC and received tuition/partial tuition offers for 8 of the colleges. As we don’t qualify for need based aid, we were purposely casting for merit aid. D decided to go to Baylor on full tuition scholarship and is very happy there.</p>
<p>Now, D2 is graduating this year but was NM Commended, not NMF. She is 8 for 8 including UNC, UCLA, USC, BU, GW, Wake Forest – however she only got scholarships at Clemson and GWu (she got Presidential scholarship at GW, same as your son). She is currently deciding between UCLA and UNC ( no scholarship) or Clemson (almost full tuition). We are visiting UNC and Clemson this week, but I think D will end up at UCLA.</p>
<p>I think the NMF and NMcommended is what caused the difference in merit aid.</p>