Update: No more disappointment comments from any family or acquaintances. Scholarship season has began and my daughter has applied for a full scholarship at Howard (Bison Stem Scholars) which would be great if she gets selected to interview (we will find out in 2 weeks) She is also finishing up full ride scholarship application to Florida A&M University which should be done in the next couple of days. We visited North Carolina A&T University for Scholars Day which was great. The campus, dorms, students and overall atmosphere was amazing and the school went from not being mentioned to a top 3 contender. Our tour guide was choosing from jobs in Silicon Valley and our entire family was wowed at what NC&AT had to offer. We also visited the University of Georgia which was at the bottom of my daughter’s list (only 1 hour from home) but she was pleasantly surprised by UGA (food, people, and top notch resources). UGA (15K) is now a suitable safety if she doesn’t get enough money from her top schools. Tulane’s full financial aid package is in and we would be on the hook for our EFC (22.5K) a year. She received 25K per year scholarship from Hampton which would make the sticker price about 12K per year. Hampton is the only school we haven’t visited and I don’t think we will make it before March 1st (she has to accept scholarship by that date). She has applied to a few smaller outside scholarships but I can tell she is wearing down. We will visit Georgia Tech (16K) soon since it isn’t to far (40 minutes) and she hopes to have a decision in early April on where she is going. Here are her top rankings if the finances are equal. She will probably be going to one of the schools below.
- Howard 2a.Tulane 2b. NC&AT 4.FAMU
- UGA
- Hampton
- Georgia Tech
- Xavier (XULA)
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