Strong student/Weaker college=more money?

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<p>Search SUNY college's web sites. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.brockport.edu/scholarships/extraordinary/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.brockport.edu/scholarships/extraordinary/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>SUNY Brockport offers free rides based on merit, "An award for freshmen is close to a "full ride" valued at more than $51,600 over four years for valedictorians or salutatorians who have a 96 or better high school average, and 1250* or higher SAT or 27 ACT score. ?</p>

<p>Also, our kids' buddy won a free ride to SUNY Potsdam: he had 700-700-700 SATs, class rank of 3, A+ all-around, all-American record. <a href="http://www.potsdam.edu/content.php?contentID=3A0294DB292F64DDC6792E0EF8533249%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.potsdam.edu/content.php?contentID=3A0294DB292F64DDC6792E0EF8533249&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>SUNY Oswego:
<a href="http://www.oswego.edu/admissions/costs/financial/scholarships/merit.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.oswego.edu/admissions/costs/financial/scholarships/merit.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Point is, there is some merit aid at SUNY schools.</p>