<p>Yes. NJ dose have merit scholarship for state university. But from what I heard among the immediate aquantances, all of the kids who qualified for full ride at state U also got accepted by other top private schools chose to go the private, except one. Their parents, newly climbed social ladder to upper-middle class, pay out of hard earned pocket money after the tax. … the ‘whinning’ of some parents make other kids ‘smart’, they just don’t apply state colleges, if they think they have good enough stats to get one of privates they liked. So less ‘controversy’ in family once they got accepted. … That said, I’m sure for different families and cultural circuls, it’s matter of choice of ‘priority’ to put which on top of which.</p>
<p>Now, by reading so much of CC’s FA talk. I’m wondering if there has been some statitics data or future ones show how many and how much of those recieving FA give back to their almar mat?</p>