<p>We are also paying less for oos at UNC-CH than for instate at UT-Austin, even after taking into account the NM merit money Texas would have awarded our daughter. However, I can say Texas A&M offered very generous merit money…stacked two major scholarships and added three smaller ones that added up to an amount that would have covered 7 semesters completely. (ldgirl was not impressed, unfortunately.) </p>
<p>But I’m with curmudgeon. I don’t know what the problem is over at UT. Mine was Nat’l Hispanic Scholar and NMF…but UT would only allow her one of the guaranteed awards. Stingy is putting in mildly. Maybe after they get into the oil and gas business, they’ll loosen the purse strings a little. ;)</p>
<p>btw - when you have schools with 1200 in a graduating class, you will tend to get dozens of #1s with identical GPAs. In our district, they do not designate official valedictorian(s). Students can share the #1 rank, but no one gets the title.</p>