<p>Ok, so several weeks ago I received an email from the King's College, telling me that I qualified for a $44,000 Presidential scholarship because of my "outstanding ACT scores" - please keep in mind that I have NOT YET TAKEN my ACTs, but I have taken my SATs. Anyway, they offered me the option to apply without sending any application fee. So, as I was trying to get my feet under me about applying to colleges in general, I went ahead and filled out the forms, had my counselor send my transcripts, etc. I was informed that my scores had been received and that I'd get a decision in about a week.
So anyway. I get accepted to this (outrageously expensive yet really tiny) college, and then today I get notified that I've actually received this Presidential scholarship.</p>
<p>It seems to me like King's is throwing money left and right, and it makes me really anxious. The more research I do, the more it seems like it's a hell of a lot of money to pay for a very undefined education. But at the same time, the lure of New York and the Empire State Building is very persuasive. Now, my first choice college is not TKC, but I still would like feedback about this. </p>
<p>Does anyone know/can anyone validate this scholarship? I know a lot of threads already address that it's not a scam, that King's is a legitimate if rather unknown college, etc. But can anybody vouch for this scholarship that I apparently won for my literally nonexistant ACT scores? If it's the real deal, I'm not one to argue with money. I just don't want to go into anything without some concrete facts.</p>
<p>It is an accredited college. Is the $44K set as $11K per year? That still leaves about $30K of the cost of attendance to cover, and the tuition is likely to increase each year.</p>
<p>They’ve been bombarding me with the same offer because of my “outstanding SAT scores”. My scores aren’t that "outstanding’… But they’re offering 11k per year for 4 years. I’ve done my research, it sounds like a legit college. It just doesn’t feel right, though. I’ll apply to it anyway, but I doubt that the school fits me.</p>
<p>I agree with the other reply: that still leaves 30k+. If I’m going to take out loans for something like that, I’d rather go to a more established school. </p>
<p>It’s a so-called “Christian School”. All students take “Introduction to Old Testament Literature” and “Introduction to New Testament Literature” in the first 2 years, then “Foundations of Judeo-Christian Thought” in the 3rd. Apparently there are only 3 majors:</p>
<p>Business Management
Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE)
Media, Culture, and the Arts</p>
<p>A few additional areas are covered as minors. Only 2 science courses are listed for 2010-11, in a department (or “Course Discipline”) called “Science”.</p>
<p>According to USNWR, for Fall 2010 it had a freshman enrollment of 155 students (96 F, 59 M). The acceptance rate is 67%. Average SATs: 630 CR , 570 M 640 W.</p>
<p>Sounds like they are having trouble filling their classes.</p>
<p>My son was offered $17K/year from this school, which is down the block from my office. It looked interesting but the Christian stuff was outside of my comfort zone and he didn’t apply.</p>
<p>thanks everyone! i agree with Joan52 and MidwestMoms2Kids_, i’m not sure i’m comfortable with how christian it is and (as tk21769 stated) their limited curriculum, not to mention the fees that 11k still can’t really make reasonable. i appreciate everyone’s comments, you’ve all helped me out a lot.</p>
<p>This thread has been dormant for a while but I happened upon it from a Google search. Here is a good article in New York magazine about the president of King’s College, Dinesh D’Souza:</p>
<p>They’ve been sending me letters, postcards, and the like for a year now offering to waive my application fee and give me a $17k/year scholarship and some sort of travel voucher. A quick view of their website and majors offered page was enough to get me right on out of there.</p>
<p>I just got one congratulating me…I never applied! It is a scam. The school is legit, though. They just buy names from lists, and then give you 10-25% off.</p>