<p>*there are Universities that offer full tuition scholarships to tip top National Merit students[ such as USC] *</p>
<p>To clarify…USC offers HALF tuition scholarships to NMF students, not full tuition. </p>
<p>Since the student is only a freshman, right now all he can do is be a great student and prepare for the PSAT, SAT and ACT.</p>
<p>He should also talk to his parents about how they’ll pay for college. If they’re low income/low assets, then he can apply to schools that meet need…no scholarships needed for those schools…and many don’t give them anyway.</p>
<p>It sounds like this kid is a MIT type of kid…so all aid would be need-based anyway since MIT and similar elites either don’t give scholarships or only give a few targeted ones.</p>