<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36871">Probably
not the response you want, but Mark Kantrowitz points out that the real
merit money comes from the college one attends. Outside scholarships
are so negligible as a percentage of awards and can be so demanding in
terms of time and effort that they are not worth that investment of time
and effort.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36872"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36873" clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36874">A
gifted student's #1 scholarship strategy should be to research schools
with generous merit aid and where the student's own scores fall in the
top 25% of recent freshman classes.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36875"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36876" clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36877">Another
option is to prepare for the PSAT to earn NMSF, if the student would be
happy at one of the dozens of schools that offer lucrative NM packages
(full ride + in some cases).</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36878"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36879" clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36880">Anne<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36881" clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36882"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36883"></span></div><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36884" size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36885"></span></font><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36886" clear="none"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36887" size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36888"></span></font><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36889"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36890" clear="none"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36891" clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36892"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36893"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36894"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36895"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36896"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36897"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36898"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36899" size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36900"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36901" clear="none"></span></font></div><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36902" size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36903">I
posted a note this weekend about financial aid and an app that some are
using, but haven't seen any solid response. I wonder if anyone has had
experience with it?</span></font><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36904" size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36905"></span></font><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36906"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36907" clear="none"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36908" size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36909"></span></font></div></div></div></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36910"><div dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36911" size="4"><span style="font-family:times new roman, serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36912">Terry Adams</span></font></div></div></div></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36689" style="display: block;"><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36688"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481671339399_36687"> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>