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Yes, I'm surprised he didn't get a full boat scholarship. My experience is, my daughter is a very bright, dedicated, hard working college student, who happens to be a lousy "standardized" test taker. What did she get for all her hard work; maintaining a high ninety average in high school (honors/AP courses), not to mention a top level athlete? Nothing. We're required to pay the full $40,000 plus tuition at a highly competitive college. But, funny, the kids with the high SAT scores got huge packages. Makes no sense to me at all. We'll be paying for her education for years to come. But she's worth it!! She's a Republican to boot!

I wonder. My #3 son got like 1100 on his SATS; he was an IB student (had 60 college credits in HS). I think 27 credits were transferable to University of Florida. Their freshmen usually need 1350 to get accepted with a 4.0 (he had 4.7). BUT because he was IB he was automatically accepted. Now he is at USC (aerospace eng). The IB program seems to be reason he got in.