Originally Posted by intparent
To be fair... University of Alabama offers one of the best deals around to National Merit Finalists. Four years of tuition (in or out state), 1 year of on campus housing, $1,000/year, an iPad, and a $2,000 allowance that can be used for a summer internship. A lot of NMFs from families with limited financial means take them up on it.

Exactly.

Undergrad *should* be free.

Because it's really high school.