[Cited from the Cincinnati Enquirer]

Sam Coffey, for instance, cast a wide net, applying to 29 colleges in the Midwest and on the East Coast. He was offered $711,000 in scholarships, including full rides at a number of schools. Coffey chose Case Western Reserve University near Cleveland, where he’ll study economics and play football…

Little Miami High School graduate Alicia Kees racked up almost $400,000 in offers after spending the fall and early winter applying to 15 colleges. Kees said she learned some valuable lessons about using one school’s offer of scholarship monies to leverage a higher offer from another school.