$1000/year merit scholarship at Rice?

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<p>It's on Rice financial aid web page: Financial</a> Aid at Rice University</p>

<p>If you're a national merit finalist, you can get $1000/year renewable scholarship for four year stay at Rice.</p>

<p>My question: If one is a national merit finalist and has got $2,500 one-time scholarship from National Merit Corporation, is he/she eligible to get $1000/year renewable scholarship from Rice?</p>

<p>Whoever knows the FACT(either you or your friend has this experience) please response. No offense. Those that don't know the fact please do NOT reponse.</p>

<p>I appreciate your help,</p>

<p>QcL</p>

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<p>email <a href=“mailto:fina@rice.edu”>fina@rice.edu</a> if you REALLY want a 100% accurate answer</p>

<p>Read the link. the $1000 is from RICE. The $2500 is from NMC… different sources. Rice will give you $1000 if you are a NM finalist AND you declared Rice as your first choice</p>

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<p>I got the national merit $2,500 scholarship for my freshman year, named Rice as my first choice, and am NOT getting the extra $1,000 per year.</p>

<p>Which seems pretty messed up but whatever.</p>

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<p>You don’t get the $1,000 per year if you are getting any sort of tuition grant (need-based aid) from Rice. They simply take the money and apply it towards your grant.</p>

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<p>Didn’t get need-based aid last year; just merit. Maybe they still count it within that, I dunno, but thanks for the clarification.</p>

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<p>The NMC’s rules are that you get EITHER a NM Scholarship OR a college sponsored scholarship, if you’re already a NMS it looks like you’re not going to be able to get the 1k a year from Rice, which would be taken out of any grants they’re already giving you.</p>

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<p>Yes, what schee410 said is correct. According to the NMSC website, one of the requirements to receive the $1,000/year scholarship from Rice is that you “have not been offered any other National Merit Scholarship (corporate-sponsored, National, or another
college-sponsored award). No student will receive more than one scholarship offer from NMSC.”</p>

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<p>But isnt the 1000 from Rice? not from NMSC?</p>

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<p>I didn’t receive a NM $2,500 scholarship, so I was able to get the college-sponsored one from Rice. According to a letter I received, “NMSC transmits stipend checks to scholarship recipients through their colleges… scholarship funds are not due to NMSC from sponsors until August 31.”</p>

<p>I agree with silentsailor. It does seem messed up since the renewable $1,000/year is obviously greater than the NM $2,500.</p>

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<p>Email financial aid and explain your situation (the $2500 NMS) and ask them if they would be willing to continue the scholarship in the following years at the $1000 level. They may do so; they are quite flexible about some things…</p>

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<p>Many thanks to everybody for the inputs.</p>

<p>I’ll contact Rice finacial aid to find out what they have to say.</p>