<p>How much is the National Merit scholarship amount for Arizona State University (Barrett Honors College) if you are a National Merit Semi-Finalist?</p>
<p>I am not an Arizona resident.</p>
<p>It’s simple, if you are a national merit finalist don’t go to Arizona State. You’d be wasting your potential.
Even with a free ride it wouldn’t be worth it, this is because many business’ stereotype all ASU alumni to be lazy and dumb.
So please, do yourself a favor and go to a school that is at least respected.</p>
<p>Semi-finalist doesn’t qualify for a scholarship at ASU - finalists are eligible for full tuition, but it is competitive, not guaranteed.</p>
<p>this is because many business’ stereotype all ASU alumni to be lazy and dumb.</p>
<p>And you know the opinions of many businesses in regards to ASU alums? </p>
<p>If ASU grads weren’t getting jobs, the school would have shut down long ago.</p>
<p>ASU has a scholarship calculator on their website - it is pretty accurate.</p>
<p>While it isn’t for everyone, Barrett is very highly regarded, and students generally feel very goods about their time there.</p>
<p>If you have the stats to become a finalist, you should get a very substantial award package.</p>
<p>The ASU NM Finalist scholarhips is NOT competitive.</p>
<p>When I called the ASU scholarship office about a month ago they told me that the NM Finalist scholarship goes to ALL NMF that name ASU as their first choice by the deadline.</p>
<p>Also, from my D’s letter dated October 16, 2012</p>
<p>"If you become a National Merit Finalist and indicate ASU as your first choice with the National Merit Corporation, your scholarship will be increased to nonresident tuition and mandatory student and academic college fees, renewable for an additional three years for a total of four years or eight semesters. "</p>
<p>From past posts,
On 10/08/2012 and 10/24/2012, bigyonb was a senior with 3.84 GPA
On 11/13/2012, bigyonb was a senior with 2220 SAT and 2.5 GPA
and
on 11/19/2012, bigyonb was a sophomore with all A’s asking about AP classes next year.</p>
<p>Sounds like someone with an identity crisis, not someone to give advice on college reputations.</p>
<p>^^^^^</p>
<p>Interesting!!</p>
<p>bigyonb:
So well anyways, 2.5 GPA and 2220 SAT score</p>
<p>2.5 GPA? with a 2220 SAT? I think many would conclude that this is a student who is “lazy”.</p>
<p>We have the same letter as STEMfamily. Your residency doesn’t affect whether or not you get the award, but you do need to advance to NMF. Tuition and fees are covered, but not rm/bd. Also, Barrett is $1000/yr extra, and I don’t think this is covered (not sure about this, need to call, unless someone else knows.) They give some money towards visiting the university, $250, said it would be fine to come during spring break, or whenver offices are open.</p>
<p>You should check the ASU site for NMF scholarship. My son was a NMF and had a very successful four years at Barrett.</p>
<p>Hi
Just toured Barrett with my daughter last week and can tell you exactly what they will offer for NM finalists. All tuition, materials and fees including the $1000 Barrett fee mentioned in the thread above. You will still be on the hook for room and board. Out of state all-in total is $38K. You will be responsible for $12K-$13K depending on the room package.</p>
<p>Haha, yah. You caught me. I’m really just a high school sophomore. I put in all these chances mostly because I’m just curious to see what kind of stats will get someone into what schools. Also, a few of my senior friends put in a few chances like the 2.5 GPA and the 2200 sat one. Well anyways, I used to be interested in asu, but their ranking is way to low. Anyone who is a national merit finalist shouldn’t be going to a state school, unless they are in high need for financial aid. When I mean dumb, it’s just a stereotype that comes with the low ranking, competiveness, and because it’s party school.
Well anyways I’m really just a sophomore really concerned about my future so I know a bunch of schools stars. The only reason why I’d go to asu is if I’m planning to go to grad school cuz then where you got your under grad degree won’t matter, so you’d be saving lots of money.</p>
<p>And yah the straight A’s one wondering about AP’s is true. And the 3.84 GPA is what I’m prob gunna end up with because my freshman year GPA :p</p>
My son received free out of state tuition from ASU Barrett as a finalist, but it was stipulated that he needed to be a finalist and name ASU as his first choice with National Merit Scholarship Corp. before May1.
It is upsetting to have a person on this site admit to making up stats in a reply after putting down Barrett’s generous offer to these high achieving students scoring in the top 0.5% of the nation!. This person does not understand that at the undergraduate level the professors (such as ASU’s engineering profs, Ira engineering school which lists in the top 50 nationally and is on par with U of MN ranking) have been educated at other top schools. Dr. Dean Jacobs Dean and Vice Provost in Barrett graduated from Princeton and Yale, I believe.
The textbooks used are often the same in all top schools and with access to the internet, it is the student’s own drive for knowledge that will determine his/her success wherever he/she studies (especially at a large university in the top 50 nationally!. Therefore, to not take an excellent scholarship offer, but rather take on years of debt to go to a slightly more highly rated school is unwise.