<p>I agree that NMF scholarship is often misleading. Multiple schools D2 applied to offered scholarships of $2,000/year to NMFs who qualify for need based aid, and $1,000/year for those who don’t qualify. But the $2,000 is just knocked off any need based grants, so realistically the most an NMF really is awarded that affects COA is $1,000/year. If you are eligible for pretty much any need based aid, NMF means nothing financially at those schools. But they still brag about how many they enroll…</p>