Full Rides for National Merit Finalists/Scholars

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<p>RickUW: Our daughter is studying Biomedical Sciences and plans to become a Physician Assistant. She absolutely loves the sciences. This summer she plans to take a couple of classes at the local community college, hang out with old friends and work. I would love for her to get involved in missionary work, but she joined a sorority and has become real addicted to it. She is already an officer and attends many, many of the activities. She is also volunteering with a medical office and studying a lot. Her goal is to keep all A’s for as long as she can and when she sets her mind to something there is no stopping her.</p>

<p>Maybe next year she will get more involved with the Wesley group. She did attend a few activities the beginning of last semester, but as she became more involved in her sorority she lost interest. I would really like to see her do something with that organization.</p>

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<p>Proud_Mom, the Greek community is quite active at Auburn. Our older son lives in the Village with three other guys, each of whom pledged to a Frat. Our son is not inclined in that direction, but his younger brother would be–except that he has to pay for that himself, and he’s spending most of his money traveling Europe with some buddies this Summer. He will enter his Freshman year with less money than any of us would like, but he’s sucked it up and decided to live in the Quad, get a part-time job, and apply like crazy to get more scholarships. Sounds like your daughter is well grounded and focussed.Good for her. War Eagle!</p>

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<p>P.S. I hope your daughter finds her way into Wesley. It has been, shall we say, a Godsend?</p>

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<p>UTD has very few gen ed requirements for their bachelors, gives lots of AP credit and told us that you could use the eight semesters towards grad. school. In other words, if you go in with lots of AP or dual enrollment credit you could use the scholarship to cover a year or two of grad school there. I believe some of their grad programs are well regraded, but not certain which programs. Also the housing can be used towards their on campus apartments after freshman year. They have an interesting program in Geospatial Information systems.Plan a visit though, it’s a young school and not for everyone.</p>

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<p>Greetings Atomom; Tulsa info your requested:
We had exactly the same concerns about the competitive NM scholarship at Tulsa. This is what we learned. Timing would work out fine as Tulsa starts mailing scholarship offers in Feb with Presidential offers mailed by middle of March. As a result, that left plenty of time to change first choice before the late April deadline. Other Factors considered: when we asked same question, admin told us that they want good test scores, perhaps an interview, and students who really show an interest in Tulsa over time, ( that wasn’t hard after a little exploring, perfect size for my son, then he fell in love with the Cyber Corps program which offers a 2 yr scholarship which he is hoping to use for grad school, the college ranking, while not much stock in them; still delighted to see Tulsa ranked # 9 for happiest students & #10 for best quality of life ( awesome on campus apartments)<br>
So, after our successful visit to Tulsa, we drove to OU and down to Baylor. Nice, but while their scholarships are guaranteed, we realized that they don’t cover all costs. In reality, the second level scholarship at Tulsa would leave a similar balance to be paid as the Baylor & OU scholarships: ( close to room & board) Additionally, even while we were expecting good grades, with a challenging course of study like EE or CS it was nice to know that the required GPA to keep the scholarship at Tulsa is 3.25 vs 3.5 at Baylor ( not sure what it is at OU) Bottom line: our son tried for the full ride at TU and was blessed to get it. However, our closer look at bottom line costs of the three schools, even if he didn’t get full ride, still pointed to TU with similar costs and all it’s other appeal. So, while timing would allow a change of NMF 1st choice: it wasn’t necessary for us.
Sem 1 results: Son couldn’t be happier, found lots of fun activities, many good friends (top quality students who care about their grades as well: yeah) and the bonus surprise, many active ministries on campus. There is a Jr. day scheduled March 25 & April 15th. If you find time for a visit, perhaps you too will like what you see. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks for info on Tulsa. I’ll PM you.</p>

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<p>mom2collegekids: Think it’s too late now? March 9th? to have our NMF child apply for the big scholarship?</p>

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<p>No, it’s not too late. Submit the school app. Send an email to <a href=“mailto:betsy.escher@ua.edu”>betsy.escher@ua.edu</a> and mention your child’s NMF status.</p>

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<p>Drat- your link is gone!</p>

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<p>What link are you looking for?</p>

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<p>Does anyone have information on an updated list for NMS full-or-partial ride colleges? Sounds like the old one posted in 2006 is outdated.</p>

<p>Have a sophomore in NV working on getting the PSAT score to semifinalist #.</p>

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<p>Here…</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/649276-nmf-scholarships-updated-compilation.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/649276-nmf-scholarships-updated-compilation.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>So true about how finances can change fast. When we started this college searching process we never dreamed that both my husband and I would be out of work and unable to even sell our home. Thank goodness our D has a full ride as a NMF, I can not stress what a relief that is when we are suddenly struggling to make ends meet for our younger ones.</p>

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<p>Tier 1 research university. 11K undergrads (17K total students)</p>

<p>Ranked 5th for diversity and race relations</p>

<p>Ranked 11th for happiest students</p>

<p>urban campus</p>

<p>very strong in sciences and anything health related</p>

<p>scholarships based on test scores and gpa</p>

<p>oos costs: Fall 2011 First-Year Freshmen Estimated
First-Year Freshman Out-of-State
Tuition and Fees* $14,256
Books and Supplies** $1000
Meal Plan $450 - $3,894
Total $15,706 - $19,150
Residence Hall (Blazer/Camp Hall)*** $5,200
Grand Total $20,906 - $24,350</p>

<p>OOS merit:automatic merit for oos as well as full rides for merit scholars</p>

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<p>Blazer Elite Scholarship
$10,000
Based on academic achievement (28-36 ACT and at least 3.0 GPA)
Blazer Gold Scholarship
$7,500
Based on academic achievement (26-27 ACT and at least 3.0 GPA)
Blazer Pride Scholarship
$5,000
Based on academic achievement (24-25 ACT and at least 3.0 GPA)</p>

<p>receives more research funding than all other alabama schools combined. </p>

<p>wonderful honors programs, many 5th year programs (math bio, etc) has biomedical engineering with a 5th year also. </p>

<p>feel free to pm for more info re specific majors, or programs</p>

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<p>oops link did not work here is a copy/paste from UAB website</p>

<p>We recognize National Merit Finalists, National Achievement Finalists, and National Hispanic Scholars with the following scholarship, which is renewable for four years. The details:</p>

<p>Full tuition, required fees, and housing (up to 15 credit hours per semester) for a total of eight semesters (fall and spring)
A one-time $2,500 stipend to be used for experiential learning (Study Away, internships, co-ops, etc.)
Students receiving UAB merit-based scholarships are required to live on campus for their first year of enrollment. (Which is a very good place to live. Check out our swank, conveniently located residence halls.) For more information, review the Freshman Scholarship Residency Policy. </p>

<p>Once you’ve been admitted to UAB, simply do the following to claim your scholarship:
National Merit Finalists: Name UAB your first choice with the National Merit Scholarship Corporation; the paperwork for this should be included with your finalist letter. They’ll then send us your name, and we will award your scholarship. Yes, it’s really that easy.</p>

<p>National Achievement Finalists and National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars: Fax or mail us a copy of your Finalist letter and/or your Finalist certificate, and we’ll award your scholarship:
Coordinator of Undergraduate Scholarships
HUC 317
1530 3rd Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35294
(205) 934-8941</p>

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<p>Hi RickUW,</p>

<p>I am very interested in getting my D to apply to Auburn. She is a senior, and so far she has received many many colleges brochures except Auburn. Does it indicate that Auburn is not interested in her? She makes the NMSF and is submitting her NMF apllication.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>update: UAB has increased its merit to 15K, 10K and 5K… continues with the full tuition and housing for national merit, achievement and hispanic scholars!</p>

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<p>mwwtbftc:</p>

<p>I think Auburn is interested in all NMSFs. I got my packet from Auburn via my counselor. Maybe your daughter should check with her GC to see if they have received anything from Auburn. The scholarship package for NMF there is great.</p>

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<p>tommykirkpatrick,</p>

<p>Thanks for the info, I will stop in her GC office tomorrow!</p>

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<p>tommy: is the Auburn NMF package automatic or competitive? I know it was automatic the year that D1 graduated (2010) but I thought I heard that they made it competitive the next year.</p>