<p>OHH, that was what I didn’t know. I thought the MME was just one test. That makes me feel old. What kind of scores did you need to get it? I am curious because my sister is going to be a junior in high school this year. (Dear god, that makes me feel REALLY old.)</p>
<p>All I had to do to get it was pretty much not be a complete idiot when I took the MEAP. I am curious if I’d have qualified under the new standards.</p>
<p>They calculate a final overall MME score for 6 different subjects (math, science, reading, writing, english, social studies). Each subject is assigned a level (1-4, 1 being highest, 4 being lowest). You just have to be at at least lvl 2 or better on all of them to qualify for the money, according to the site. That was the time I got a 27 (23 on the reading, 8 on the writing-it was kinda bad) on the ACT, and I still made it pretty easily.</p>
<p>If you meet the standards above, then you get 1k on your first year, 1k on your second year, and finally $2000 on your 3rd year. If you don’t make the standards above, I think you can still get the $4000. You just have to do well in college (and maybe there’s more involved, I’m not sure) and wait until your junior year.</p>
<p>Yeah, I have the same scholarship, I just got it for taking the MEAP instead. I only got a 23 on the ACT when I took it in high school (zero preparation, for the record XD), so would I not have qualified if I had been born a year later? I think class of 2007 was the last to take the MEAP for the promise scholarship.</p>
<p>Idk, you probably would have made it with the 23 if you did well on the other 2 tests lol.</p>
<p>Just an FYI…the scholarship is pretty much done.
I don’t even think the incoming class of 2013 to U of M is getting it.</p>
<p>My friend, who is class of 2013 to Michigan, said that most of college scholarships are registered as of today, yet the Michigan Promise Scholarship is still under “pending” condition and has been for several months.</p>
<p>Its gone guys…=(
Although Granholm is trying to give us some $$, but its not gonna be anywhere near $4,000…</p>
<p>if i recall correctly i didn’t get mine last year til oct or november - the bureaucracy of the system makes it so you pay now and then get reimbursed down the line. </p>
<p>What happens is the school has to report at the start of the year if you are attending, what your status is and if you are in good academic standing. the school will front the 500 and then when the state fiscal year starts - i think in oct - the money gets reimbursed to the school. Since i had already paid i got the 500 back as an overpayment check and i jsut put it in the bank. </p>
<p>Being a junior and the state of the economy i sent in the paperwork to get the lump sum now rather then the typical 2000 over this year and next. When i did that i was told i will get the 2000 in december and i recalled last week and was told the same. So far nothing has came up about it for sure being cut off but i live in CA now so i don’t hear it aside from small blurbs here and there.</p>
<p>Great name - the Promise Scholarship.</p>
<p>Wasn’t it Stalin that said promises are like pie crusts, they are made to be broken?</p>
<p>Oops - “He makes no more of breaking Acts of Parliaments, than if they were like Promises and Pie-crust made to be broken.” (1681 Heraclitus Ridens)</p>
<p>It’s not done just because the colleges haven’t awarded it, congress hasn’t agreed on a budget yet. And deuspatriND is correct, you do have to pay the amount and then you get reimbursed from the scholarship later. For my first two years I had to come up with the money to pay my tuition, then we got a check in the mail from my school once the scholarship was disbursed to refund me. I am not giving up hope until congress officially approves a budget that does not include it, I have to pay the money out of pocket anyway, it’s just a matter of whether or not I am reimbursed. Last I checked, recently, I was told to go ahead and certify my last $2000 as soon as possible (I won’t have enough credits until Monday) and hope for the best. So I am going to do just that. I am not totally optimistic but if people just quietly accept not getting the money, the people in congress standing up for us will be able to give in with clean consciences. NO THANK YOU!</p>
<p>Ripped from fb.</p>
<p>[house.mi.gov</a> - Find a Representative](<a href=“http://house.michigan.gov/find_a_rep.asp]house.mi.gov”>http://house.michigan.gov/find_a_rep.asp)</p>
<p>Email your representative</p>
<p>Form Letter:</p>
<p>Dear <politician name=“”>,</politician></p>
<p>I am writing to urge you to continue funding the Michigan Promise Scholarship. Times are tough in Michigan, and as a resident of the State of Michigan, I understand that the State will have to cut spending somewhere to balance the budget. However, we cannot afford to cut the Michigan Promise Scholarship.</p>
<p>As an undergraduate student at <michigan college=“” or=“” university=“”>, I rely upon the Michigan Promise Scholarship to help pay for school. In the face of tuition hikes, rising book costs, and a bad economy where part-time jobs are hard to come by, the Michigan Promise Scholarship helps to me to defray at least some of these costs. Without the Michigan Promise Scholarship, I might not be able to continue to afford to go to the school I go to now, or to even stay enrolled in college at all.</michigan></p>
<p>The State of Michigan also cannot afford to eliminate the Michigan Promise Scholarship. Our state’s economy was hit much harder by the recession than other states because it depends on the manufacturing industry, a sector of the economy that is quickly shrinking. The Michigan Promise Scholarship helps workers train for high paying jobs in growing industries, such as healthcare and technology, which will bring prosperity to the state in the long run.</p>
<p>While it may be tempting to close the budget shortfall by eliminating the Michigan Promise Scholarship, I urge you not to do it. Neither the state nor I can afford it.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p><name>
<school and=“” year=“” of=“” graduation=“”>
<contact information=“”></contact></school></name></p>
<p>I recommend sending paper letters as well. I have gotten some really crappy responses back by email that have implied that nobody even read it-- I didn’t expect the representative to read their own mail, but I expected SOMEBODY to. For some reason snail mail has elicited a better response.</p>
<p>They have until the end of September to decide whether or not to keep it, which pretty much screws the people that were relying on it for books and such. </p>
<p>However, MSU is using aid to replace the MPS if Michigan cuts it (for this year at least), is Michigan doing the same thing?</p>
<p>I can’t certify my last $2000 until sometime this week so I probably won’t get it now.</p>
<p>Had I known this was going to happen I might have gone OOS. It wasn’t even on the table in my family because I had the scholarship.</p>
<p>^We can all agree that it’s wrong to take the money away and it’s sleezy for the politicians to do this to us. But that argument doesn’t make much sense. Obviously I don’t know you and everyone has a different situation, but $2000 is the difference between staying in state and leaving to pay double?</p>
<p>Whoa! Hold up!</p>
<p>I was under the impression from a different source that we were supposed to pay and then we’d be reimbursed so I wasn’t worried about it right now. But incoming class of 2013 isn’t getting it?</p>
<p>Noone is getting the award if the bill passes.</p>
<p>I wasn’t even allowed to consider out of state programs because my dad did not feel it was smart to waste $4,000 that had been handed to me, and honestly any other school I would have considered would have been second or third tier and probably not as expensive as Michigan’s OOS tuition. Whether it makes sense or not, my dad was the one who got to decide whether or not he would cosign my loans and that was what he decided. </p>
<p>I mean, don’t get me wrong, I am glad I am going to Michigan and I do like Michigan. It’s just that a lot of planning was done around that scholarship and it is absolutely criminal that someone can award a scholarship and then take it back two years later. Under no circumstances is that acceptable. Don’t award any more, fine, but what’s already been awarded should not be taken back.</p>
<p>I hate to sound uncaring, but the times are not good in Michigan right now for most people. This is all a part of life and we just have to get used to disappointments along the way. Sadly, there really are very few guarantees anymore.</p>
<p>^Its just that there should have been further notice. Maybe if they announced that they must discontinue the funding 3 or 4 years from now, i would be ok with it. But many people had make plans based on the michigan promise and now its suddenly cut.</p>
<p>I understand what you’re saying j89. Many people make career decisions too and get fired for no fault of their own. That’s the way life is sometimes. The state currently cannot afford this program, it’s as simple as that.</p>
<p>I may sound old for asking this: Is the Michigan Promise Award similar to the Michigan Merit Award (which I received over five years ago?) If yes, this cut is truly disappointing for many MI families. I was very happy to receive the money.</p>