<p>I just got the happiest little piece of paper telling me I’m a NM Finalist, which just about made my parents sing with joy because of the awesome scholarship package UA gives, but I’m wondering if any other scholarships can be stacked onto this one. </p>
<p>Can I still get the engineering departmental scholarship and the parent alumni scholarship? Or since the package is meant to cover everything but meals, do I just take it as is? Because I’d really like to have a little more money for summers abroad if possible.</p>
<p>Besides the engineering scholarship, UA might add others if they wanted to. However, if you win any outside scholarships, it is UA policy not to reduce aid; they will count fully towards whatever you owe. Congratulations on getting NMF.</p>
<p>Also, most students didn’t realize and UA did begin advertising it more, but you can use the tuition part of your scholarship to study abroad as well. If you are out of state, you are actually luckier than in state students because you’ll have more money to spend studying abroad. Instate tuition ~$3500 Out of state ~$9600</p>
<p>uaprophet - my dd would be on the scholarship where she gets 2/3 OOS tuition taken care of, so a 12600 discount. do you know how study abroad would work with that??</p>
<p>of course, with the 16 hour limit and 8 semester limit … not sure if she owuld have room in her schedule for study abroad.</p>
<p>Hey I’m also a very excited NMF. But I have a question about the UA scholarship package. Since it’s a guaranteed package, does that mean I am guaranteed the full ride as long as I choose it as my first choice college by May 31st?</p>
<p>You’d have to email the school and ask. I’ve seen the study abroad info for those with full-tuition scholarships, but not for those with 2/3.</p>
<p>Is your D still considering nursing? Will she come in with AP credits? Can she take a class or two during the summer at a local CC? If so, she might be able to do a study abroad before she begin clinicals.</p>
<p>*Hey I’m also a very excited NMF. But I have a question about the UA scholarship package. Since it’s a guaranteed package, does that mean I am guaranteed the full ride as long as I choose it as my first choice college by May 31st? *</p>
<p>Where are you getting that May 31st date? Did Bama give you that date? Why wouldn’t you be able to decide before that (such as by May 1st)?</p>
<p>Bama has a scholarship acceptance date (don’t know what it is), but some kids request extensions.</p>
<p>The National Merit corporation has May 31st as the deadline for reporting a first choice college. I’m not necessarily saying that that’s when I will decide by.</p>
<p>Yekim92, I think you are confusing National Merit’s rules with UA’s rules. UA requires a decision by May 1 at the latest or you are not guaranteed a spot. The scholarship acceptance deadline is actually earlier then that, but the deadline can be extended to May 1 if you request it. I’m guessing the May 31 deadline to notify NMF is to give some leeway to those that make their college decision on May 1. It can be annoying when other schools haven’t even mailed out acceptances and UA already wants a deposit, but that’s how things go. </p>
<p>Mike, I’d assume that UA would give your D the value of her scholarship towards study abroad, but I have never asked the scholarship department about it as I have full tuition. I definitely suggest taking some classes at a local CC or university over the summer. Especially in the introductory classes, the material is pretty similar at different schools.</p>
<p>If you’re waiting to find out if you’re accepted to another school (that doesn’t give a NMF scholarship), you can still declare Bama as your #1 pick to NMCorp because that indication only concerns NMF scholarships.</p>
<p>Once your D has an idea of what she wants to major in, she can work up a multi-semester plan and see if she can fit a semester abroad in at a time that won’t negatively affect her overall graduation plan.</p>
<p>Mike - the tuition portion can be used for studying abroad. I’m not sure if that scholarship covers tuition or housing or what so check with the scholarship department to be 100% sure.
But depending on the major she may be able to take classes abroad and still graduate on time. Engineering is difficult to study abroad and still take classes that are easily transferable.</p>
<p>i emailed someone about it and they said they would pay a portion … so if my D took a study abroad that was 3 credits they would pay 3/16 of her scholarship amount toward the study abroad. not sure that sounds very enticing. and to have to use one of her semesters for that much benefit would be stupid.</p>
<p>Mike…
When kids do a semester abroad, they don’t usually take 3 credits, they usually take at least 12. And, I think to keep the scholarship, you have to take at least 12 credits each semester, unless it’s the last semester.</p>
<p>Did they actually say 3/16 of her scholarship if she took 3 credits or did they say “portion”? Your D’s scholarship isn’t “by credit”…it’s 12-16 credits.</p>
<p>I would email again and ask…</p>
<p>If my D takes 12 credits, does Bama provide an amount of money that is equal to 2/3 of an OOS semester’s tuition (which is about $12k)?</p>
<p>they didn’t say 3/16 exactly … here is a quote</p>
<p>A student’s scholarship offer is for 4 years or 8 semesters of study. If you student wishes to use one of those 8 semesters for study abroad, then it can be requested. We do have a review committee that looks at these requests, as it is not always wise to use an entire semesters 2/3 tuition if the study abroad is for credit of say 3-9 hours. a normal fall or spring term the funding toward tuition would cover the percentage of full time enrollment (currently 12-16 hours). The 2/3 will be calculated on the cost of a students tuition at UA during the term they are studying abroad. </p>
<p>so, if the study abroad offered 12 - 16 hours it would be ok. if not, then it would be a bad idea.</p>