Need full ride for Nat'l Hispanic Comp Sci student!

Paying for College National Merit Aid
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<p>OK....</p>

<p>I know that some schools have recently dropped their big NH scholarships. So, I need to know which ones still exist.</p>

<p>I don't need "full tuition"....I need FULL RIDES (tuition, room, board) or very close to full rides.</p>

<p>This student is an int'l and poor, so can't do FAFSA for loan and Pell. </p>

<p>His Visa does not allow him to work...so that's another reason for the need for a full ride.</p>

<p>This student lives in this country and was named a NH Scholar. He has very good stats as well. SAT I (breakdown): 690 CR, 730 M, 740 W Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7 </p>

<p>Right now, he has a full tuition award to Fordham, but I just don't see how he/family can come up with room, board, books, fees, etc...since they are poor. I think he also has to pay an insurance fee. Don't know if Fordham also requires "course fees", which at some schools can be high for STEM majors. Fordham will not offer any additional aid...they do not give need-based aid to int'ls. Since he has a visa, don't know if Fordham will still require this int'l to show funds for EVERYTHING...like an int'l usually has to do. If so, then he could have to show about $20k in funds.</p>

<p>He also has been accepted to UTexas, but even as an instate student, it may not be affordable since UT doesn't give much help to int'ls. </p>

<p>So...those of you who know huge NHRP scholarships (Entomom, that means YOU!! :) ). Can you please recommend some for a CS major from Texas. :)</p>

<p>I think that UAB offers a near full ride (not meals)....and maybe UAH.</p>

<p>Maybe Texas A&M??? Or Arizona or UAz? UTulsa??</p>

<p>Remember...not just "full tuition"....need a full ride or very close to it! If it doesn't include a meal plan, then it can't have a pricey mandatory meal plan. </p>

<p>So, let's help a poor kid out! :)</p>

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<p>UAHuntsville …which is strong in STEM majors - especially engineering and comp sci - and has lots of internships/co-op opportunites since it’s located in Cummings Reseach Park…
2nd largest research park in the United States. </p>

<p>National Merit, Achievement, or Hispanic Finalists and Semi-Finalists
Students who have been declared a National Merit, Achievement, or Hispanic Finalist qualify for the UAH Platinum Award of Academic Distinction, valued at full tuition (up to 16 credit hours per semester) plus course fees, basic on-campus housing and meal plan, and a $500-per-year textbook stipend for four years if the student maintains satisfactory academic progress and full time student status.</p>

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<p>Oklahoma City University provides full rides to National Hispanic Scholars. National Hispanic Scholars can compete for one of the many full rides at the University of Tulsa. It appears that the University of Central Florida may also provide full rides to National Hispanic Scholars, though it isn’t completely clear on their website.</p>

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<p>If he is from Texas, like me (also international but without any visa or anything else), than he qualifies for in-state tuition through HB1403. He has to submit an SB1528 affidavit stating that he will apply for permanent residence as soon as he has the opportunity to do so. With this done and qualifying for in-state tuition through the core questions, he can apply for state financial aid through TASFA. This will give him a good amount of money, on top of scholarships he will for sure get from Texas A&M and UT. Please inform him of this. My best wishes.</p>

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<p>The problem with relying on state based aid through filing the TAFSA is that the state of Texas always runs out of money before it runs out of students with need.</p>

<p>Texas A&M is a great suggestion. It is very generous to NMF – so might well be similarly generous to National Hispanic scholars. From the Texas A&M website – “Students who are recognized as National Hispanic Scholars by the College Board are guaranteed the CB Recognition Award worth $14,000 over four years. To receive the guarantee, the scholar must be designated as a National Hispanic Scholar, admitted to and enrolled full time in Texas A&M University – College Station, be a spring high school graduate and a fall incoming freshman. In addition, most National Hispanic Scholars are eligible to compete for other scholarships offered by Scholarships & Financial Aid, individual colleges, or departments at Texas A&M.”</p>

<p>The University of Texas isn’t generous with merit aid to anyone – though there might be some possibilities in the merit within need pools of money.</p>

<p>Another possibility might be the University of Houston. (I saw on another thread that the student is from League City, which is just outside of Houston – making commuting a possibility.)</p>

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<p>That’s why you apply early for TASFA… Anyway, if he has not explored his possibilities to a reasonable extent, than he is not putting much effort into it. I know that he does bot have a lot of opportunity to do so, but it is necessary that he have some sort of drive if he intends to enroll in a university. Nobody has held my hand throughout this college application season because I have used all of the resources I have available and also some common sense. Some of my U.S. citizen friends have absolutely no motivation and they probably think everything needs to be done for them. </p>

<p>Again, I hope the student in question succeeds in his quest for a higher education and forgive me if I sound too harsh.</p>

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<p>How can kid be a National Merit Scholar without being a US citizen or Permanent Resident?</p>

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<p>^^</p>

<p>He’s a Nat’l Hispanic scholar. I don’t know if his status slipped thru the cracks or what, but NHRP named him a scholar and that’s all the schools seem to care about. I, too, wondered if there had been a mistake. If there was, it was made in his favor. </p>

<p>When I read thru the NM literature, it looks like the school’s GC submits something when a student isn’t a citizen indicating that citizenship has been applied for. Don’t know if she did or not.</p>

<p>The problem now is that a full tuition scholarship from Fordham isn’t enough. He can’t take out a Stafford loan or anything like that to pay for room, board, etc. He’s a little naive about all of this and just thinks that because the remaining costs are lowish (about $13k) that he can come up with the money somehow…despite the fact that his parents are very poor and can’t likely come up with an extra $1k per month to cover those costs - especially for 4 straight years!!! Sometimes even a smallish amount may as well be a large amount.</p>

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<p>I think University of Nebraska offers a full ride to Hispanic Scholars. Is he willing to go out of state? I think, U of H and TX Tech do too.</p>