<p>sorry @celesteroberts I got the thread confused. D got a letter of acceptance to UK and then a couple of days later she got an email from the Honors program informing us of her acceptance. </p>
<p>Honors is not rolling, as somebody said earlier we were told that very strong candidates would be notified right away of their acceptance but many/most would need to wait until February. Deadline is Dec. 1.</p>
<p>I guess “pseudo-rolling” would be a better term. The Honors folks referred to it as “rolling”, but as @isaelijohjac said not everyone who applies early will necessarily get an early Honors decision.</p>
<p>FWIW, Michigan State offers a tuition waiver that equalizes out-of-state tuition to the in-state rate, $2500-$5000 for an overseas experience, and a “professorial assistant” position worth $2500/yr if you are admitted to the Honors College. In addition, they offer full room and board to NMF from out-of-state. I believe the Honors College invitation is guaranteed based on test scores and GPA. </p>
<p>My D is admitted to Alabama but at the moment is more interested in the NMF scholarships to Fordham and BU. But BU won’t really be a viable financial option unless she gets more than the half-tuition scholarship.</p>
<p>@isaelijohjac, I just noticed your posts.Thanks. No, my D is at ASU. I have an S15 looking at colleges now. I can’t get him interested in UK, though he did apply. He is all gung-ho about UMN-TC. Went for another visit Friday. They had an all day event for NMSFs and he did other things on his own also. Attended a chemistry class. Ate in a regular dining hall. None of that deterred him, loves it more than ever. Came home with a big bag of Gopher clothes.</p>
<p>He applied at MSU too, may visit there soon. The scholarship at MSU is complicated. Part of it is for OOS NMFs. That is the rm/bd + $4,000/yr stipend + $750-$2,000/yr official NMF money. And the room part is on campus only, so need to live in on campus apts after 1st year for that. </p>
<p>The rest of scholarship is stats based academic merit. It is 2 steps. First get admitted to honors. Requirements: top 5%+ (30 or 1360.) But they may let kids in with somewhat lower stats. Once in honors, the automatic OOS scholarship is $15,000/yr plus the study abroad funds. But if in addition you have 33 or 1500 or NMSF, that is replaced by the 2-year $2500/yr professorial assistantship and OOS tuition waiver.(which is more than $15,000/yr, maybe $18,000-$20,000.)</p>
<p>It’s worded in a way that makes it seem as though NMSF is good enough for this 2nd part of scholarship. Need not make NMF, I think. Overall though, to get the whole MSU package, need decent grades as well as National Merit status. If you don’t get into honors you won’t get a big chunk of the money.</p>
<p>Then there is a competition in February to get even more money- Alumni Distinguished Scholarships. Full-ride, full-tuition and some on the order of $2,000, can’t recall exactly.</p>
<p>I have heard that the Alumni Distinguished Scholarship competition is basically a marketing weekend for MSU. Others who have taken the test say that it’s impossible, and impossible to study for. Questions range from theoretical physics to 17th Century Persian Art. Winning the competition is akin to winning the lottery. </p>
<p>My son got the letter from the Honors College over the weekend. He’s #2 in his class, 35 ACT, etc. We are relatively close to MSU and have a family history there dating back to his Great Grandfather, so it will probably come down to how close MSU gets to Kentucky with scholarship money unless he gets into ND, Yale, or Northwestern and their calculations about demonstrated need come close to ours. I will update the MSU offer as it comes in, piece-by-piece.</p>
<p>Going to UCF NMSF day on Friday. Full tuition, room, board and laptop. Auto Honors admission. They are really making my son feel wanted. </p>
<p>That UCF deal is about as good as it gets. There may be a few close to that but I don’t know of any better. My son got a full ride at Baylor including books but he got it by stacking several scholarships. The NM was only for tuition. </p>
<p>UCF sends so many invitations and beautiful literature. And such a generous package. Too bad they are so far away for us. Maybe S will get tired of winter by spring break and agree to visit then. But I am not hopeful. It would be a great excuse to spend time in the sun!</p>
<p>It is expected to be “cold” there on Friday at 75 deg lol. Will let you know how it goes. </p>
<p>Brawny77 these are stacked as well. I’m still not completely clear on whether the FL Bright Futures is included or is in addition to. Will get the specifics hopefully on Friday. We have FL prepaid tuition as well, so, my S could theoretically graduate from UCF with a nice little nest egg for grad school. To further complicate matters, our older son is currently sublimely happy at UF and encouraging little bro to attend, because, really, what’s $85,000? Lol. S2 also applied to UMiami who also gives generous merit to NMF, but I will be shocked if it’s anywhere near their COA.</p>
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Once that Alabama package arrived a month ago – that was basically it for our son. Reads the other info coming in, but it just gets tucked away. If your son hasn’t checked out all that Alabama offers, (not only scholarship generosity, but opportunity-wise), I’d highly recommend it!!! The University of Alabama thread on CC (heck, all over CC in general) is packed with information and words of wisdom that will accelerate your learning curve with respect to UA’s top notch programs. There are quite a few parents whose NMF students have already even finished their degree careers at UA and still post – so positive was their experience that they are out sharing their info for our benefit. Enjoy!</p>
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<p>Along with Alabama’s great NMF award, if you’re an Eng’g or Comp Sci major, you get an add’ll 2500 per year stacked on top.</p>
<p>Mine favors Bama…great school, amazing opportunities, beautiful campus, terrific NMF award, and she also loves football. Roll Tide!</p>