Does anyone know how many semesters the NMF scholarship at Ole Miss covers? Is it 8 semesters, or 10 semesters like at Alabama and OU?
I’m not 100-percent certain, but I think the Ole Miss NMF scholarship covers only undergraduate study and only eight semesters. Both of my children have a reasonable shot at this in a couple of years, so I’d love to see Ole Miss go to the Alabama/Oklahoma model.
Here’s a link to the Ole Miss scholarship page. It’s a little confusing, as I understand that NMFinalists get their scholarship by merging three different awards. But it is a full ride. I don’t know what things are like today, but when the honor’s college was fairly new they were giving some really good offers to a few students. I know someone who was offered a full ride plus a $10,000 annual stipend. When they found out they might lose her they raised it to $20,000. In the end she chose to go to an Ivy League college, but that’s one of the most generous offers I’ve ever heard of. I’m not sure they would make this offer today, as a lot more people are clamoring to get into the honor’s college.
@nerdyparent The scholarship is 8 semesters. It covers full tuition and housing for Semifinalists. Finalists receive an additional scholarship worth $5,000. Finalists must notify the university’s Admissions Office of their finalist status to receive the additional award. NMF students also compete for other campus scholarships. Ole Miss does continue to award the scholarship for housing (on or off campus) so that’s important to put out there.
^wow - thanks @collegeguider
Do national merit commended students get anything?
dbcbs5,
The short answer is no. However, if you go to the link I posted above in Comment 1 you will see that Ole Miss has an Academic Excellence scholarship that starts providing merit aid starting with an ACT of 24 and a 3.0 high school average. The typical Commended student will have at least a 31 on the ACT, which qualifies for $5,250 annually plus $7,000 more if from out of state. If your parents have a degree from Ole Miss you can get an additional $3,000 waiver of out-of-state tuition. For students with a 3.5 h.s. average there are additional scholarships that stack onto the Academic Excellence scholarship.
Even though it doesn’t really show on the chart, I’ve talked to several people who say that making a 29 or higher on the ACT is important when it comes to financial aid. I don’t know why this number is so important, and it may change from year to year. But in the past there have apparently been additional scholarship opportunities in addition to the Academic Excellence scholarship for those with a 29 or higher. I suggest you consult with someone at Ole Miss about this, because everyone I’ve talked to says they are very upfront about what they will do in terms of merit aid.
I suggest you take a good look at the Ole Miss scholarship page. There are lots of merit scholarships, and many of them stack. For example, Eagle Scouts get $1,500 per year. Valedictorians and Salutatorians get $1,500 annually. Student body presidents get $1,500 annually. Students entering certain fields can get extra scholarships. Just take a look!
Don’t forget that Mississippi is in the Academic Common Market. So if you live in most Southeastern states (the Confederacy plus West Virginia, Maryland, and Deleware) and your desired major isn’t offered in your state, then you can attend a Common Market school at the resident rate. Mississippi State gets a lot of people under this program because it has some unique majors related to agriculture, such as Golf Course management. Ole Miss apparently gets most Common Market students wanting to major in Forensic Chemistry and Geological Engineering. One final note: a couple of states only participate in the Common Market at the graduate level.
http://www.sreb.org/page/1304/academic_common_market.html
ADDENDUM: Somewhere on the Common Market page is a form where you provide your state and desired major. It will tell you whether it is offered in your state. If not, it will tell you the schools you may attend at resident rates.
thanks, I am looking at pharmacy and will probably end up with a 33 or 34 on the ACT but only got commended on the PSAT. I have great EC but nothing that would qualify for money (no club presidents, alumni, eagle scout, valedictorian, etc).
We can only afford $10000 a year which includes books, food, living, etc. as we have others in college and private school. The AE award would cover base tuition and OoS fees with >33 on ACT but that still leaves a lot of money to come up with as housing alone is about $5800 and the additional pharmacy tuition (~$3500 a year) is almost at the $10000 and I would like to be able to eat and buy books!
After the first few years the pharmacy tuition increases about ~10,000 so I need as much financial aid as possible to even consider Ole Miss Pharmacy School.