NMF Scholarships: An Updated Compilation

Paying for College National Merit Aid
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<p>Hey!! Check this out, mathmomvt!! Its 1/2 tuition PLUS $1000/yr!! Good deal!! </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/968141-questions-national-merit-scholarship-usc.html?[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/968141-questions-national-merit-scholarship-usc.html?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Cool, thanks for that pointer!</p>

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<p>trying to get a smiley to work – ahh there we go :D</p>

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<p>Jkiwmom - I’m sorry, I responded too hastily to your question. My OU response was for Oklahoma, not Ohio.</p>

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<p>[National</a> Merit Scholars - Boise State Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.boisestate.edu/nationalmerit/]National”>http://admissions.boisestate.edu/nationalmerit/)

Boise is a great small city and the school is getting better and better.</p>

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<p>Hi all, my daughter is a 2011 semifinalist, and I am REALLY glad to have found this thread! From what I can see, post #317 has the lastest list, dated 7/23/2010, and posted by Keilexandra. Sounds like she has gone to Swarthmore, one of the schools my daughter is interested in. Keilexandra, did you Swarthmore offer you a NMF scholarship?</p>

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<p>Swat doesn’t give NMF scholarships. 99% of Swat’s aid is need-based…not merit. </p>

<p>Swat offers a very small number of specialty scholarships… but the big ones do consider “financial need” for their award. [Swarthmore</a> College :: Financial Aid :: Special Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/x11842.xml]Swarthmore”>http://www.swarthmore.edu/x11842.xml)</p>

<p>If your D wants/needs a merit scholarship, then Keil’s list pretty much tells you which schools give them.</p>

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<p>Thanks! We’ll take a close look at the list that Keil posted.</p>

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<p>MYMOM2011, you’ll want to double-check the info on any schools you’re interested in. Keilexandra’s list was modified over time as new information came in, either adding or deleting schools. I’ve had good luck using google’s site-specific search feature. For instance, using the search string</p>

<p>national merit site:swarthmore.edu</p>

<p>turns up nothing except for announcements about students who received NMF awards, while</p>

<p>national merit site:arizona.edu</p>

<p>turns up links to Arizona’s awards.</p>

<p>Also, Keilexandra’s list does not list every single NMF award, just those that offer at least $5k/year and are guaranteed. Other schools may offer competitive NMF scholarships, which is where it’s useful to comb through the list of schools that your child is considering and see if there’s any NMF possibilities.</p>

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<p>I have seen that at least a few of these need you indicate that the college is your first choice school in order to get a scholarship. Is that the case for all the schools?</p>

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<p>That is the normal procedure for schools that give out National Merit scholarship. Since you can attend only one school so it should not be an issue to name that school as your first choice school. You have also sometime to decide.</p>

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<p>cristiline…</p>

<p>Right now you can be “undecided.” However, some schools have deadlines sometime after Jan 1st to be named #1. I don’t think any school requires you to name them before Jan 1st. Hopefully, if there is such a school, someone will name it.</p>

<p>And…you can change your first choice later on. You can either mail or fax in your change. You’ve been given a postcard in your package, but there is also a form you can down load from the NM Corp website to change your #1 selection.</p>

<p>Some schools don’t require you to name them #1 until April.</p>

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<p>Yes, but you have time. My son stayed “undecided” until he had all acceptances and scholarship offers in hand. You do need to be mindful of when each college requires you to select them as your #1.</p>

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<p>On the list of honorable mentions for Private Schools, Cedarville University in Ohio gives guaranteed 50% tuition for NMSF, which is stackable with certain other academic scholarships.</p>

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<p>Time to update the list as a service to the community. The OP has moved on to Swarthmore (and no, they don’t offer NM scholarships there more’s the pity), so I’ve taken Keilexandra’s last list and updated it with any info added by posters. Keil’s modus operandi was to confirm any entries by what’s on the school website, not just hearsay. If you come across any changes or new entries, I’d suggest posting the link and then updating the list. </p>

<p>I’ve created a shortcut URL, if you’d like to share the list with others:
■■■■■■■.com/nmscholarships</p>

<p>o Full ride is defined as minimum tuition/room/board.
o Must guarantee at least 5k or full tuition competitive to be eligible for Honorable Mention.
o U=University, C=College
o *=annual class <1k students
o ^=schools that OP personally found notable</p>

<p>NMF FULL TUITION+</p>

<h2>Publics</h2>

<p>U of Alabama (NMF full ride & NMSF full tuition with 3.5 GPA guaranteed)
U of Alabama-Huntsville (NMF full ride & NMSF full tuition guaranteed)
Alabama State U (full ride guaranteed)
Auburn U <a href=“full%20tuition+%20guaranteed”>AL</a>
U of North Alabama (NMF full ride & NMSF full tuition+ guaranteed)
Troy U <a href=“full%20ride%20competitive”>AL</a>
U of Arizona (full tuition[+?] guaranteed?)
Southern Arkansas U (in-state full ride/OOS full tuition+ [full ride - 2.5k] rolling)
Boise State U (full ride, limited funding so first come first served)
U of Central Florida (NMF full tuition+ guaranteed / full ride competitive & NMSF 9k guaranteed)
Florida A&M U (NMF in-state full ride & OOS full tuition guaranteed - other qualifications, see University Scholarships - Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 2010)
U of South Florida (NMF full ride competitive inc. laptop, study abroad - <a href=“http://usfweb2.usf.edu/Admissions/pd...on-florida.pdf[/url]”>http://usfweb2.usf.edu/Admissions/pd...on-florida.pdf&lt;/a&gt; | <a href=“http://usfweb2.usf.edu/Admissions/pd...an-florida.pdf[/url]”>http://usfweb2.usf.edu/Admissions/pd...an-florida.pdf&lt;/a&gt;)
U of Idaho (NMF full ride competitive [25])
Eastern Kentucky U (in-state full ride & OOS full tuition- guaranteed)
U of Kentucky (full ride 1st year & full tuition+ remaining 3 years guaranteed)
Louisiana State U (full tuition competitive)
U of Maine (tuition- competitive)
Wayne State U <a href=“full%20ride%20competitive”>MI</a>
^*U of Minnesota-Morris (full tuition guaranteed)
^Truman State U <a href=“full%20tuition%20competitive”>MO</a>
U of Mississippi (NMF full tuition+ equivalent, less for NMSF; see The University of Mississippi ? Office of Financial Aid)
Mississippi State U (NMF full tuition+ & NMSF full tuition- guaranteed)
U of Southern Mississippi (NMF/SF full ride competitive)
Southeast Missouri State U (NMF full ride guaranteed, NMSF full tuition- guaranteed)
U of Nebraska-Lincoln (full tuition+ competitive)
New Jersey Institute of Technology (full ride guaranteed)
New Mexico State U (NMF full ride & NMSF full tuition+ guaranteed)
Cleveland State U <a href=“full%20tuition%20guaranteed”>OH</a>
Youngstown State U <a href=“full%20ride%20with%2030%20ACT/1300%20SAT%20competitive%20%5B40%5D”>OH</a>
U of Oklahoma (full tuition+ guaranteed)
Oklahoma State U (full tuition+ guaranteed)
U of Memphis <a href=“NMF%20%5B9k%20+%20OOS%20waiver%5D%20&%20NMSF%20%5B7.5k%20+%20OOS%20waiver%5D%20full%20tuition+%20guaranteed”>TN</a>
U of Houston <a href=“full%20ride%20guaranteed”>TX</a>
U of North Texas (full ride competitive)
Texas A&M U (full tuition+ competitive)
U of Texas-Dallas (full tuition+ guaranteed)
Texas Tech U (IS full ride & OOS full tuition+ [19.8k] guaranteed)
U of Texas-Tyler (NMF full ride & NMSF full tuition+ guaranteed)
Washington State U (NMSF full tuition guaranteed)
West Virginia U (full tuition- guaranteed)
U of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (in-state full ride guaranteed [~4k OOS tuition difference])</p>

<h2>Privates</h2>

<p><em>Abilene Christian U (full tuition guaranteed)
Alfred U (full ride guaranteed with top 5% rank, otherwise full tuition/ride competitive)
*Alma C (full tuition guaranteed, full ride competitive [first 15 to commit])
*Andrews U (full tuition guaranteed)
Baylor U (full tuition guaranteed)
*Birmingham-Southern C (full tuition competitive)
Bradley U (full tuition guaranteed [not advertised, see <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/...6-post29.html][/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/...6-post29.html]</a>)
U of Dallas (NMF full tuition, NMSF 12k guaranteed)
^</em>Denison U (full tuition competitive)
Drexel U (full tuition guaranteed)
<em>U of Evansville (NMF full tuition & NMSF 75% tuition guaranteed)
*Faulkner U (NMF/SF full tuition guaranteed)
^Fordham U (full tuition+ competitive)
*Harding U (full tuition guaranteed)
*Geneva C (NMF full tuition & NMSF 3/4 tuition guaranteed)
Liberty U (NMF full ride & NMSF full tuition guaranteed)
*Lipscomb U (full tuition+ guaranteed)
Long Island U-C.W. Post (full tuition competitive)
Loyola U Chicago (full tuition competitive [5], 2k guaranteed)
^Northeastern U (full tuition guaranteed <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/...5-post264.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/...5-post264.html&lt;/a&gt;)
*Nyack C (full tuition guaranteed)
*Oakwood U (NMF full tuition+, NMSF full tuition, & NMCommended 80% tuition guaranteed)
*Oklahoma Christian U (full ride guaranteed)
*Pacific Union C (full tuition guaranteed)
*Roberts Wesleyan C (NMF full tuition & NMSF half tuition guaranteed)
*Spring Arbor U (NMF full tuition & NMSF half tuition + one-time 5k guaranteed)
*Sterling C (full tuition guaranteed)
^</em>U of Tulsa (full ride competitive [70-80])
^*Wesleyan C <a href=“full%20tuition%20competitive”>women only</a>
*Westminster C <a href=“NMF%20full%20tuition%20&%20NMSF%20half%20tuition%20guaranteed”>UT</a></p>

<p>NMF HONORABLE MENTIONS</p>

<h2>Publics</h2>

<p>Arizona State University (11k in-state, 17k OOS guaranteed)
U of Central Arkansas (12k guaranteed with 3.25 GPA)
Ball State U <a href=“5k%20guaranteed”>IN</a>
California State U-Fullerton (in-state only: full tuition+ guaranteed)
California State U-Long Beach (in-state only: full ride competitive)
U of Florida (OOS tuition waiver + 4k guaranteed)
^*New C of Florida (17.5k guaranteed)
Iowa State U (in-state full ride competitive)
Ohio State U (half in-state tuition competitive must rank in top 10% of high school class)
U of Kansas (10k guaranteed, 5k competitive [16])
U of Louisiana-Lafayette (unclear - UL Lafayette: Academic Scholarships: High School Seniors)
U of Massachusetts-Amherst (in-state full ride competitive)
Michigan State U (750-2k + in-state 2k & OOS 4k and room/board competitive)
U of New Mexico (~13k [in-state full tuition] competitive)
U of Akron <a href=“6k%20guaranteed%20+%20Honors%20College%203k”>OH</a>
U of Cincinnati <a href=“in-state%20full%20tuition+%20%5B50%20awards%20max,%20OOS%2014k%20difference%5D”>OH</a>
Wright State U <a href=“in-state%20only:%20NMF%20full%20ride%20guaranteed,%20NMSF/Commended%20full%20tuition%20guaranteed”>OH</a>
U of South Carolina (in-state up to 10k, OOS up to 6k + OOS tuition waiver)
U of Vermont (in-state NMF full tuition, OOS “up to 10k” + elig. for Pres/Trustee scholarship competitive)
U of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (full in-state tuition guaranteed)</p>

<h2>Privates</h2>

<p>^<em>Beloit C (5k guaranteed)
^Boston U (half tuition competitive)
*Calvin C (10k guaranteed)
Cedarville U (half tuition guaranteed)
*Concordia C (14k guaranteed)
^</em>Furman U (NMSF 14k guaranteed)
Gonzaga U (6.25k guaranteed)
<em>Gordon C (75% tuition guaranteed w/ 3.5 GPA)
*Hope C (17k guaranteed)
^</em>Macalester C (5k guaranteed)
<em>Morningside C (“tuition scholarship” guaranteed - Morningside College Admissions: First-year Students Scholarships)
*North Central C (3/4 tuition guaranteed)
^U of Rochester (17k guaranteed)
^Rochester Institute of Technology (15k guaranteed)
*U of Sioux Falls (full ride competitive [1])
^U of Southern California (half tuition guaranteed)
Southern Methodist U (half tuition + 2k guaranteed)
^</em>St. Olaf C (7.5k guaranteed)
^Vanderbilt U (5k guaranteed + 2k if awarded competitive merit)
^Worcester Polytechnic Institute (17k guaranteed)</p>

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<p>Slithey…thank you! :)</p>

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<p>Florida State University offers $6000 per year for four years to NMF (a total of $24,000)</p>

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<p>An update on ASU, based on a letter I received dated 9/27/2010:

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<p>This is from a letter I received from ASU dated September 30. There seems to be a difference in what was offered in your letter. I am OOS and sent my application in prior to notification of my NMSF status.
I wonder if my offer was less because I showed an early interest in ASU. </p>

<p>"Thank you for your application to Arizona State University. Upon admission, you will be automatically reviewed for one of our **New American University Scholarships, ** valued at up to $9,000 annually for a four-year value of $36,000. Should you become a National Merit Finalist and indicate Arizona State University as your first choice with the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, ASU will replace your scholarship with the **ASU National Merit Finalist Scholarship. **This is an award of $13,000 renewable for three additional years, for a total four-year value of $52,000.</p>

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<p>^^Sounds like ASU has a sliding scale.</p>