<p>Sure enough! Here is the page that describes the additional NMF housing scholarship:</p>
<p>[Merit</a> Scholarship Information](<a href=“http://www.scholarships.ttu.edu/Meritscholarship.aspx]Merit”>http://www.scholarships.ttu.edu/Meritscholarship.aspx)</p>
<p>If I’d known about that, I would have encouraged my son to apply to Texas Tech.</p>
<p>Anyone familiar with UT Dallas. We found it very compelling. Any experienced with NMF out there?</p>
<p>The GPA for renewal is high (3.5) for Texas Tech compared to other schools.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>That is high…and for engineering majors, it may be too high in some cases.</p>
<p>Daughter is also interested in UT Dallas and I would love some info from anyone who has NMF info on school.</p>
<p>We visited there last winter. If I remember correctly, they have a good guaranteed package for finalists. They also have a competitive scholarship that is huge with perks. I think they also require a 3.5 to keep the scholarship each year.</p>
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<p>and re maintaining the scholarship:</p>
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<p>UT Dallas offers an amazing McDermott scholarship but it may be too late for this years seniors.</p>
<p>Does anyone know the college GPA requirement at Auburn to maintain your NM scholarship?</p>
<p>What is Alabama’s?</p>
<p>Auburn GPA is required to be 3.0 to mainain the Presidential Scholarship (their designation for NMF’s) , but to remain in the Honors College from Sophomore year on a 3.4 is required. Please feel free to ask questions about Auburn. War Eagle!</p>
<p>*What is Alabama’s? *</p>
<p>You need a 3.0 to keep your scholarship.</p>
<p>And you need a 3.3 to stay in honors. If you fall below a 3.3, you get a warning and if you get a 3.3 the next semester then you’re ok.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any info/experience on the University of Dallas or can you point me to different thread about this university?</p>
<p>As long as we’re in the SEC, Ole Miss is 3.0 for NMF scholarships and 3.4 after 60 hours to remain a candidate for an honors degree.</p>
<p>susancani: U. Dallas (not to be confused with UTD) is a small (around 1500 undergrad) Catholic liberal arts school in Irving, TX. They started offering full tuition for NMF’s this school year. They also give a lot of merit scholarships based on test scores–so if you have high SAT or ACT scores/grades, but didn’t make NMF, you can still get a lot of merit aid. It has a reputation for being an intellectual, nerdy, conservative, but fun school. Average ACT is around 28-29. I hear it is hard to make good grades there–especially if you are a math/science major.
I think you need around a 3.3 (3.25?) to keep the NM scholarship, 3.0 to keep other merit scholarships. You can PM me if you want more personal info.</p>
<p>Generally, can you get NM scholarships AND other school scholarships or is it usally one or the other? Is it so variable that it is a school by school thing?</p>
<p>I’m looking for ways to cover the EFC and get NM scholarships and go somewhere other than Alabama. </p>
<p>I noticed that several schools offer full tuition, but I would need a way to cover housing, etc and can this be done through scholarships or will I be expected to pay the EFC?</p>
<p>sMITten–there are all kinds of combinations for scholarships. It is hard to answer your question because it really is school by school. My daughter has full tuition at her university (not NM related) and gets a small NM scholarship each semester from my husband’s company. We essentially pay her room and board and other expenses (though she is not a big spender). We did not ever apply for FA.</p>
<p>When you mention EFC, it implies that you will apply for financial aid and that is entirely different from merit-based aid.</p>
<p>I realize financial aid is different than merit based aid… but can you earn/use enough merit aid to make up for the lack of financial aid? Can merit aid be used to pay for the EFC?</p>
<p>Yes, depending on the school. You also can get private scholarship money (our local HS gives out $$$ at graduation). Some schools offer additional money based on your major, etc.</p>
<p>Almost always, the school will only award you the LARGEST of whatever institutional (school-based) scholarships that you qualify for. However, if you get OUTSIDE scholarships (e.g. from your high school, from a local community sponsor), those will stack directly on top of institutional MERIT aid. (The situation is much more complicated if need-based aid is in the picture.)</p>
<p>In MD Mom’s case, the NM scholarship is actually funded by her husband’s company and is considered “private,” not institutional.</p>
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To your first question: Yes, you can earn any amount of merit aid FROM THE SCHOOL up to the cost of attendance. If, for example, the school awards you a full-tuition NMF scholarship, you will have to pay the remaining costs through a combination of self-help and PRIVATE scholarships.</p>
<p>To your second question: EFC is a term related only to need-based aid. Merit aid CANNOT be used to pay EFC. For example, if you qualify for a 20k need-based grant, any (institutional) merit aid will be directly subtracted from that grant UNTIL merit exceeds need-based grant, at which point you no longer have any “need” and the situation reverts to merit only. Private scholarships, OTOH, combine with need-based grant in strange and variable ways.</p>