NMF Scholarships: An Updated Compilation

Paying for College National Merit Aid
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<p>^^^^ </p>

<p>Be aware…whenever a scholarship is for a “set amount” (such as $17,500 in this case), that that number does not go up regardless of any tuition increases. Therefore, if the shortfall is $10,000 (for 2009-2010 school year), the shortfall wil likely be higher every year as tuition increases.</p>

<p>From New College Website…</p>

<p>Excellence Awards
New College Excellence Awards are available to National Merit, National Achievement and National Hispanic Scholars.</p>

<p>This scholarship replaces the Four Winds Award.</p>

<p>Scholarship Value: </p>

<p>$17,500 per year, for a total of $70,000 over four years.</p>

<p>Requirements: </p>

<p>You must be a National Merit5 or National Achievement finalist and select New College as your first-choice school according to National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) procedures.
OR
You must be a National Hispanic Scholar, recognized through the College Board National Hispanic Recognition (NHR) Program.</p>

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<p>Kansas State offers 7k a year NM/NA/NH SF & F from Kansas. that covers tuition+</p>

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<p>^I see the scholarship offer on the website, but not a specific amount. Can you provide textual evidence to confirm the 7k?</p>

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<p>mom2collegekids, do you remember which colleges they were?</p>

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<p>Some of the schools that gave outright offers…</p>

<p>Fordham
U central florida
U of Alabama
U of Oklahoma
Birmingham Southern
U of Southern Miss</p>

<p>are a few off the top of my head…</p>

<p>As a matter of fact, U of Southern Miss actually sent the offer a day or so before my son was formally told by his principal that he was a NMSF (my son found out in August - his principal didn’t wait until the Sept date). I guess the universities see the lists of NMSF long before the public is told. So, when we got the letter from USM, it kind of let the cat out of the bag…LOL</p>

<p>If your child hasn’t received any such offers, feel free to email their scholarship offices and ask them about their NM scholarships. Many of the colleges that automatically give NM scholarships will send you an offer if you just contact them and ask them about their NM scholarships. And, frequently, they’ll include an application fee waiver.</p>

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<p>Add some others, Tulsa, Arizona, ASU, Texas A&M, Southern Florida, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma Christian.</p>

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<p>^ Are those to be added to the compilation or to the informal list of “outright offers”? If the former, please provide links with textual evidence.</p>

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<p>K</p>

<p>Which schools do your want online proof for?</p>

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<p>^ Any that are not already listed in the latest version of the compilation, and which you believe qualifies (at least full tuition, competitive or guaranteed).</p>

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<p>The Kstate presidential scholarship was offered to me and it was 7k. Your right, their website doesnt tell you about the amount so i dont really know if its augmented by some other criteria but i would think they would at least provide that info. I tried e-mailing their finaid dept before it was offered to me but they never responded, so i cant be 100%</p>

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<p>I know that Fordham U’s NMF scholarship is not automatic. I don’t have proof of that, but I have read several times on CC of kids who were NMF but did not get a full scholarship.</p>

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<p>Fordham now requires that the student be in the top 10% of their class to get the NMF scholarship.</p>

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<p>Miss St needs to corrected to note that it includes housing.</p>

<p>National Merit/Achievement Finalist, Non-Resident
Four-year award (eight semesters)
Priority Date: February 1
Award:
$20,000 over four years ($5,000/year), plus the non-resident portion of tuition
4 years of complimentary, double occupancy, on-campus housing
One-time $1,500 Educational Enrichment Scholarship for qualified educational pursuits, such as study abroad
Criteria:
Scholarship GPA of 3.25
Name MSU as their first choice</p>

<p>*Scholars sponsored by National Merit Corp. or a foundation may be selected for an annual stipend ranging from $500 to $3,000.</p>

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<p>^“full tuition+” indicates that a school offers more than full tuition but less than a full ride.</p>

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<p>^^^</p>

<p>Oh, I know…but I think including housing is a bit more than just “tuition+” </p>

<p>To me, Tuition+ looks like tuition plus 1 or 2 thousand dollars. Housing can mean about $7k each year to a student.</p>

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<p>o Full ride is defined as minimum tuition/room/board.
o U=University, C=College
o *=annual class <1k students
o ^=schools I personally find 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 ride guaranteed)
Arizona State U (NMF in-state full ride [15k] & OOS full tuition+ [23k], NMSF in-state full tuition+ [9k] & OOS 10.5k guaranteed)
Southern Arkansas U (in-state full ride/OOS full tuition+ [full ride - 2.5k] rolling)
U of Central Florida (NMF full tuition+ & NMSF 9k guaranteed)
Florida A&M U (NMF in-state full ride & OOS full tuition guaranteed - other qualifications, see [University</a> Scholarships - Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 2009](<a href=“http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?UniversityScholarships&DistinguishedScholarsAwardScholarship]University”>Page Not Found))
U of South Florida (NMF full ride competitive - <a href=“http://usfweb2.usf.edu/Admissions/pdf/freshman-Non-florida.pdf[/url]”>http://usfweb2.usf.edu/Admissions/pdf/freshman-Non-florida.pdf&lt;/a&gt; | <a href=“http://usfweb2.usf.edu/Admissions/pdf/freshman-florida.pdf[/url]”>http://usfweb2.usf.edu/Admissions/pdf/freshman-florida.pdf&lt;/a&gt;)
University of Idaho (NMF full ride competitive [25])
Ball State U <a href=“NMF%20full%20ride%20guaranteed”>IN</a>
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>
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 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>
Ohio State U (full tuition competitive)
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)
U of Texas-Dallas (full tuition+ guaranteed)
Texas Tech U (OOS full tuition [12.7k] guaranteed)
U of Texas-Tyler (NMF full ride & 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/1061891866-post29.html][/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1061891866-post29.html]</a>)
^</em>Denison U (full tuition competitive)
<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)
^Northeastern U (full tuition competitive)
*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>U of Central Arkansas (12k guaranteed with 3.25 GPA)
California State U-Fullerton (in-state only: full tuition+ guaranteed)
California State U-Long Beach (in-state only: full ride competitive)
University of Florida (OOS tuition waiver + 4k guaranteed)
^*New C of Florida (17.5k guaranteed)
Iowa State U (in-state full ride competitive)
U of Kansas (in-state only: 10k guaranteed)
U of Louisiana-Lafayette (unclear - [UL</a> Lafayette: Academic Scholarships: High School Seniors](<a href=“Admissions & Financial Aid | UL Lafayette”>Admissions & Financial Aid | UL Lafayette))
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%5BOOS%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” competitive)
U of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (full in-state tuition guaranteed)</p>

<h2>Privates</h2>

<p><em>Calvin C (10k guaranteed)
*Concordia C (14k guaranteed)
U of Dallas (NMF 14k, NMSF 12k guaranteed)
*Gordon C (75% tuition guaranteed w/ 3.5 GPA)
*Hope C (17k guaranteed)
^</em>Macalester C (5k guaranteed)
<em>North Central C (3/4 tuition guaranteed)
^U of Rochester (22k 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)</p>

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<p>To the top.</p>

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<p>This deserves to be a sticky at the top of the thread!</p>

<p>Great List Keilexandra!</p>

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<p>Thanks for great list!</p>

<p>An update to info on University of Dallas: NMF full tuition & NMSF half tuition up to full tuition. I think it’s competitive, based on wording below… </p>

<p>From U.D. website: “National Merit Finalists will receive a full tuition scholarship when they put UD as their first choice college with the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. This scholarship is inclusive of all other scholarships and grants offered through UD and is based on the competitiveness of the applicant pool. This scholarship is renewable annually.”</p>

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<p>A girl from sons’ high school went to U of Dallas. She did very well there. She spent a semester in Rome…awesome, fun.</p>