Woo hoo! She should hear fairly quickly once they have all of the documents. 
What are the Honors seminars like? What about classes in the Humanities and Social Sciences? How up-to-date are the communication/journalism programs and do students get placements, internships…?
Thanks for the very useful report.
@DiotimaDM - if my daughter is most likely a NMF, do you think it’s safe not to apply for honors, and do it later? She is so slammed with all of the other apps and essays.
@MYOS1634 Here’s a link to explore the coursework offered by the Honors College. Some of the classes look fascinating! In addition to the classes at the link, UNM also has the standard array of honors versions of regular coursework - honors chemistry classes, honors English classes, etc. I can’t comment from personal experience since S is a rising senior who hasn’t attended yet. Note that there’s also and Honors Research Institute.
https://honors.unm.edu/academics/courses/index.html
Re: communications / journalism - I don’t have any specific info on that department - sorry!
@ crazy4info - Waiting won’t be any problem at all. That said, the application takes less than 5 minutes.
My son applied to UNM this morning. The application was short! Now we are confused about what comes next. Are we to send transcripts? If so, where to (we homeschool so I am also the guidance counselor)? Does the school send info about what to do next?
@ColoSky Send transcripts to the admissions office and request to have test scores from SAT or ACT sent. The school didn’t send a confirmation email or anything like other schools have. We did get a receipt for payment so I guess that’s how you know it was all submitted.
I know this because I called today thinking that my D’s application must not have submitted correctly. The AO told me that she was accepted and she would receive an acceptance and info in the mail about setting up an account.
Thank you so much! I did get the receipt for payment and we did request that the College Board send the scores. It was just confusing about what else needed to be done. I now sent the transcripts–I am hoping I sent them to the correct email address Congrats to your daughter! That is exciting!
Congrats to your D, @crazy4info!!
@ColoSky - Yep, send in transcripts and test scores and you’ll be done.
Thank you, guys! @ColoSky just follow up in 3-4 days to make sure they received the transcripts, then you should be all set!
It’s nice (and kind of fun) to get early acceptances in hand!
Can high stats kids find their tribe? IMHO, yes, but here are some numbers from the most recent common data set.
https://oia.unm.edu/facts-and-figures/unm-cds-2016-17.pdf
Roughly 5%-7% of incoming freshmen score 700 and above on at least one section of the SAT. The freshman class tends to be around 3,500 kids, so that’s 200 or so per section, probably with a lot of overlap on the other sections.
For the ACT, 5% - 10% scored 30 or better on at least one section.
23% of incoming freshmen had GPAs of 3.75 or higher. That’s roughly 800 kids.
My guess is that living in Hokona, the honors dorm, would put one smack dab in the middle of this pool of kids. There’s an Honors wing in the apartments, too, but I think those are mostly upperclassmen.
Beginning with the start of classes next week (August 15), UNM’s campus will be entirely tobacco-free.
This includes not just cigarettes, cigars, pipes, but hookahs, chewing tobacco/snuff/dip, and all vapes (e-cigarettes).
All designated smoking areas are in the process of being phased out, though a small number of outdoor designated smoking areas will be available to full time dorm residents for safety reasons.
New Tobacco policy here:
http://news.unm.edu/news/unm-to-become-tobacco-free-for-students-staff-faculty-beginning-fall-2017
Students are eligible for free smoke cessation services, including 3 months of nicotine replacement therapy, counseling and one-on-one coaching via phone or text messaging w/ trained smoking cessation counselors.
Campus police will ticket violators.
The Regents / NMF numbers for 2018-2019 have been released. Both scholarships have gone up by $531 to $18,868 plus the Amigo.
NMFs still get an iPad, awarded as a $600 technology allowance, during freshman year. Regents still do not.
The award went up because tuition went up by $18/credit for the 2017-18 academic year. Student fees also increased by $100/semester.
Yep, nice that they raised the scholarship to match the increases. Several schools (Bama, OU, frex) have trimmed back their NMF / autostats awards, and/or raised the bar for the qualifying scores.
I spoke to S’s admissions rep yesterday, and he gave me a final answer on gap years and merit scholarships.
UNM does not defer scholarships. In some cases, it will re-award them but the student has to re-apply.
For Regents, you can re-apply, but you will have to compete against that year’s candidates.
NMFs won’t be eligible for the scholarship anymore and will lose it.
I’m going to repeat that because it’s so important - NMF applicants must enroll the fall after HS graduation or they forfeit the NMF full ride scholarship.
Amigo/ WUE / LUE can be re-awarded if the student still qualifies, subject to available funding.
The Regent’s Scholarship doesn’t ask for any Letters of Recommendation, right? I don’t see it on the scholarships, but the ‘Tips’ section refers to them. Maybe it’s just for some other scholarships?
Hmm, I clicked through the online Regents application, and I don’t see mention of letters of rec. I’d call them to be sure, or use the chat feature.
I’ve just been told that housing applications for Fall of 2018 are expected to open in mid-November.
Nice. And Regents doesn’t accept LoRs. I somewhat wish they did…
@CharlotteLetter I was reading one of your other posts about UNM and thinking to myself that you sound like you have a good head on your shoulders. Best wishes with Regents!