NMSF/F Scholarships

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Florida
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<p>Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows the details of UF's NM scholarships? The site doesn't give them. I found this article from four years ago about UF's reducing the packages (State:</a> UF to slash merit scholar inducements) but that's it and I wasn't sure if the details given applied to the new package or the old on.</p>

<p>If anyone can tell me, that would be great. I literally just started considering UF today (I live in Alabama), but it seems like a pretty good option.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>The national merit scholarship from UF these days sucks. It’s 1000 a year plus 1000 for “research”. So $5000 total. There’s some other benefits (guarenteed housing, priority registration) but the money isn’t very good.</p>

<p>You have to take 15 credits every semester as well.</p>

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<p>Is it the same OOS as in-state? Like, is there not even an OOS tuition waiver anymore?</p>

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<p>Oh yea, I wasn’t thinking about OOS, I’m pretty sure it still has the OOS tuition waiver, but otherwise isn’t much better.</p>

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<p>Yeah, OOS students get the tuition waiver and ISS get the $5000. That is, unless something has changed recently.</p>

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<p>I coulda sworn OOS get both the 5000 and the tuition waiver. My quick google search made me believe that was the case.</p>

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<p>Hmmm, alright, thanks!</p>

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<p>I’ll email the admissions folks and post here if/when I get an answer in case any other potentials were wondering.</p>

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<p>I’m actually an incoming freshman with an OOS NMF scholarship, so I’ll try to fill you and any other lurkers in. I just went through this myself, lol, and I’ve done tons of research.The waiver is currently estimated at $ 20,140.00, although it is supposed to increase as tuition does. The actual “scholarship” is for $4,000 per year, with another 1k available for research (I was initially told it also covered career development, but nothing I’ve gotten since mentions that).</p>

<p>It’s a fairly good deal, although it’s not as good as it might seem right now, and definitely not as good as it used to be. Tuition has been rising at 15% the last few years (estimated in-state tuition is ~$5,000 for 2010) and is likely to continue. Plus, you’ll still be responsible for OOS fees. When I spoke with the NMF coordinator, she told me that an OOS student was responsible for about ~1k+ last year for tuition and fees after it was all said and done. Obviously, it’s still a fantastic deal compared to most schools, but there are a lot of other NMF scholarships that are substantially better (albeit at lower ranked schools).</p>

<p>Edit: Sorry, I just did a little post stalking of you and noticed that you’ll also qualify for NAF? That changes things quite a bit. UF’s NAF scholarship will give you an additional 17k on top of what I was previously talking about. I personally would jump on that in a heartbeat if tuition is a strong consideration for you. Congrats, you’ve got it made.</p>

<p>If you have any other questions, feel free to ask. Like I said, I just went through this whole process myself.</p>

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<p>Oh, cool. Thanks so much for the info! I will definitely be more seriously considering UF now.</p>

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<p>^ To add onto Biply’s post, there’s a $5000 scholarship (or somewhere around that figure) from the honors program that you get as well (just for being a NAF) which brings the total to about $22k.</p>