<p>I remember that andison was a NMF and didn't even get admitted to Wash-U, much less a full ride. Maybe it was different 4 years ago.</p>
<p>My son got the free ride offers from ASU and U of OK and other good merit awards from some LACs but not specifically because of NMF. The ones that gave good merit aid said they'd have added on $2,000 per year for NM, but he got a corporate award.</p>
<p>jazzymom,</p>
<p>dmd77 mentions that her son had a "hook" beyond NMF and that must have been the deciding factor for any automatic offer from Wash U. In fact, I suspect the hook had a lot more to do with it than NM status.</p>
<p>Most of the 12 NMF at my son's high school this year applied to Wash U. (not too many highly ranked private schools in MO). Some were rejected, some were waitlisted. The guidance counselors definitely did not mention that these kids would be getting any merit awards from WashU on the basis of NM status. In fact, they were pretty blunt that WashU has never been very forthcoming with merit money for MO students.</p>
<p>The NMF D of a friend was accepted to WashU four years ago (just graduated from Unv of MD) and was only offered $2K/year. Same thing my daughter was offered, who is a freshman attending the school now. As others have said, there are a very few half tuition and full tuition scholarships, but you apply to each one seperately and they are not tied to NMF in any way.</p>
<p>Midmo - My nephew was admitted to WashU (decided on Northwestern) and told us of a classmate of his with a 2390 SAT and 36 ACT - rejected by WashU. To keep things in perspective, she didn't do much beside school - no clubs, no leadership, etc. etc.</p>
<p>S (2006 grad) was offered full or nearly full (tuition, fees, room board)
at U. of OK, U. of Arizona, U of Florida, U. of Arkansas, U. of Tulsa, UT Dallas, and Hendrix College. He didn't go to any of these schools, but U OK was his
2nd choice and he really liked his visit there.</p>
<p>D recieved tons of mail from schools she would not apply to....
USC offered her a full ride, but not sure if it had anything to do with her NMF status.<br>
Tufts, where she attends, gives no merit scholarships, but gave her a nice $500 per year as a pat on the back.</p>
<p>The Ohio State University scholarship for NMF's covers full tuition and an additional $4500.00 per year--which covers half of room and board. You are also accepted into the Honors College which special housing, advanced registration for classes, honors courses that are kept to a small student/teacher ratio, and additional benefits such as oversea trips during student breaks.</p>
<p>I should make it clear son did NOT apply to WUStL. By that time, he was already a freshman at MIT. Whatever hooks he had, WUStL found on their own.</p>
<p>Rice gives all NMF who attend $750 per year (up to $2000 if there is financial need). I think about 1/3 or more of students are NMF, but it's not a hook to get in (it's correlation, not causation - ;) )<br>
DD (4 years ago) got automatic full offers from U of O, U of florida, New College of Florida. She, like many on CC, turned them down for a school that offers smaller scholarships.</p>
<p>I think it should be expected that an average NMF is going to have alot of the "extras" one comes to expect when looking at these kids. Usually NMF is part of a pretty complete package. We found alot of schools do "find" ways to compete for a NMFeven if their "offical" scholarship is 2k. It becomes the chicken and the egg, I guess. Alot of non NMF scholarships come to NMF "because" they are NMF, along with everything else. </p>
<p>I mean there is always the posibility that the village idiot could get a perfect score, yet fail at everthing else, but my guess would be it's the 300 monkeys and 300 typewriters. Eventually you get a "kid nation" ;) .</p>
<p>Not sure I understand, dmd. If S was already a freshman at MIT when the mail mentioning the scholarships came, why would you put those packets aside for him to check out?</p>
<p>I love Bowdoin's atmosphere, in-town setting and strong academics, but I couldn't get D to apply there. She thought it was too small. She just didn't want a LAC. However, Bowdoin has a fairly unique way of supporting NMFs. If you have no need, you just get a straight scholarship. But if you have financial need, Bowdoin replaces any loans you would have gotten with outright grants. Please note that you still have to come up with your family contribution, which is what Bowdoin decides you can afford (not what you decide you can afford). Loans are available to help with the family portion. How it works in real life, I don't know. But I think it's worth checking out. For a NMF kid with a low enough EFC, it could be a real alternative to State U. Here is the link, and keep reading for the part about replacing loans with grants:</p>
<p>S is attending Duke, which offered him no $$. He did get $2500 from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation for being named National Merit Scholar, but that's it. Vanderbilt offered full ride, half tuition by Rice, Virginia, and William & Mary, but I don't believe that was just for being a NM Scholar.</p>
<p>The OP is asking about scholarships that will be available as a result of NMF standing. Large merit awards such as the full tuition and fees honor awards at Vanderbilt, and half-tuition award at Rice, are not related to National Merit. While most students with SAT scores high enough to make them eligible for these kinds of scholarships will also have high PSAT scores, the scholarships are not dependent on national merit standing.</p>
<p>My son has a full tuition and fees honor award at Vanderbilt, and in addition has a national merit stipend from them, but the two are quite separate.</p>
<p>As another poster pointed out, NMF standing does often imply a strong overall student "package" and that is the reason for my comments in post # 9. The OP will probably want to be on the look-out for additional merit awards, and not restrict attention to those schools that zero in on National Merit Finalists.</p>
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<p>Just to add a few things to this good summary... The scholarship covers full instate tuition but out of state students with these scores will also receive an automatic additional scholarship which covers about half of the out of state surcharge. Also, the Honors program will enroll about 1300 freshmen this fall. This number includes students from all of the colleges: arts and sciences, business, nursing, pre-med, pre-law, humanities, engineering, etc. Most people view OSU as huge (and it is) but a freshmen peer group of 1300 is awesome.</p>
<p>I should mention that S received a full ride offer from Hendrix not because he was NMF, but because he was a governor's scholar (likely for in-state NMF's).
He got the governor's scholarship largely because he was NMF, but you'd have to be in-state for that. Hendrix does offer a lot of merit aid--most students with excellent scores receive about 1/2 scholarship (around $15,000+ at a school that costs around $30,000)--something to look into, even if you're not NMF.</p>
<p>My D was a NMS scholare, ie $2500 award. Nothing else at the Ivies. She wasn't interested in the schools that offered free rides.</p>
<p>nm..........</p>
<p>"My D was a NMS scholare, ie $2500 award. Nothing else at the Ivies. She wasn't interested in the schools that offered free rides."</p>
<p>bully for you and her.</p>
<p>I'm a new freshman this year at ASU, and I've just completed my second week of classes. I would highly encourage you and your student to look at ASU. National Merit Finalists/Scholars receive a fantastic package totally just about all tuition, room, and board, regardless of residency status. The Barrett Honors College also offers a great experience. I'm taking all of my classes as honors sections, which means I don't have a single class above 25 students, and all are taught by professors. You have to be your own advocate at ASU in such a large student body, but the Honors College lends more personal attention to its students. </p>
<p>I finally feel like a fit in somewhere. The kids here are top notch quality. Don't count out big state universities with full rides--I was able to make both a great intellectual choice by attending here and also the right financial choice for our family.</p>
<p>"I'm a new freshman this year at ASU"</p>
<p>Good for you. We liked Barrett as well, but for us, no trees, too hot and waay giant campus. The Barret set up is nice and so are the people. Good luck.</p>