<p>i was actually talking to a kid from my school today and he is also a NMF and valedictorian president of NHS ect..</p>
<p>he said he might end up recieving more scholarships than he needs to pay for everything?</p>
<p>is that possible? what happens to the overflow moneys?</p>
<p>It's possible with stacking of outside merit scholarships. Universities have a procedure to prevent this by adjusting their own grants so there is no surplus. The extra money, if there is some anyway, goes into the pocket and gets taxed as income. This is a sign that the student aimed too low, perhaps for unusual but understandable reasons.</p>
<p>hmm thats interesting.</p>
<p>Texasmama: It just depends on what UT offers. UT is more expensive than A&M. Just got a letter today that gives him the Keys to Aggieland Scholarship for another $1,000 his freshman year. This on top of his NMF award and President's Endowed Scholarship brings the total from A&M to $84,600. He plans to go to med school so this is hard to turn down.</p>
<p>Congrats wemel. That's wonderful! Would not turn that down if I were in your kid's shoes.</p>
<p>wow wemel, that really is awesome congrats!!</p>
<p>BTW, that does include a $33,000 OOS tuition waiver, but still not bad.</p>
<p>Dear parents,</p>
<p>A&M will give a one-time award for just being NMSF, worth $2000, called the Merit Plus Scholarship. For NMF, naming A&M as your first-choice school by a certain deadline (March/April) will automatically qualify you to receive:</p>
<ul>
<li>*Director’s Excellence Award ($10,000 total over four years)</li>
<li>*National Merit Recognition Award ($24,000 total over four years)</li>
</ul>
<p>I applied for honor scholarships from A&M as well and ended up receiving these additional awards:</p>
<ul>
<li>*President’s Endowed Scholarship ($12,000 total over four years)</li>
<li>*Zoch-Chandler Scholarship ($20,000 total over four years)</li>
<li>Opportunity Award ($5000 over four years)</li>
</ul>
<p>*require maintainance of a 3.5 GPA for renewal</p>
<p>I chose A&M over UT because I simply love the school and they seemed to give far more aid. I am planning on majoring in biomedical engineering. I didn’t apply to UT at all, so I don’t know what they offer “automatically”. However, since A&M will give me $73,000 (so far!) with more chances for stipends and grants, I may actually make a profit from college. As someone mentioned, this does become pocket money.</p>
<p>Best of luck, and gig 'em!</p>