<p>Any NMFs considering UNM?</p>
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Last year my D, a NMF, was accepted to UNL Honor College, full tuition plus $2000 room and board and $500 book annually. The Chancellor’s Scholarship is basically automatic for NMF, no interview, only requirements are personal statement, and a simple essay. I think they put in "considered” so they reserve the right to deny any students if many students apply and they run out of fund, but most if not all NMF will get the Chancellor’s Scholarship</p>
<p>Thanks, Parent 1001. Are you in or out of state? How does your D like it there? What is your impression of U. Nebraska in general? (you can pm me if you don’t want to post too many details. . .)</p>
<p>D is considering Arizona State & Temple, both full tuition scholarships as you probably know. Accepted at UMBC with nearly full ride, but doesn’t want to go there. Sigh. </p>
<p>Also considering U Pitt, U MD College Park, accepted at both with slightly better than half tuition scholarships. Accepted at U Rochester, but the net price is too steep.</p>
<p>Waiting to hear from Case Western, U Chicago and MIT.</p>
<p>What a process!</p>
<p>In reference to Nebraska, I recommend that if you’re interested in going there, you really focus on the honors college application. For whatever reason, I wasn’t accepted to the honors college as a NMF. Best of luck to anyone considering Nebraska.</p>
<p>WoolScarves: Does being in the Honors College give extra benefits–or do you lose anything as an NMF by not being in it? (Did you still receive the Chancellor’s Scholarship?)</p>
<p>I did still receive the full tuition + $2000. I don’t know what benefits the honors college gives, but I assume it’s the same as most honors colleges (small classes, advisers, dorms, etc). I wasn’t all that interested in Nebraska, so I never did much research and then once I was rejected from the honors college, I removed it from the list entirely, so I’m far from an expert on Nebraska. I just wanted to let people know that it’s not as easy of an application as most honors colleges are for NMFs.</p>
<p>From post #62, it looks like the only additional benefit (besides the small classes) is $500 book allowance.
S (NMF) refused to apply to his honors college. It just looked like a lot more WORK, plus, he figured that small discussion classes would bring down his GPA. (He is extremely quiet). The few extra benefits didn’t seem worth it.</p>
<p>My son is a NFM and will be going to Amherst College. It’s not on the Natl Merit list, unfortunately. We are hoping for the $2500 scholarship. The percentage of NMF’s who get the one-time $2500 scholarship is fairly low, if I recall, but we are hoping! Is that announced in late March?</p>
<p>TheJJ411, thanks for the heads up about USM. My kid is only a junior but his PSAT was well over our state’s semifinalist past cutoffs. In addition to all the perks you mentioned, USM also has a full tuition scholarship for NMSF. We are fairly confident he’ll make NMSF, less sure about NMF obviously (and his grades aren’t spectacular). </p>
<p>It offers his current choice of major too. Definitely on the list to visit now. If he likes it well enough, that could pan out into a good option that he could have somewhat in the bag early in the process. And he very much wants to study abroad so if he did make it all the way to finalist he’d love all those perks.</p>
<p>Some other good full tuition opportunities for NMSF but not NMF: Alabama, Alabama-Huntsville, Mississippi State, New Mexico, Washington State, and Fordham.</p>
<p>Complete list here:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/15297679-post727.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/15297679-post727.html</a></p>
<p>@1or2Musicians I was very wary of USM when I first started looking at colleges since it was rather close to home, and I really wanted to get out of the South to go to college; they completely changed my mind, though. Depending on how far away you live and if your son progresses to the NMSF level, they will send you an invite to a very private NMSF banquet. Do everything you can to go! This is what put them on my radar. The banquet was incredibly professional, and each NMSF who went was assigned a USM student and professor from their intended major. Honors Day is also nice at USM but nothing like this banquet. </p>
<p>I’d also recommend going to a summer camp there if your son gets the chance. I went to a journalism camp at USM in 2011 which was one of the best camps I’ve ever been to. It was extremely hands on and helped me determine that I didn’t want to go into that field. It was also free and they provided room and board in their best rooms and cafeteria. I don’t know if all USM summer camps are like that, but it’s still a great way to get on campus and see what USM is like.</p>
<p>Also, even if your son doesn’t become a NMF, USM’s study abroad program is currently set up so that if you study abroad a semester or year tuition is completely the same. I think you have to buy your own food abroad, but that’s the only expense. From what I understand, their stipend for NMF could cover that food or could go towards a summer/winter break program that could cost from $2,000-$6,000.</p>
<p>Sorry if that was too long of a post, haha, but let me know if you have any questions about USM. I’ve studied it a lot to find out if that’s where I want to go. Also, good luck to your son!</p>
<p>Not too long at all–thanks for the info. Same to you, BobWallace. We will keep those on the radar as well.</p>
<p>My daughter seriously considered U Ok for the NM 98,000 (nearly a full free ride) but instead listed UIowa as she won the Iowa Presidential scholarship which stacks with other scholarship monies to be a full free ride (and they give a refund check every term for monies not spent-important as she’ll be in an apartment not the dorms if she attends Iowa. ) She has also been accepted to Caltech, MIT, UChicago, Cornell, Wellesley and next week we hear from the other Ivies…but what is most important are the financial aid packages each school offers. A full ride at a state school is making it difficult for our family to want to spend the signficant monies for an undergraduate degree at a private prestigious college. So we wait to learn HOW MUCH…</p>
<p>How does your daughter feel about choosing the NMF scholarship schools over the big names like Cal Tech? Ivy day is coming soon and I find myself almost hoping for rejections so my son won’t feel short changed if we ultimately encourage him to take the scholarship.</p>
<p>^^I hear you. 
D applied grudgingly to ASU (our state uni) and Northeastern for full rides. She has also gotten big money scholarships at several other schools that are more competitive, and where we would end up paying next to nothing. It all comes down to Thursday. She has Rice as her designated school at this point, as ASU allows you to change at any point.</p>
<p>In response to post #27,</p>
<p>How sure are you that both of these scholarships are automatic? I know that especially at Northeastern, they specifically say on their website that NMF are eligible for scholarships up to full tuition, and the admissions counselor I emailed told me that it isn’t guaranteed. I’m not sure if they just say this in case they have a huge amount of NMF that apply, though.</p>
<p>My D got in to NEU EA and received some lesser scholarship with admission. I was concerned, as other schools sent an early guarantee that if she attained NMF status she would receive such-and-such scholarship, which NEU, and a couple of other places did not mention. I e-mailed fin aid and Ben Parsons told me that she would get it after she became NMF and named them first choice and that is how they handle it. But it is true, now that I reread the email, he didn’t say it is guaranteed for everyone, was talking in a way that was specifically about her, and I supposed he meant everyone. So I take it back. I don’t know that it is automatic. Sorry.</p>
<p>Bama was officially decided today.</p>
<p>He considered and is declining:</p>
<p>Pitzer
Rhodes
Trinity U (San Antonio)
U of Tulsa
Alabama - Huntsville
Juniata
Susquehanna</p>
<p>He has full ride or full tuition at 4 schools.</p>
<p>Pitzer would have on out if cost was not a factor. Though Bama is larger than what he wanted, the merit and opportunities won out.</p>
<p>Son was accepted to some great private schools with good need based aid, but still feeling better about merit aid at some of the state schools. Surprisingly, so is he. We are worried about next year and what if . . . Only two more weeks to ponder the decision then it will be done either way.</p>