UNM requires 2 years of a foreign language for admission (because that’s what NM requires for HS graduation). Students from other states must meet their own state’s HS graduation requirements. If their home state does not require a foreign language for graduation, UNM will not require it for that student.
Applicants without any foreign language in HS will be reviewed on a case by case basis.
UNM is open to alternative methods for fulfilling the FL requirement if required by the student’s home state–like online coursework, passing a proficiency exam at the second level, 2 semesters of FL taken at a community college….
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p. 7 of The Regents’ Scholarship Handbook explains the selection process. Academics are the primary consideration, particularly advanced level coursework along with the short essays the student is asked to submit
SECTION III: SHORT ESSAYS
Please compose and type concise responses in your own words to the four questions below. Your responses will be evaluated on content, depth, creativity/originality, and grammar. Please limit the total length of your responses to no more than two pages.
1. What are your educational goals during and after your undergraduate studies?
2. Describe a specific example of your leadership.
3. Describe a recent particularly satisfying public service activity.
4. Describe your involvement with school activities or community organizations and/or employment.
I’m going to second all of the folks that have said to run the Net Price Calculator (NPC), but you may also want to ask schools with generous financial aid about a professional judgment pre-read with respect to the disabled parent. (This means that after you run the NPC, you would ask a financial aid counselor at the school to review your family’s information because of the disabled parent and see how that would change the school’s assessment of your financial need.)
If your parents do not want you to know their financial details, you do not need to be present for them to run it. Rather than MIT, I would suggest running Princeton’s NPC as it is often considered the most financially generous college in determining need. If that NPC (and a professional review afterwards) does not come back as affordable, then it is unlikely that any school will provide sufficient need-based aid, in which case you know that the necessary path to affordability will come through merit aid and lower cost schools.
Additionally, depending on your parent’s disability status, you may be eligible for financial assistance due to that disability. As an example, veterans that are disabled due to activities from their service will often have their dependents qualify for additional aid. I would investigate any options through that route as well.