<p>Texasdaddy…U of Minn has a $10K/year for 4 years NMF scholarship (Gold Scholar) with an additional $1K-$2K/year “official” NMSC scholarship (anything above the $1K based on financial need). With his GPA and test scores, I’m assuming his class rank is fairly high as well, so he’s probably in line for a Gold National scholarship (top 5% class rank) which will pay the difference between IS and OOS tuition. He’ll also be considered for all other university wide merit scholarships (Presidential, Bentson, etc.) based on the strength of his overall application, which I’m guessing from the stats you posted would be very strong.</p>
<p>If he submits an application by the early consideration/priority scholarship deadlines, he should have an admission answer in November and scholarship package offer by mid-December (if I remember my timeline correctly).</p>
<p>Minnesota far and away offers the best NMF packages amongst the schools in the Big Ten, and their Chem Eng program is ranked 3rd in the nation (not sure about the other engineering disciplines). I’ll also second Mom2CK’s support of Bama’s NMF scholarship program. It’s an outstanding offer, and guaranteed full rides are a wonderful thing to have in your hip pocket as he applies to various schools. Our D1 chose U of Minn as their scholarship package for her was very near a full ride, but Bama was her second choice sight unseen.</p>
<p>Congrats to your S on his grades/test scores and good luck with his college search!!</p>