Here are links to two lists - one is automatic scholarships for certain GPA/test score stats, the other is for NMSF and NMF scholarships. I think these have been shared before…but now that the application season has started I thought it was worth repeating.
@texaspg Where did you find the information about the University of Houston scholarship for NMSF candidates? On the link I just posted it has a scholarship for NMF only.
@texaspg Also, the Alabama NMSF tuition scholarship is only for 4 years (8 semesters) - still a GREAT deal!!! The 5 year (10 semester) scholarship applies to NMF.
The NMSF info for University of New Mexico is incorrect. I checked with them and was told that there is no automatic award for NMSF. S is more interested in Mississippi than Alabama, and the cost would definitely be lower.
Sorry, when I say NMSF, I am implying that you will make NMF. If there are conditions which might preclude your child from getting to NMF (I heard things like a D or 2 Cs), then it will be much harder.
I am not really certain there are many schools promising money just for being NMSF and never making it to NMF. Many of them assign a 1000 or so on top of their tuition scholarships to claim the NMFs as having moved to scholar status. Essentially what that means is that the college is converting them to scholars when they enroll by paying them a $1000. As far as they are concerned, there are no bragging rights for enrolling NMSFs only.
@texaspg, Ole Miss gives tuition +room to NMSF; the GPA cutoff is 3.0. Our S has D’s in English both Sophomore and Junior years, although he did get a 4 on the AP exam. I’m 95 percent certain that will keep him from being NMF. You’re correct that there aren’t many schools that give big money for NMSF, but there are a few out there.
@momofzag, it’s nice that your son has some definite ideas about where he wants to go. That makes the process easier. My daughter dropped two schools yesterday, finally deciding that the service academies were probably not a good fit for her. This is lightening the application chore load quite a bit!
I guess that’s right. I just hope that he won’t be disappointed if none of the top 3 come through (because he really should get in to one of those).
The first three applications on the Common App are done, as of today. Seven more to go, plus the state uni.
Then lather-rinse-repeat with Twin Two.
That’s great, @Petrichor11! Are they EA apps, or regular ones completed well before deadline?
Are your twins applying to all the same schools or just the same number? @Petrichor11
@Petrichor11 that is a great relief I am sure.
@Petrichor11! I am jealous of your success in getting some applications done in your household. I am having no luck with my DD. She is still working on completing various projects and school is starting up in a couple of days and I can’t get her to work on essays. Once school starts there will be hours upon hours of homework every night and she will have to try to fit in essay writing in what ever time is left over. Her school does not do the essay writing as part of the english or writing program. Today we went for a walk with my ulterior motive being to bring up CA essay subjects in the course of conversation. Instead we somehow ended up debating the merits of various super heros. Oh well.
S has done two EA apps and one which isn’t EA, but for which there’s an early deadline for certain scholarship consideration. He has the state uni app and three more early-scholarship-deadline schools to go-- but none of them need attention before Labor Day weekend, so that’s good.
And it leaves him time to do the summer reading for his English class, which he just discovered existed. Seriously-- nothing was listed on the school’s Summer Assignments website.
D is applying to three state schools, possibly four, plus one or two private. They’re not the same schools as her brother’s-- he wants to go out of state and has big goals; she wants to stay in state, and nearby. Plus with her LDs, she’s not looking at uber-competitive schools.
So school has been back in session for less than a week, and I’ve already identified my parental challenge for the year. This going to be a huge undertaking. I need to so my best to teach to the strengths of both of my children , not just my DS16. He is very mature and picks up on things easily . He is an abstract thinker, always has been. DS19 is also smart, more concrete in his thinking, but has to work much harder to grasp concepts. He doesn’t pick up on subtleties . Writing comes very easily for DS16,not so much for DS19. The stress of helping DS16 navigate the next few months is making me a little less patient than I’d like to be. Has anyone else experienced this ? I’m open to any suggestions to make DS19 feel just as important and not neglected during his brother’s senior year in high school .
@4kids2graduate Do you (or anybody else) know if the GPA cutoffs for those scholarships are typically weighted or unweighted? I’m guessing unweighted.
@dyiu13 I’m sorry about the nihilism. While that’s not my S16’s issue, I’ve been secretly looking over his shoulder as he fills out surveys for those who will write his rec letters and he’s been beating himself up over his poor work ethic. I’m sighing with you.
@crowlady I would assume unweighted as well…
@carolinamom2boys I am right there with you. I have a S16 and an S20. S20 has severe learning disabilities and has a lot of academic issues, on the other hand, everything S16 touches turns to gold. One very sad day a teacher asked S20 what his favorite subject was and he answered “My brother is really good at math.” This year I have pulled S20 out of school for homeschooling because the school situation was so bad last year. This means I am working with S16 on college apps AND educating S20 at the same time. I am hoping that S16 can work with his brother a bit over the year because S20 loves it when they do academics together. We shall see. Now that S20 will be home all the time he will hear about his brother and his success even more. I have to make a big effort not to let the college application process take over everything.
@Lknomad, oh, that is heart-rending! You know, the babies in the family do tend to get a little less of some things…though they get more of others. We have a fairly large gap between #2 and 3, so I’m hoping that our baby will be enjoying plenty of one-on-one attention soon enough (whether she likes it or not!)
@LKnomad I give you so much credit . I could never home school. I’m very lucky that my boys are very close and D16 does try and help D19 understand things better. I’m going to make a concerted effort to give DS19 some special time. Not only are we focusing on college apps , tours and interviews with DS16, throw in the completion of an Eagle Scout project before November. Good luck with your boys .