@CA1543 You have to submit common app before you can request LORs sent through Naviance. Then there is a delay for the upload … The school has to upload it’s part first. Definitely need to plan ahead and finish up early.
Yep I’m somewhat dealing with that-I can’t go online and request transcripts until D finishes her student profile. Then that has to get to the right GC’s (we’re sending it to a few, covering our bases, because we got differing feedback about who is covering for the one out on maternity leave), and THEN I can do the transcript requests. Gah. It’s like everything she does requires three or for nitpicky administrative things that she didn’t know she needed to do beforehand.
Slideroom is turning out to be a fairly involved process for her. I’m hearing a lot of grumping about it. I think it’s good for her to categorize and, I don’t know, archive? all the stuff she’s been working on so she has it in one place.
@Tgirlfriend, didn’t see that she got the Presidential, but with her stats she’s guaranteed it.
@dfbdfb …cool. Great to hear. Hopefully my S will be in the same boat.
Does anyone know about tuition and fees at Alabama? I have looked for a forum to tell what the out of pocket would be for a NMF and can’t seem to find one for Alabama. Any insight?
@Tgirlfriend Tuition and fees this year (will increase next year) is $27,750.
Looks like NMSF package may not include fees. You should ask on Bama forum or pm mom2collegekids.
COA is on the student financial aid website.
@Tgirlfriend …we just toured Bama this past weekend. You can message me if you want.
One “fee” we didn’t see coming was the mandatory “unlimited swipes” meal plan at like $1,770 I believe!
Don’t get me wrong, the merit aid at UA is MORE than generous so all in all this is a small thing and will only be for freshman year. But I have a picky eater who does not eat a lot and it just seems like a waste of $$.
@Tgirlfriend yes I have lots of insight, I have a daughter who enrolled Fall 2015 on NMF scholarship who is a sophomore now (loves it there, by the way!). The actual amount would vary a bit depending on specific class fees…my daughter is a biology major… Also I think engineering majors have some extra scholarship money; I don’t really know about other majors.
The scholarship covers tuition 5 years, room and board at any dorm style( for year one only), plus $3500 per year stipend, some study abroad money to be used in the future, and also she got a free macbook, we picked it up at move-in.
Freshman year: and we paid about $1250 in class and lab fees and dining dollars for fall semester plus books, and about $1000 for the fees and dining dollars second semester, plus books…;(the tuition and room were covered, and the stipend of 3500 covered most of the meal costs) …
Sophomore year: this semester, we paid $4050 for room (suite style dorm Ridgecrest East), dining dollars and fees, and $1250 for the lower meal plan ( about 1 meal per day). Books would be on top of that.
Dorm info: She and her friends are all honors college kids who met at Ridgecrest South dorm last year and decided to try to get into a suite style dorm this year, and they all got in! Ridgecrest east! It is great!
Congratulations to all the early acceptances! <:-P <:-P
No apps No essays.
I will be here till the bitter end of February 15th deadliners. [-(
On the other hand, I created FSA IDs for myself and DS (website strongly encourages the student do it but I know he won’t do it.)
I think FAFSA will be submitted before the application. =))
I also sent all the test scores.
On the topic of U of Alabama scholarships, the official amounts and requirements:
National Merit: http://scholarships.ua.edu/nationalscholars/
In-state scholarships (including the Presidential): http://scholarships.ua.edu/types/in-state.php
Out-of-state scholarships (including the Presidential): http://scholarships.ua.edu/types/out-of-state.php
There are a few others, accessible via http://scholarships.ua.edu/types/
We should think about changing the name of this thread to Parents of the ** Roll Tide ** HS Class of 2017!
Congrats to all those accepted TODAY!
I wish there was a school with scholarships like Alabama that was closer to us that didn’t have avg temps of 100+. Is that being too picky?
@youcee - I am with you on temperatures. DS can take the heat but not humidity.
@payn4ward I suspect I will end up doing the same for FAFSA. S would vastly prefer that I set it up. I set up the Common App account for him, with his choice of password lol.
@2kidsinky …great information! Thank you! @carachel2 …I have a picky eater also. I just want to compare apples to apples. OU vs Alabama. I know OU has some pretty high fees…don’t get me wrong still a great scholarship however the fees are high. We are trying to look at total out of pocket. My S is majoring in Engineering and would like to play in the band.
So…ignorant question here…but do parents (or the student?) pay taxes on the value of these full ride scholarships? Or any merit aid, for that matter?
I would hope that financial aid would not be taxed, but clearly I know nothing on this subject.
Tuition and qualified expenses (books and some fees) are tax exempt. Scholarships covering room and board are taxable at the highest parental tax rate.
Yes, tuition and fees and required books are not taxed, but the rest is.
Generally speaking, scholarships for tuition, fees and books is not taxable and scholarships covering room and board are taxable.
The taxes can be quite substantial.
But still less than the amount of the scholarship that is taxable.