Scholarships/graduation date/Masters strategy

kjcphmom
Sat, 27 Aug 2016 13:00:48 +0000

My son participated in the University Scholars program for CS. He was a NMF 5 years ago and UA did not “pay” for a fifth year or for graduate courses under the presidential scholarship so this was his best option. Not sure how the fifth year works now and what it covers, but I would talk to the NMF contact at UA to make sure. My son graduated last December after 3-1/2 years with his bachelors in CS and Math, and masters in CS. He could have stayed longer but said he took all the classes he wanted (even fun ones) and was ready to move on. At this December ceremony he ended up wearing his masters gown, and walking twice - once for his masters and once for his undergrad. My regret for my son was he didn’t take advantage of using his scholarship tuition to study abroad… definitely something that I would have considered, and maybe something your daughter might. Roll Tide!