Scholarships - other than NMS

EmilyinAustin
Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:31:01 +0000

My daughter is a National Merit Finalist and she recieved notice in October of the NM Recognition and Presidential Endowed Scholarships. Which are very good; however, we were told by her HS Counselor and by A&M Financial Aid office in the Fall that there would likely be more added to this in February. After many calls and checking the mail…daily…we were told that there wouldn’t be another offer, but we could send in the “full ride” offers from other schools and they would review to see if they could match them.

Last week we recieved notice that they couldn’t offer more. I think one reason is due to the Texas budget issues and they don’t know how much they will receive from the state.

We are still pleased with the scholarships and we hope to get another one from my company. There is also a possibility she will get the NM Sponsorship Scholarship, but we won’t know until May. Plus, we have the Texas Tomorrow Fund (old plan), so really our Tuition and fees are covered anyway. Every little bit helps, though, since my daughter’s plan is to go to Medical School.

That is what we have at this point and she opted to not apply for some of the local scholarships since we really wouldn’t qualify for true “financial need” and many of them required a lot of work on her part and she is suffering from a major case of “senioritis” and is really just doing enough “work” to get through and graduate.