U of Alabama NMF package changes for 2018

tallgrass
Mon, 07 Aug 2017 15:46:59 +0000

After seeing University of Oklahoma NMF package significantly reduced for 2018 HS graduates, I thought I would check out University of Alabama updated package for 2018. I was relieved it did not follow in OU footsteps:

https://scholarships.ua.edu/nationalscholars/

It appears they did tweak it somewhat – gone is the one-time $1K technology allowance, replaced instead by $2K book scholarship ($500/year). Also, one-time $2K in summer research seems to be new (though I am not sure about that).

The only major negative change I could find relates to future engineering students – you can no longer stack $2.5K/year engineering scholarship on top of NMF package:

“Should a merit scholarship recipient be named a National Merit Finalist, their Engineering Leadership Scholarship will be replaced by the National Merit Finalist Scholarship Package.”

http://eng.ua.edu/admissions/scholarships/

Feel free to let me know if I missed something.