@kforty2 and @kaibab3 - When we toured UCF on their NM weekend, Luke explained how it works. It basically wipes out the OOS status and qualifies all as in-state. So, the qualifying state schools are all covered for all students for full COA. When translating for Miami, it seems to pay whatever the highest state school COA is and you would subtract that from the Miami COA. Miami supposedly also gives $1000 or $2000 for NMFs, so that could be a little extra on top of the Presidential and Benacquisto. Itās not clear from what I saw on their website as to whether that is a yearly amount like most schools offer or a one-time amount.
Itās good to hear that Miami scholarships stack on top of that. That was my understanding, but itās good to hear confirmation. Thanks!
@sloan4167 - I saw your question above. My daughter is a sophomore at UGA and was also accepted at UM and invited for the Singer weekend. They did it differently that year than they seem to have changed to for this year, so she went for an interview weekend along with 300 other students. She didnāt end up getting the Singer but was given an additional $4k/year on top of her Presidential offer as her consolation prize. Unfortunately, that was not enough for our budget.
If you have any questions about UGA, let me know. Itās a great school! My daughter loves it there and is in the Honors Program and is involved in lots of leadership and research opportunities. So, Iām happy to answer questions.
Thanks for the additional info @gamom2023! Do you happen to know when the deadine is to declare Miami as your NMF 1st choice? It seems all sponsoring schools have different deadlines.
I just spoke with someone in admissions office about merit aid. They said that they are behind in sending out all merit awards and claim that some are still going out today. My S was admitted - 36 ACT/3.97 UW GPA, lots of good ECS/leadership. We do not qualify for any financial aid so did not submit FAFSA. The two are separate - Financial aid and Merit. So we will just wait and hopefully find out something later today.
My daughter was accepted.
OOS NJ
Sat 1340
3.9/4.45 gpa
Girl Scout gold award, congressional bronze medal award, VP NHS, Italian club president and lots of ECs
She also received the presidential scholarship of $20000
Of note, we DID Go and visit the school in person and did a tour .
@BigHerms and @sjlj01 I just spoke to someone in financial aid and to confirm called back and spoke to someone in admissionsā¦they both indicated that merit scholarships would be mentioned in your original acceptance letter and also shown on the financial aid eligibility letter. Admissions also indicated that ALL merit scholarships have been sent already.
@BigHerms@ProudDad13 crazy how the person I spoke to told me something totally different! I am very surprised my S got no merit at all. These admissions/merit decisions are puzzling for sure.
@sjlj01@ProudDad13 itās ridiculous that the offices canāt keep their answers homogeneous, it shouldnāt be that hard to have a well-informed financial aid/undergrad admissions officeā¦ When I called the woman told me it came with admissions and then after I was confused she U-turned and said it was a separate letter. Didnāt hear anything about it being delayed- but I really hope itās true because I refuse to pay $70k a year
@ProudDad13 For what itās worth, my sonās admission letter said nothing about any aid package at all. He received a separate letter regarding his merit aid offer (would not qualify for need based aid). Iām not sure if both letters appeared in the portal at the same time or if there was a time lag. Itās confusing that people are getting contradicting information from Miami staff!!
This was the order of my letters:
1- Admission Letter ( Accepted)
2- Cane Achievement Award (Scholarship)
3- Letter stating FA and my total cost of attendance.
Each arrived separately with about 10 minute intervals between them
Yes @ProudDad13. All 3, including the FA eligibility letter which broke down COA, including 20k Presidentās award & 3k loan offer. Iāve seen several posts here of people saying they were offered a 23k Presidentās offer, but I wonder if they are mistakedly confusing the 3k loan offer with merit. That said, I think the Presidentās award may go up quite a bit higher than just 20k, so maybe they are indeed posting correctly.
My sonās letter with the cost and breakdown included 23,000 presidential ; 14000 coral grant; 2000 UM endowment and then small offer of loans/work/study
Presidential can go to 28000, but only heard of 23,000 on here.
The presidential award goes up to 28k according to the website, although I havenāt seen anyone get above 23k. They are not including the 3k loan offer for the most part I assume.
Will someone please help me with thisā¦ I was deferred but was wondering if I could send a letter of rec through the mail?? is that allowed? someone plz say yes or no if i should!
@kforty2 - No, I donāt see any information about that anywhere. Since they donāt say differently, I assumed that it would just be based on the 5/1 commit date. But I really donāt know. That seems like a good question to ask directly to the school. You definitely donāt want to accidentally miss that deadline.
Oh, also, I saw your post about total for merit aid. My son got $23k for Presidentās. In addition, they showed $3k for loan, and $3k for work-based study (or something like that). They considered the complete package to be $29k of financial aid, but the Presidentās amount was $23k. I do know it varies, as my daughter got $25k Presidentās offer two years ago, and I heard that it went up to $28k. That year, some did get the $28k, from what I understand. I have no idea what itās based on. I donāt think it would be just stats/grade. May also have to do with the program/major the student selected.
