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Can anyone tell me some colleges that offer full tuition scholarships for national merit?


Thanks

By Emeraldkity4 (Emeraldkity4) on Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 03:52 pm: Edit

Haven't heard of any, but a friend who is a National Merit scholar is finishing up at Carleton, who enrolls the most NMS of any liberal arts school
http://www.carleton.edu/admissions/nationalmerit/facts.html

By Ellemenope (Ellemenope) on Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 05:07 pm: Edit

University of Houston

Tuition, room, board, fees plus $500 a year!

http://www.uh.edu/enroll/sfa/scholarships/freshmen/nationalmerit.html

By Geniusash (Geniusash) on Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 05:18 pm: Edit

Also:
ASU
University of Arizona
University of Oklahoma (worth checking)
University of MN-Morris
University of Wisconsin-Eau Clare
Ball State U (Indiana)
University of Evansville
Ohio State
Some Flordia State Universities

By Pafather (Pafather) on Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 05:12 pm: Edit

University of Florida and University of Tulsa both offer full tuition plus most of room and board. Baylor offers full tuition.

By Goneinfivemin (Goneinfivemin) on Saturday, September 06, 2003 - 01:13 am: Edit

Iowa State

By Geniusash (Geniusash) on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 09:22 am: Edit

Bump

By Lefty (Lefty) on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 02:03 pm: Edit

University of Kansas pays 15 credit hours per semester, all books, fees and housing for 4 years.

They have excellent Pre-Law, Pre-Med, Pre-Pharmacy and Engineering programs on beautiful campus 30 minutes from Kansas City.

Why not get a free undergraduate degree at a great public institution and save your money for grad school?

By Dolce (Dolce) on Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 10:42 am: Edit

Geniusash, you can remove Ball State from your list. They used to give full ride plus computer, but did not for 2003 and do not plan to for 2004 (straight from the mouth of the Dean of Admissions when we visited last spring and again this fall). They do offer about 12 full rides that can be competed for, but it's not automatic.

By Medusa2003 (Medusa2003) on Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 02:49 pm: Edit

KU NATIONAL MERIT FULL RIDE IS ONLY FOR KANSAS RESIDENTS

The Univerity of Kansas only pays for 15 credit hours per semester, all books, fees and housing for 4 years, if you are a KANSAS RESIDENT National Merit Finalist. Starting in the fall of 2003 out of state National Merit Finalists are only offerred $5,000.

Due to budget problems KU decided last year to discontinue offering full ride scholarships to out of state students.

By Zephyrmaster (Zephyrmaster) on Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 10:17 pm: Edit

American U. I think

By Vadad (Vadad) on Friday, October 17, 2003 - 07:08 am: Edit

Central Florida.

By Giovanni (Giovanni) on Sunday, October 19, 2003 - 07:22 pm: Edit

Check out U of Oklahoma. They will practically kiss Natl Merit Scholarships asses. Good deal

I live in OK, I'll probably go to OU. They have a great AP credit policy too! And great study abroad.... yeah!

By Medusa2003 (Medusa2003) on Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 12:19 am: Edit

Since the University of Kansas discontinued offering nearly full ride scholarships to out of state National Merit finalists in the fall of 2003, virtually none decided to attend KU. The full ride scholarship is still offered to Kansas residents who are NM finalists.

2003-2004

4 out of state NM finalists attended KU
49 Kansas NM finalists attended KU

2002-2003

67 out of state NM finailists attended KU
51 Kansas NM finalists attended KU

By Over30 (Over30) on Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 09:45 am: Edit

Oklahoma has 117 National Merits this year, from 30 states. We have a friend (out of state) who did this and is very happy there. He's a junior and is spending next year abroad (free). He's studying math and engineering. He was accepted at much "higher ranked" schools, but chose OU for the financial package.

By Ellemenope (Ellemenope) on Friday, December 05, 2003 - 11:14 am: Edit

USC offers half off tuition.

By Dolce (Dolce) on Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 03:30 pm: Edit

My son got mail this week from Baylor and it says they give full tuition to NM Finalists.

By Gogoinwi (Gogoinwi) on Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 10:26 pm: Edit

I got something from the University of Alaska saying that they give a free ride for being a finalist, +$500 a year or something like that.

By Momof2 (Momof2) on Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - 02:41 pm: Edit

OU waives all additional out-of-state tuition, pays $2000 toward resident tuition, plus $6250 for other expenses. We saw this year's NM finalists presented at one of the games - there were 170, the largest NM class so far, they announced.

By Medusa2003 (Medusa2003) on Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - 08:24 pm: Edit

I wonder how many NM finalists who had originally considered Kansas decided to attend Oklahoma.

By Muzicgal04 (Muzicgal04) on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 10:18 pm: Edit

OSU is also only instate, I'm 99% sure

By Clickspring (Clickspring) on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 10:55 pm: Edit

Iowa State

By Kiwanis04 (Kiwanis04) on Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 10:56 pm: Edit

U of North Texas, LSU, LA Tech, U of Alabama, Southern Miss

By Shauna (Shauna) on Friday, January 09, 2004 - 05:30 pm: Edit

Wait...Kiwanis...U of North Texas? Is that full tuition, room, and board?

Shauna

By Anxiousmom (Anxiousmom) on Friday, January 09, 2004 - 08:28 pm: Edit

Univ. of Texas at Dallas offers a sweet deal, but may be just for Texas Residents. I think it is full tuition, plus $6000. a year

By Strick (Strick) on Saturday, January 10, 2004 - 09:00 pm: Edit

Shauna, here's the link to the UNT NMS info:

http://www.unt.edu/capitalcampaign/scholarshipbro.htm

See "Merit Scholarships" about half way down. The scholarship is $9,000 per year renewable. In-state tuition and fees runs around $2,500 per semester for 15 hours so that should cover room and board, too.

By Shauna (Shauna) on Sunday, January 11, 2004 - 01:39 pm: Edit

Thanks for the link, Strick! Do you happen to know if they offer more for out-of-state residents?

Shauna

By Strick (Strick) on Sunday, January 11, 2004 - 02:07 pm: Edit

Sorry, the link is all the information I have. You might check with the financial aid office since it's common to wave out out of state tuition and fees for students winning merit scholarships or other circumstances. Good luck.

By Strick (Strick) on Monday, January 12, 2004 - 09:58 am: Edit

Shauna, I found this at UNT's website under "Tuition and Fee Waivers":

12. Resident rather than non-resident tuition is applied to a non-resident holding a UNT competitive scholarship of at least $1,000.00 for the academic year or summer for which the student is enrolled.

It's encouraging, but I would still check with their financial aid office to find out the details for yourself.

By Shauna (Shauna) on Monday, January 12, 2004 - 06:55 pm: Edit

Great! That is really encouraging. Thanks so much!

Shauna

By Gypsy (Gypsy) on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 07:07 pm: Edit

Most Florida schools, I know UF, USF, and UCF, and probably several others

By Geniusash (Geniusash) on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 - 03:37 am: Edit

UNIVERSITY OF TULSA!!! yee-hah
I'm bumping this for the benefit of upcoming finalists. I'd look at some of these...