We are doing research on which schools offer high National Merit Finalist Scholarships. Today I discovered Auburn University will no longer off their full-tuition + some room, technology, enrichment and stipend starting with the 2017 high school graduating class. They are instead offering Freshman scholarships that anyone can apply for based on ACT/SAT test scores and the awards are much, much smaller. This is rather shocking and I wonder if this has anything to do with the new testing format or if they took the test changes as an opportunity to take a step back from large awards. They are blaming it on a recent partnership of NMSC with the American Negro College Fund and a reduction in dollars. Does the NMSC help fund the large college/university NMF scholarships? I am so new to this I don't have the information or experience to know what this means.
Has anyone heard of other schools who are dropping their National Merit Scholarship awards for the class of 2017/2021? I'm worried the list may grow.
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