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National Merit Awards

The National Merit Awards is a Scholarship sponsored by University of Southern Mississippi.

Award Information:

Amount of Scholarship: Minimum: $3000, Maximum: $8000
Application Deadline: 1-Mar
Requirements: Applicant must be a National Merit Finalist or Semi-Finalist, and must have listed U of Southern Mississippi as his or her first-choice insitution.
Eligibility: College freshman, College sophomore, College junior, College senior

Sponsorship provided by:

University of Southern Mississippi
Admissions, 118 College Drive, #5166
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5166
USA
Phone Number: 601 266 5000
http://www.usm.edu

You can find out more by contacting:

Dean of Admissions

A good place to start is to thoroughly research available information on the scholarship. Getting the greatest odds of achieving your goal comes from first understanding the qualifications and making sure you meet them. At the outset identify the potential motivations of the University of Southern Mississippi and what they hope to achieve with the National Merit Awards. If you are qualified, make sure you have the possibility of actually getting the scholarship. Upon determining that you have the possibility that you can be a recipient of the National Merit Awards, then you should use your time.

A vital aspect in the process of trying for the scholarship is paying close attention to the application. Some forms are long and tedious, but you shouldn't underestimate how important it is that you fill out the application precisely. It would be awful to be bumped because of some minor point.

Once the application is sent off, figure out the timeframe regarding when the National Merit Awards actually dispenses the resources in order to stay informed about if it is possible to rely on the scholarship to help meet any bills associated with your education and its personal usefulness, as there may be restrictions on what bills you can pay with the National Merit Awards. Increasingly, it is tough to find ways to handle the increasing costs of education, and obtaining the National Merit Awards to defray some of the costs is often invaluable. If you don't end up getting the National Merit Awards, try not to be upset, there are other scholarships and you may find success elsewhere.