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Scholarship Info
Download a copy
of the 2008 National
Merit Scholarship

National Scholars

(405) 325.1290
(877) 506.7353
natlscholars@ou.edu

OU Visitor Center / Jacobson Hall
550 Parrington Oval, Room 104
Norman, OK 73019-3032

2007 Resident Financial Package:
2007 Resident National Merit Financial Package:

The following scholarship package is guaranteed to every resident National Merit Finalist who names OU as his/her college of first choice with the National Merit Scholarship Corporation:

Oklahoma Academic Scholars Programs - $22,000

  • $2,750 per semester/$5,500 per year for four years to help offset the
    costs of fees, books, room and board
  • Funded by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
  • Funds will be deposited into billing account
  • Can be used toward any graduate program at OU if funds remain after
    completion of undergraduate degree
  • Must maintain a 3.25 cumulative GPA and be enrolled full-time

Resident Tuition Waiver - (estimated) $16,300

  • Waives 100% of resident tuition
  • May be used for five years (fall, spring and summer)
  • Can be used toward any graduate program at OU if funds remain after
    completion of undergraduate degree
  • Must maintain a 2.8 cumulative GPA and be enrolled full-time

National Merit Cash Stipend - $5,000

  • National Merit Finalists offered one of three possible awards
  • Total stipend includes any award funded by National Merit
  • Paid over a four-year period
  • Must maintain "good academic standing"

Resident Total - $43,300

If you receive outside scholarships, those awards will be
added to the above $43,300 offer.
PLUS
$1500 laptop allowance your freshman year
$1500 one-time travel-study stipend

Additional Note

If you do not meet National Merit's criteria, you may be eligible for the State Regents' scholarship at OU. To view this scholarship and learn more about the necessary criteria, please click here please visit nationalmerit.ou.edu/regents.htm.








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