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Old 06-13-2012, 06:18 PM   #1
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NMF Full Ride schools- Guarantee?

I looked at the list of schools that offer full rides to national merit finalists. My question is whether you have to be admitted to the school first to qualify, or whether admission there is guaranteed by attaining finalist status? I'd assume the former, but it's something I've wondered about.
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Old 06-13-2012, 06:43 PM   #2
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My question is whether you have to be admitted to the school first to qualify-
the short answer is yes.
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Old 06-13-2012, 07:11 PM   #3
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You have to be admitted first...which you will be. If you are NMF you have good enough scores and grades, and they want you.
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Old 06-14-2012, 09:18 AM   #4
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A college doesn't know you have an interest in attending until you officially apply for admission. On your application, you'll tell them of your NM status.

If you are a NM Finalist, OU and Bama will still accept your application even after May 1st so technically you could say they are admitting you based solely on your NMF status.
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Old 06-14-2012, 03:18 PM   #5
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Finalist status isn't known until Feb of senior year. There are schools that admit you (like Bama) long before you'd know that you made NMF.
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Old 06-15-2012, 02:05 AM   #6
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If students did all the NM paperwork correctly in the fall of senior year, didn't get into trouble, and made a respectable score on the SAT, they'd know that fall that they're more than likely going to be NMF and should plan accordingly with their apps.
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