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05-06-2008, 04:05 PM
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#196 | | New Member
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| My GC gave me the name-two-colleges form last week...
and also, for some reason, the letter addressed to the PRINCIPAL. If it helps at all, the letter said
"Your students whose names are listed on the reverse took the PSAT blah blah blah...and met requirements to enter the 2009 NMS program. With a Selection Index score of 200 or above, each of these students is among the 50,000 highest scoring participants of some 1.5 million entrants."
And then it went on to say that of these 50,000 students, 16,000 will be named NMSFs.
I don't know why I got the principal's letter, lol. | 
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05-06-2008, 05:25 PM
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#197 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2007
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| PRJ--And it also makes me wonder what is going on academically at the school if they have little familiarity with National Merit procedures. We live in what's supposed to be one the largest, highest achieving school systems in the nation. | |
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05-06-2008, 08:31 PM
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#198 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
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| Does the letter you can send to two colleges really do much? It's so easy to get on the radar of schools just by logging in online. Won't be applying to Ivies, but is it worth even responding? Son will stop at commended... | |
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05-07-2008, 08:26 PM
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#199 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
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| Did anyone else STILL not get a letter? | |
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05-07-2008, 08:28 PM
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#200 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Midwest
Threads: 6
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| S still has no letter... | |
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05-07-2008, 08:50 PM
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#201 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2007
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Posts: 14
| Update--I finally convinced the school today of the possibility that they should have received a letter from National Merit. They took my suggestion of calling National Merit and learned that the school's zipcode was wrong in the system. The school was only getting about a half of the mail that it was supposed to. It is a new school only in its 3rd year. Now my son and the other students will get the letter and the instructions for registering. I just would think that someone in this very large school would be tasked with knowing everything about National Merit, but alas, I was mistaken. | |
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05-08-2008, 08:16 AM
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#202 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
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| Va_catlover, I've been following your postings with interest. We, too, live in VA. Our school has been around 50 years, and we've never had a NM winner.
Guess the kids do not think it's that big of a deal. Or they did not care to listen to teachers and guidance people who encouraged taking it as juniors.
Maybe it's because they think they take too many tests, as is.
BTW, my son has not heard a thing. He had a 224. | |
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05-08-2008, 08:02 PM
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#203 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2007
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| We're in NOVA/Fairfax County. Most of the NM finalists are at the local magnet school for Science & Technology, but there usually are some semi's and finalists at most of the other high schools, but not all. The kids must take the test as juniors here--I've never heard of anyone having a choice in it. They also take it as freshmen and sophomores.
I hope your son hears something soon. | |
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05-09-2008, 08:03 PM
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#204 | | New Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
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| My daughter got 229 in CA, but no letter. Should I be calling someone? Collegeboard or Principal? I guess I can't do anything until Monday, since it's 6pm on Firday. Oh well- just one of many opportunities to practice patience. | |
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Yesterday, 09:12 AM
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#205 | | New Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
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| Never mind - turns out d got a summons to the principal's office and got her letter. She just didn't feel it worth mentioning, LOL. When I said something about a deadline she saie "Oh it's not till May 28th."
Glad she's on top of it... | |
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Yesterday, 09:23 AM
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#206 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: new joisy Gender: Unsure
Threads: 129
Posts: 2,994
| help!!!
which schools should i send it to, to get some $:
umich
uchicago?
wisconsin
rutgers
Northwestern?
nyu | 
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Yesterday, 10:02 AM
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#207 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Minnesota Gender: Female
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| I'm really surprised I got a letter since I only got 202... | |
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Yesterday, 11:29 AM
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#208 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2008
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| Haha modulation I only got a 202 as well, but I was even more surprised by the kids who didn't receive a letter...especially the ones who claimed to have done amazing on their PSATs. Ha. Oh well. | |
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Yesterday, 12:14 PM
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#209 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
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| So apparently my name was on the list sent to the school but my letter got lost in the mail... they're sending another. I suggest everyone call if they haven't gotten a letter yet. | |
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Yesterday, 01:58 PM
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#210 | | New Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
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| bingle - same here. I was watching the mailbox daily and checking this thread regularly, when my DD finally said "oh yeah, my GC gave me the letter last week. it's somewhere in my backpack." really, i'm trying to let this be HER process, not mine, but sometimes it is soooooo hard! | |
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